Hey fins,

i have never taken the placebo pills. Those pills are there just to keep you in the habit of taking a pill everyday. They're basically just "sugar pills" and have no hormones or anything in them.

Skipping the placebo pills won't make your period come any sooner. You will always start your period during the week when you're supposed to be taking the placebo pills-- whether you take them or not.

Thanks for the information. I got my period yesterday (tuesday :). I just read something about that.
Thanks for taking the time to answer my question. I think this board is great.

Fins..

I was on the depo shot in August of 08. I was suppose to return for the next shot in the end of October and i dirent. I dirent get my period until Jan 5th and its now February and i have period symptons for the past 3 days and i still have gotten no period. I took the last 2 active pills so i would start was that a good idea??? Any thing else i can do i am going on vacation this weekend and i want 2 start b4 then ??????

Wait a minute.

So you just randomly took two active birth control pills? Did you take all the pills before that?

Irregular bleeding is common for the depo shot. It can take up to six months for your periods to fully regulate again. Starting birth control pills (instead of randomly taking pills) can help regulate sooner.