Birth control shot and headaches
How our community feel they have been impacted by headaches on birth control shot
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
None or not sure
40%
A bit
23%
Quite a bit
17%
A great deal
11%
A lot
9%
Out of the 35 reviews for birth control shot, 21 people (60%) reported headaches.
Reviewers that reported headaches as a side effect
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
Used for 12 - 18 mo
Lowdown user
🇺🇸 US
• 2 weeks ago
I have been on the shot for about 15 months now. Initially I went to the doctor because for 1 year (year 33 to 34) I was experiencing major sweats, headaches, body aches, and fevers prior to periods. The doctor suggested I get on birth control to reverse my effects. The first dosage, my symptoms stopped and I felt great. During the second dosage, I bled severely and was using medium to heavy pads. Then on my third dosage I was spotting light to medium and wearing panty liners. Then on my 14th month right before my fourth dosage, my bleeding completely stopped. It was a long process before my periods stopped but I was hopefully. I don’t want to get a tubal ligation because I’m traumatized after experiencing preeclampsia during the delivery of my daughter. However, I did have headaches, dizziness, and nausea throughout the course. A plus is that the shot has cursed my appetite and some gain weight but I lost weight. I think this is great because I’ve always had a hard time losing weight. Overall, I think I’ll stay on the shot.
Somewhat positive mood
2 more effects
0 helpful
0 comments
Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
17 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 13th Aug 25
I've been on Depo Provera since 2023 and for the first few months it helped and stopped my period as I am transgender, But I've been dealing with a great amount of discharge that has been severely effecting my daily life. Warmth makes it worse and even though I'm a incomplete Paraplegic, it constantly feels like there's liquid coming out of me. When I do get my periods sometimes it's heavy spotting and whenever I use a tampon there's never any blood, but when I don't use a tampon then there is a massive amount of blood. I was once bleeding everyday for a month straight maybe even longer. I was never told any of the side effects besides it stopping my period.
Top side effects not reported
0 helpful
0 comments
Used for 1 - 3 mo
31 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 9th Aug 25
My right breast has swelling so bad that it have my body aching this is different from just regular breast swelling from had a baby it honestly got me a lil scared cuz it making me weak have any one had this happen while on b.c
Somewhat negative mood
1 more effect
0 helpful
0 comments
Birth control shot common side effects
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
Lower back pain
63% of birth control shot reviewers reported lower back pain
Headaches
60% of birth control shot reviewers reported headaches
Breast enlargement
51% of birth control shot reviewers reported breast enlargement
Period like cramps
51% of birth control shot reviewers reported period like cramps
Dizziness
49% of birth control shot reviewers reported dizziness

