
Suggest Treatment For Weight Gain Due To Depo-Provera

Weight gain
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Sorry to learn about weight gain. It must be frustrating, I understand.
Weight gain can occur with hormonal forms of contraception like depot provera.
It is reversible though.
I see your thyroid has been checked and is normal.
There couple other hormone related causes of weight gain. They are rare but it would seem worthwhile considering these 2 with your inexorable weight gain.
1 Cushings syndrome
This is an excess of corticosteroids in the body. Corticosteroids are a type of steroid hormone made by the adrenal gland. When made in excess it can cause weight gain along with other problems.
2 Acromegaly
This is due to excessive Growth hormone levels in the body. This too can result in weight gain in addition to other symptoms.
I suggest you see an endocrinologist in person who will thoroughly evaluate you and determine which of these tests are necessary.
I would like to believe you have had routine tests like CBC and CMP done too and they are normal.

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