Breakthrough Bleeding On Depo Provera - Help! Posted: 11-17-05 12:46pm
I got my first depo shot in august. For
the first six weeks, I loved it - no
bleeding, no worries - and everything was
great. Then I started bleeding. I had no
cramps or pain, and it was fairly light
bleeding, so I was still pretty ecstatic.
I thought, "this isn't nearly as bad as
usual! It'll stop within a week or so."
it lasted exactly four weeks.
I got my second shot last week, and this
morning, guess what? I'm bleeding again.
I don't know what to do. I haven't
otherwise had problems with depo and it's
the most convenient option for me, but I
don't want to bleed all the time! :(
has anyone else had this problem? What
did you do? I have heard that iron
supplements help. Please advise!!!
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x0x-Andrea
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 63 Location: Vancouver
Posted: 11-18-05 13:29pm
My friend was on depo and she had the same
problem. She said she would have screwed
up periods exactly like the ones you
described, and then as soon as she got the
shot, it would immediately go away. She
was having crazy side effects from it too,
so she went off of it. Also, not to scare
you or anything, i'm just informing you, I
know of two girls who now have ovarian
cancer from being on depo.
