i only bled when it was time for my next shot and it was more like spotting. sometimes it causes bleeding and sometimes it causing no bleeding. it could just be your body trying to get use to it. you can call you doctor and ask about it.
visit http://www.fwhc.org/birth-control/bcdepo.h tm for some anwsers to you questions.

This will help explain some of what may be going on.

Many women who use DEPO will lose their periods, and this is the most widely known 'side effect'.

Some women will continue to have normal periods, and nothing will seem to happen.

A FEW women will have long term bleeding that does not stop until they stop using depo.

The reason why these women bleed is the exact same reason why women may lose their period. The THINNING of the lining of the uterus will usually stop a womans period, but in some women this thinness will act like an open wound.

I didn't bleed initially, and then about a month in when my period WOULD have been due, I got spotting for almost two weeks!! It wasn't heavy enough for real pads or tampons so I just wore pantiliners. It did go away, but that's the longest I've ever bled before lol.

i have been on my period for 20 days now and i just got my 2nd shot it came down about two weeks before my next shot was due.

i spotted for WEEKS when i was on it. i only took one cycle of the shot due to the fact i lost like 15 pounds but when i first got it i talked to some other girls that had taken it and they also said that the spotted for like the first 6 months and the next 6 months they had nothing. so you dont have anything to worry about. its just how your body respons to your body thats all.

I was on the Depo shot for a year and a half, and for most of it I bled about 25 days every month. I'm not sure why I stuck with it anymore, it was like a year-long period. But I do know that some people stop bleeding altogether.

By the end of the first year of use, typically your period will be extremely light to non-existent. Extended bleeding is very normal in the beginning - I bled for a whole month. By your second or third shot, though, this should stop. For me, I've only had one very slight period since my second shot, which was in January.

Since you're already low on Iron, though, you should start taking a supplement of some kind if your bleeding does continue, just to be careful.

since my first depo shot i have been bleedng lighty for over 2 months now, have just had my 2nd depo shot hoping it would stop the bleeding, but it has got slighty heavier, its also made me very moody with no energy, but nothing you can do about it really.

You can stop using Depo. Do your research young ladies. Depo is not a good alternative for everyone and many women (50%) will bleed everyday as long as the depo is in their system. This method of birth control also leeches the calcium out of your bones reducing bone density and should not be given to anyone that has migraine headaches because your headaches will get worse. Depo may stop bleeding in some women but it will also increase abdominal pain and cramping. Before using Depo, please do your research and make sure that it is the best alternative for you not because a doctor or a friend recommended it.

I had my first depo shot in the middle of march and it wore off in the end of june. Since then I've been bleeding non stop, very very heavily to where I would bleed through a maxi pad and super plus tampon in less than 30 mins. I'm not able to work or do anything for that matter! i hate it. Every morning I wake up in a puddle of blood. I will never take this shot ever again. I'm very tired all the time and weak. It's been about 3 months and I'm still bleeding very heavily. I'm not sure if this is normal or not, but I recommend never taking depo.

tlm,
i was on the depo for one shot and i had side effects also. i would bleed for 1 1/2 month. i would feel so sick when i am hungry, very fitigue. i had friends and family that have gained a lot of weight from this birth control. i know a lot of people on this site that this shot worked for them, and birth control pills doesnt.
anyway, i just wanted to tell you after the three months was up. i bleed for almost two months, but once i took birth control pills the bleeding stopped in four days. so that's something that you might consider doing.

I had my first (and only!) Depo shot in March. It was the worst decision I've ever made. Not long after that, I started bleeding. It also affected my hormonal/mental patterns in the most negative way possible and I've been getting frustrated, emotional, and generally freaked out about the slightest things ever since. I thought I was going insane, but I guess it's just the worst PMS ever.

About every two or three weeks, my bleeding will start to wane a little, and I'll think, "FINALLY, it's almost over!" (WARNING- incoming graphic description.) It's been that older, darker, smellier, more clotted blood for the most part, so it makes me glad when it starts to thin out, but then it picks up again, kind of like my body is just taunting me. And then, about an hour ago, I noticed it was flowing, fresh, bright red blood, as if someone had stabbed me in the gut. It was gushing all over everything and generally just scaring the heck out of me. I had to sit in the shower, rinsing it off and waiting for it slow down before I could even move anywhere. I couldn't stop sobbing- it seemed like the whole thing was starting over without even slowing down to take a breather.

This is after I have been bleeding moderately heavily for FIVE MONTHS STRAIGHT.

The Depo should have worn off three months ago, but the side effects are still going strong. What in the heck am I going to do?

my simple doctor put me on the depo know i had dysfunctional uterine bleeding. he knew the depo shot could make me bleed up to a year and i had bleeding problems before the depo.
his reasoning is i shouldve called him so he can give me another shot of hormones to stop me from bleeding (two shots).
can you take birth control pills, after i took them in four days my bleeding stopped.
you also have to figure out if the lining of your uterus had thickened over this ordeal, if it had you may need a d&c. this is a simple surgery when your doctor scrape the lining of your uterus (which stops heavy bleeding).
if you take birthcontrol pills and the bleeding doesnt stop, you may need a d&c.

some women do well with the depo, but i feel as though doctors should warn women of the side effect of this medication. i really dont believe in one hormone birth control.
i m on a combination birth control low dose (estrogen and progestrin hormone) and i m doing fine.
when i was on the depo it killed my love life from me bleeding all the time. i feel like this drug should be taken off the market.

Two weeks after my first (AND LAST!!!)Depo shot I started bleeding. It's been more than a month now and I'm still bleeding every single day. My bleeding pattern has been the same as Kay Linoge's pattern described above. I am gaining weight and feel extremely moody. My headaches are bad and on top of all this, I lost massive amounts of hair for three weeks. Depo is a nightmare....

SO i thought i had won the jackpot on depo. My doctor told me that yes there mite be spotting but its mild. I took it late september and i started bleeding 9 days ago. It hasnt stopped!!! After hearing all these very COMMON horror stories im now starting to realize y no one gets pregnant on the shot: because neither u or the person u want to have sex with wants to have sex with u when your uterus is falling out! Ive been using 1 to 2 tampons a day and ive had to turn down guys simply because its embarassing! I will NOT be going back for my second shot and frankly im now terrified on how long this horrible spotting is going to last

Word to the wise ladies: Dont take seasonique either... it does the same thing! U start to spot once again around the 2nd month and it literally (just like the shot) does not go away for 1 to 2 months. The easier part with this one is tho once u stop taking it the spotting will stop after 4 to ten days. Im starting to think all birth controls that alter ur period to a 3 month cycle just screws stuff up entirely...

Th irony of all this is without birth control i would maybe have my period every 2 to 6 months so i chose the depo and seasonique thinking that i wouldnt have to change my lifestyle (because lets face it i figured i was pretty lucky) but instead i have month long periods!!!!!!!!!!!
WHEN WILL IT END!

ever since i got my first depo shot, ive been bleeding. It started when my gegular menstrual date was up i bleeded for two weeks then it was spotting every day since after my second menstural period which lasted more than a week then started breakthrough bleeding every day so its nonstop bleeding for me. The bleeding has ruined my relationship. I lost my real love due to this.