Mirena kind of scares me, just because they're inserting something through the cervix and into the uterus. But it is supposed to be wonderful if you're a good candidate. Not having a period is truly wonderful, though. No hormonal tides to ride out. I honestly never noticed my caffeine intake, or lack thereof, affecting the cysts one way or another. According to the doc's, however, it makes everything worse. If I cut the caffeine, all I ever noticed was feeling the same, plus having a nasy headache, to boot.

How long were you on it? Depo is very good at supressing your normal hormonal cycles. So good that it does take a long time you get back to normal. Sometimes up to a year and a half. So I'm not surprised that it could have thrown you into pre-menopause. My cycle was already screwy, though. I went from being fairly regular every 28-30 days or so, to starting every 21 days, then to every couple weeks. It sucked. Maybe it was perimenopause anyway. I'm now 39 years young. My mom was close to 50 before going into menopause, though, so I'm not sure. That's why I went back to Depo. Starting every two weeks was awful. I guess the lesson here is that no one thing works for everybody. I can't take the pill because I'm over 35, smoke, and have had a blood clot. It was superficial, not deep vein, but the docs won't risk it. I've thought about having my tubes tied, but that doesn't take care of the hormonal part.