JANUARY 2000: I decided that it was finally time to find another opinion. I couldn't find anywhere that it was a side effect of the Depo to have breast milk. I went back to Oregon for a few months and saw the doctor who did my moms surgery for Endometriosis. He agreed that the Depo wasn't doing well with my body and suggested that I discontinue use of it. He did a test and found that my prolactin levels were normal, and it really was the Depo causing my breasts to produce milk.(One of those side effects not listed as a Depo side effect.) ( I would later come to learn that there were a lot of side effects not listed)
The doctor agreed that if the Depo wasn't working for me, than the Lupron or Danazol shots weren't going to be an option. He suggested I go on a drug called Synarel that I would inhale through my nose every 12 hours and it would effect my pituitary gland causing my ovaries to shut off. He told me that it would be good because the drug would be cleared out of my system every 12 hours unlike the Depo Provera shot that could stay in my body for over a year even after I stop the shots. I agreed to Synarel because I figured that it was my last hope.
When I went to the pharmacy the Synarel came out of be about $185.00 and thats with my 50% discount from my medical insurance. I didn't have that kind of money, so I thought twice about it, and decided to do some research on Synarel first.
I discovered that Synarel wasn't much different than the rest of the drugs that make your body go into premature menopause. I just did't want my body to go through what a 75 year old woman would at the age of 21. I decided against the Synarel..even though my doctor thought I should try it. I decided to go back on birth control pills with progesterone and just wait for the pain to return.
