I've been on depo for about 4-5 years & since last June I've been team NO depo, due to the Vitamin D lost I've herd it causes. I've also have been scared of infertility & all the jazz but anyway after my first year of depo I stopped having periods!( Which I've herd is common) But I have had a few light periods since I've started detoxing. Which I assume is good cause then my system is cleaning its self. But my real worries is I've had periods I think my system is getting better & back to normal, then I have intercourse with my spouse, he cums inside of me & then I have a heavy flow the next day out of nowhere. Someone please help me, what wrong with me???
Depo-Provera - I've been on depo for about 4-5 years & since last June I've been team NO depo, due?
Question posted by laurenshelburne on 6 March 2015
Last updated on 31 March 2025
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LousArk
7 March 2015
Yes, that's all really normal when coming off Depo. You'll see more after sex because you are being pushed around inside during intercourse, so any blood waiting to come away can do so more quickly.
I had this bleeding for 2 years when I once came off Depo (I've had a couple of breaks but been on it for over 18 years in total.
The Doctor's tried all sorts, including a medical procedure called a D & C, twice. Both only lasted for a short time before the problem returned. I ended up going back onto Depo, just to stop the bleeding!
The second time I came off Depo I had the same problem for a few months, so tried using a herbal tincture called Agnus Castus. I bought the A. Vogel brand, & it is really good.
You can't use this if you're using any other form of hormonal birth control, because Agnus Castus tried to rebalance your hormones, whereas hormonal contraception deliberately causes an imbalance, to prevent you becoming pregnant. You could therefore end up pregnant if you use AC when using other hormonal contraception.
It got my periods back into a regular cycle within a month or so.
I wish I'd known about it sooner, as it would have saved me so much trouble & medical procedures!
It doesn't taste so good, but you only put 15 drops into a little water, twice daily, so the benefits far outweigh the taste.
laurenshelburne
11 March 2015
I might have to try that! Thank you so much for your help Lousark!!
LousArk
11 March 2015
You are very welcome. Hope it helps you :)
Coleyx
29 Nov 2016
I have been on the depo also for 5 years and have just been off it now for a few months but like yourself feel scared about being infertile as being on it for so long. I have had no period and wondered how long it would normally take if you knew.
Also do you have any side effects?
Is there any herbal remedies to speed up the detox as me and my partner would like to try for a baby and I never thought I would say this but I miss my period haha.
Thanks xx
MrsKriptonik
9 Feb 2017
Coleyx, did you finally start AF? I'm also detoxing from depo after being on it 5 years. I had my last depo in august of 2016. In November of 2016 I started nuvaring, I only did that from November to December and December to January. I'm completely off BC now and have not had AF.
Lorna4790
28 March 2017
Hi there,
I was on the depo injection for almost 5 years and decided to not take my due injection on the 9th December 2016. I've had one small period in January and nothing since then, even that only lasted 3days. Me and my partner are hoping to try and have a baby and I'm just worried if that's going to happen anytime soon. I'm praying for a period and just to have my normal womanly cycle back again. The depo has literally messed my period cycle up.
Rlt147804
1 April 2025
Well in all truthfulness I don't believe taking anything that actually stops you from having a menstrual cycle is a good thing. I did take the depo shot many moons ago an gained over 50 lbs in a year so I wasn't on it long. But I digress stopping the menstrual cycle makes for a funky musky vagina as it's not flushing all the toxins out of our bodies which is the bodies system to do naturally we have them for a reason and they are needed for a reason. Just like i had a friend when we were teenagers and doing what you know all us teens did. Hint hint. She would douche very often an now to this day she cannot use a douche anymore
Because she messed up the internal workings by more or less in layman's terms overdosed her va jay jay with douche and messed up it's natural flora.
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