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    Depo shot

    I've a question for all you ladies that have been on the shot for more than a year and then went off it.
    How long was it before you got your period again? And did you bleed like you normally would or did it last for weeks?
    I've been on it for 2.5 years and I'm going off to give my body a break but I'm just wondering what to expect, should I start stocking up on tampons and midol? lol
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    If you search Depo or Provera, it should pull up some of the folks' tales. I've been on it for four or five years and haven't gone off, so I can't help you. I would recommend getting a bone density test however. I know one friend was on and then off. I think she bled for three weeks, but it wasn't horrendous. It's just really hard to answer your Q, because you hear great stories, and then you hear the horror ones. Hope you don't bleed too long. Good luck!

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    I had a heavy period for 2 months, nausea, and no sex drive. Not for me, I tell you!

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    Oh god... Depo is EVIL!!!!!! EVIL I SAY!!!!!!! It took me two years to get my period back.. when I got it back I bled like a bitch and thought I was going to die.. EVIL DEPO!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by fancygirl
    If you search Depo or Provera, it should pull up some of the folks' tales. I've been on it for four or five years and haven't gone off, so I can't help you. I would recommend getting a bone density test however. I know one friend was on and then off. I think she bled for three weeks, but it wasn't horrendous. It's just really hard to answer your Q, because you hear great stories, and then you hear the horror ones. Hope you don't bleed too long. Good luck!

    Yeah, I read some other threads on it but everyone was talking about what being on it was like, not what getting off it was. For me it was wonderful, gained 10lbs, no period and nothing else. But I sometimes worry about the long term effects, I want more children later on and I don't want to screw up my chances by being on something too long.
    I guess if noone else can really answer, I'll reply later after mine wears off incase later down the road someone else has the same question.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cally
    Oh god... Depo is EVIL!!!!!! EVIL I SAY!!!!!!! It took me two years to get my period back.. when I got it back I bled like a bitch and thought I was going to die.. EVIL DEPO!!!!

    Haha now I don't know if I should stay on it to avoid bleeding like a bitch or get off it because it's evil

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    I was on Depo for 8 years, getting off it wasn't bad. My period returned in 3 or 4 months, and was pretty normal. I bled for 6 days, and stopped. No spotting or anything until I started again the next month. It can take up to 2 years for your body to return to normal after getting off depo, even if you get your period soon after stoppping, it can and usually does take several months up to 2 years or more to become pregnant after stopping.

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    at least 9 months

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    ^ of bleeding??? or before your period gets back to normal?

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    i was on depo for 3 years. when i got off of it, my period returned the next month and was lighter than it had been before i was on the depo.

    it was weird to get a period again though. i was so used to not having it that id forgotten when my cycle was supposed to be, i started while i was at work!!! thankfully i wasn't stripping at this point.

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    9 months to get the first sign of period back. the second time around was probably as long... maybe longer. periods were pathetic and light for about another year. they are now still irregular and weird. welcome to my hormonal roller coaster. meh.

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    It took me about a year the first time I went off it. Now if I'm late TWO DAYS with my shot, I get a period. Gah.


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    It was like a year before I got my period back...HEAVY. No sex drive BUT I just kept shrinking!!! I lost like 25 pounds in a month! That was so worth it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by VenomKissed
    I've a question for all you ladies that have been on the shot for more than a year and then went off it.
    How long was it before you got your period again? And did you bleed like you normally would or did it last for weeks?
    I've been on it for 2.5 years and I'm going off to give my body a break but I'm just wondering what to expect, should I start stocking up on tampons and midol? lol
    TIA
    I did this recently. I had taken it for years then took a 6 month "leave of abstence" (as such) from it before recently getting another injection. In all that time, I didn't really get my period. If I did bleed, it was only for one day and it was light. Granted, I am me and you are you (I know the obvious)... so how this all will go for you will be different to me.

    I would still stock up on tampons. Your period will be all over the place.


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    My friend lost like 15 pounds like a two months after she went off of it.

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