Hello everyone, I'm new to the boards as of today and I'd like to thank you for viewing my post. My gyno gave me the Depo shot over 2 years ago to control my "severe" periods. I bled every day, for 7 months, as if I were having a heavy period, complete with cramps, bloating, breast tenderness, etc. I couldn't take it any more, so he put me on EstroStep (a pill). I bled every day, with severe cramps and lost about 15 lbs. (I've always been healthy, 5'4 about 130 lbs.) I developed severe depression, so after 3 months I was put on the Nuva Ring. Had horrible luck with that, the same symtoms as with prior BC methods, and I ended my relationship one day with the Ring when i sneezed, at the local mall, and felt it shoot out. ANYWAY. Dr. prescribed Yasmin. I stopped bleeding for one month, then everything started again. I had horrible pains, got myself fired from work because I was on the floor with sharp pains. Turns out I had cysts covering my right ovary & one on my left ovary, about 2 cm. The doctor said I may have PCOS. Never followed through to test me. Sent me home with a new Bc, this time the Patch. Same symptoms. After an MRI, CT scan, and 2 ultrasounds, he found that the lonely 2 cm cyst on my left ovary had now quadrupled in size. He said it needed to come out. I was scheduled for surgery on the following Monday, and Sunday I'd passed out from pain and beyond controllable bleeding. After surgery, he'd told me that my insides were in perfect shape, that he'd performed a D&C (never explained what that was...) and that my cyst had burst on its own (most likely the Sunday the day before). He then prescribed Ortho Tri Cyclen Lo. Same symptoms. Then we tried Lo Estrin 22 Fe. Stopped bleeding for a couple weeks, then, you guessed it...same symtoms. I switched doctors, this doctor had said he felt I have endometriosis. He was arrested 2 months later (long story). Now I have no gyno, no insurance, & I've been OFF of EVERY OUNCE of birth control for 4 months. I've bled consistantly, only stopping a day or two maybe once a month, cramps, mood swings, horrible PMS, plus a 20 lb. weight gain over the past 6 months. Should anybody have ANY suggestions...I'm looking into getting state insurance once I move out August 1st (my father kicked me from his health insurance, and out of the house because my medical bills were "too much to handle" and im "old enough to support myself") Please, anyone with any advice...I'd appreciate it so very much.