I've been in Depo for a few years (and love it, no periods, no cramps!). I was wondering if any of you have been on it, how is it when you stop getting the shots? How long until you get normal cycles again?
I am planning on quitting the Depo next year after the wedding and was just wondering what I should expect. TIA!
akaMrsT
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I was on it for about 5 years before I ended up with CONSTANT spotting
I was told by alot of women AFTER I got on depo that this could happen though.
I switched to Ortho Evra (the patch) and went back to regular cycles (no spotting) within the month.
I'm told that I can stop using the patch and get pregnant right away. I believe it too since I forgot to switch on week and got my cycle a few days early.
jesslangen
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I never did the Depo shot, just heard too many trauma stories. I have been on Ortho Try Cyclen Lo for about a year, prior to that I was on regular Ortho Try Cyclen. My sis was on it as well, took her 1 year to get pregnant after being on the pill for 5 years.
mcaula
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Yea i am Ortho Tri Cyclen too I have never been on Depo but my cousin was on it for a well before she switched over to the patch but I think her cycle came back regular with in like a month or so.
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i was depo for about a year and a half. i got my period every 2-3 mos, and spotted a lot towards the end. after i got off i was a lot less moody, i even think the depo made me a little depressed, so i'm glad i stopped. i now use a low-estrogen pill, lessina, and i'm very happy with them. my sysle came back within a month of quitting depo.
daisy122
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i am on depo for 2 years now, i get spotting, which i was told happens w.some women.
i was on the pill 1st, but had problems with it so i stopped.
i heard that prolonged depo use, can cause bone loss down the rd
akaMrsT
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Posted by mcaula
Yea i am Ortho Tri Cyclen too I have never been on Depo but my cousin was on it for a well before she switched over to the patch but I think her cycle came back regular with in like a month or so.
mee too. switched to patch and everything got back to normal within the month (and no more constant spotting). I was on depo for about 5 years before the spotting though.
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I was on Depo for 5 years....no probs at all--no period, no cramping, no weight gain, no moodiness....but then I figured since FH and I were going to be together forever---kids would be coming in the next couple of years and I wanted to get things 'flowing' normally again for a while. Went off it and it took me three different pills to finally regulate a 'normal' schedule. I'm now on Lo-Estrin and it works well.....but I noticed my 'sex drive' is a bit lower and I seem to get depressed and b$$tchy right before AF comes in to visit. So, I'm tempted to go back to the Depo.....but I think we'll start TTC shortly after the wedding---and I'm not sure I want to mess with mother nature much more.
I would definitely go onto a pill after stopping Depo, just to make sure you regulate things OK--otherwise you may become extremely irregular and AF may last weeks....yuck!!! Good luck--feel free to FM any other questions.
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Posted by Moosey911
I was on Depo for 5 years....no probs at all--no period, no cramping, no weight gain, no moodiness....but then I figured since FH and I were going to be together forever---kids would be coming in the next couple of years and I wanted to get things 'flowing' normally again for a while. Went off it and it took me three different pills to finally regulate a 'normal' schedule. I'm now on Lo-Estrin and it works well.....but I noticed my 'sex drive' is a bit lower and I seem to get depressed and b$$tchy right before AF comes in to visit. So, I'm tempted to go back to the Depo.....but I think we'll start TTC shortly after the wedding---and I'm not sure I want to mess with mother nature much more.
I would definitely go onto a pill after stopping Depo, just to make sure you regulate things OK--otherwise you may become extremely irregular and AF may last weeks....yuck!!! Good luck--feel free to FM any other questions.
Thanks so much for that info! I've also had no side effects whatsoever and I think it's a blessing to have NO period, NO cramps!
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I'm on the shot to and i love it and i wanted to know the samething cause i'm stoping the shot in july of this year so i still have three months so it would end in spetember. So i was wondering how it is going to be to thanks
chachou22
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I was on the shot and I hateddddd it because I was spotting so much anywhere anytime its annoying then I went on the patch, but all these people were dying and I got scared, then I went on the pills but I couldnt remember to take it on time, now I am on nothing we use condoms
