I alread posted a little bit about this in the birth control forum, but it's escalating so i'll post here. I've been trying to research online and have really found nothing that seems to fit my particular situation. Here goes:
i was on depo. I bled for 8 straight months. Said to hell with it and got off the depo. I didn't really experience any side effects of getting on depo, so didn't expect any coming off of it, either. I was supposed to get my next shot sometime between jan 13-23 (i think) and didn't.
I got my first "period" on january 29th and it lasted until february 9th (12 days). I didn't have my period for a day and a half, and then got it again. This one lasted from february 11th through the 19th (8 days). Then I didn't bleed for 5 days and started again just on friday (2/24) and i'm still bleeding for who knows how long. I've always had erratic periods, but never this bad. I would bleed for approximately 2 weeks, be off for 2 weeks, then bleed again for another week, etc.
Now to add to the problem i'm experiencing tenderness down the sides of my breasts, and they're fuller. I've noticed this for approximately 2.5 to 3 weeks now. I'm fairly sure i"m not pregnant, unless I had sex in a drunken state and don't remember it!!!!
So could the change in homones be causing all of this? And if so, why didn't I experience any symptoms when I got *on* the birth control?
One of my friends suggested cutting out caffeine (virtually impossible for me as a divorced mother of a 3 year old working full time and going to school full time!) so I researched that. Sounds like it could maybe help but I want to know what's wrong with me!!