Some women may only spot while on birth control, but it is normal to have regular type period bleeding.

Depo is funny.. Some women will lose their periods, some women will have no chnage at all, and others have constant everyday bleeding that does not go away.

If bleeding becomes a problem, perhaps a pill or a nuva ring could be a better choice.

Okay..I am going to be candid with you. Depo is absolutley horrible and should be taken off the market...I had 2 shots. The first shot I gained about 15 pounds. The 2nd shot...I bleed for 4 months straight!!! It was horrible! I couldn't have sex nothing! I went to my gyno he gave me some pills to temporarly stop the bleeding. Once I stopped it started again. Listed, please tell your daughter to take something else. The long term side effects of this are aweful...I also started having ovarian cysts as well...Very painful....

Please I beg you, tell her to switch!!

I just posted on wanting to stop the depo and the birth control period. I am in fear that all bc will make me bleed like the depo does. I have only been on it for three months (1st shot only). I will be 21 as of next month. I haven't gained any weight, and if anything, I might have lost a pound or two. I have been bleeding for the past month and am unhappy. I guess this would be a good way to stop teenagers from having sex. Lol. My sex drive is completely gone, and it hurts to have intercourse. When I go to the clinic next tuesday, I am going to talk to them about my options, and maybe even getting off birth control period.

i feel you completely understand you...Once I was on depo and bled so much..I never wanted to take any birth control again. For 2 years my boyfriend and I used condoms...After awhile, he mentioned he would like us to do it without a condom. I can't lie I felt the same way..I did hours of research before I choose the right pill for me. I wanted something lo dose. I liked alesse. I did not read anything bad about it. I went to fill my prescription they gave me lutera...Ive been on it for 8 months and no bleeding! (*only on my period). Unless you miss a pill you will have spotting try it out. Trust me, not all will give you the same affects. Depo is horrible

I always have the opposite reaction to the pill and shot that everyone else has.

I first started the ortho novum pill. I would take it at night and in the middle of the night I would wake up, the room would be spinning and I would throw up. If I didn't wake up nausea in the middle of the night I would be in the morning. Many times I was sent home from work after only being there an hour. My co-workers said my face would turn white as I started to get nausea and then eventually start throwing up. It went on for months before I finally told my ob/gyn I had enough. As soon as I stopped the pill the nausea stopped also. I would never go back to that.

I am now on the depo shot and I haven't has my period in over a year. I love it and it has no side effects. When I first started it though about 2 months into my 3-month shot "cycle" I would have spotting. It has become less and less each time now and now I have no spotting at all.

I just had my first depo shout in April of this year because I was having very heavy bleeding and I have a collapsed cervix. I have been having a period for 18 days now before this shot I was 4 to 5 days it was heavy but predictable and it STOPPED. This is crazy! I have also lost 18 lbs since I got the shot. But I am tired all the time and I am already anemic and this is just making matters worse. I called my doctors office and they said there was nothing they could do to help is just what the depo does. I thought this was going to help with my heavy periods I would like to know if there is another option for me. I cant take the pill because I have cystic breasts