Normally i'd say it would be because you
were late but because you were only a day
late and normally if you were late it
would have stopped, i
m assuming it's not b/c you were late. It
was probably just a timing coincidence.
Being on depo (or almost any bc for that
matter) can cause the lining of your
uterus to become very thin. This is
because you don't build up any tissue
because your body sees no need too if
you're not ovulating. Spotting is much
more common on depo because it has only
progesterone, no estrogen. So your body
seemed to respond well to it atfirst, no
problems with bleeding but as the lining
of your uterus became thinner and thinner
it almost became more suseptible to
breaking easily and that's probably what's
causing the bleeding. And because your
body is getting very little estrogen
(which is what heals the bleeding in the
uterus) it's unable to heal. I'd say
because you're doing so well before with
it, to ask your doctor for a sort course
of estrogen pills or bc pills with high
estrogen to see if it will heal up.
Hopefully it would stop then. If it
doesn't and you can't stand it, i'd switch
to taking only the bc pill, no depo, and
then you'll most likely stop. You'll
still have a mopnthly period but it would
be better then a constant one.
I was on depo. Only got one shot. 2 week
period, 2 week spotting, then a 5 week
period was enough for me.
also-i've learned this from a bit of
experience. You said you kept thinking
you were getting it because you were late.
Always follow what your gut tells you, if
you think you're making up excuses, just
switch to something better immediatly.
I've done that a lot, thinking things
would get better but to no avail.
