Im only 21. I've been through rehab for drug addiction and eating disorders as a teen more times than I have fingers and toes. Been to more psych wards than any kid should atempted suicide so many times i lost count. Ive been on medication since I was in preschool. Diagnosed with everything from autism to bipolar. Mental illness runs on both sides of my family. Tried every medication on the market. nothing helped me. I felt helpless and alone. No doctor could really figure out exactly what was wrong with me. I come from a VERY loving home young but amazing parents. participated in every sport imaginable. I hated all of them of course but my parents gave me an extremely normal childhood. Having said all this, I started depo Vera injections every three months about nine months ago. I have never felt so normal in all 21 years alive. I notice a DRASTIC change in the person before and after the shots. All the pills stopped. All the drugs stopped. All the risky behaviors stopped. All the suicidal thoughts stopped. All the sadness stopped. All the anxiety stopped. All the nightmares stopped. I can honestly say I am happy to be alive. And lucky I got my life back. I have a stable job and am working hard to get back in school. I'm back on track. So again I ask could the hormones in the depo Vera shot be my cure to a hormone deficiency?