How Long Did It Take ???

T.. Please please PLEASE do NOT go back on Depo. If you read up on Depo you will find it is the root cause for many women in constant - on going mentral problems and fertility issues. It can take up to a year or 18 months after depo for your periods to return to normal, plus it can mask pregnancy because of the fluctuating hormone levels. I've had endometriosis since I was younger,but my periods were always on time and 'normal'. I went on depo for 9 months (at the time I was 115lbs) - gained 40lbs on depo- my period never returned. I was diagnosed with PCOS- polycystic ovarian syndrome. No one else in my family has this disorder. My OB says I may have had the underlying gene for it and the depo brought it out. Please stay away from this drug.. I really dont' think it's safe.

Hi T.! I am currently on the Depo shot. I have been told by doctors that at minimum -a year- is what it would take for your body to try and be normal again. I have told it is not uncommon for some women to take up to 18 months to be regular again. So just keep taking your other pill and that should help you get regular again soon! Good Luck!

The first time I was on the depo shot for over 7 years and when I stopped getting the shots, I went right back to a normal cycle and got pregnant in 6 months. The second time I had been on it for 3 years before I stopped. It took a little longer for the first period to come and boy that one was a doozie! Then I went back to normal and got pregnant 4 months later.
May want to have the doctor draw blood to see if your pregnant. Either way, I'd give the doctors office a call.

i have never been no depo and have been told not to by my sister. She was on it for about 3 years, and when she went off it, it was about a year or so, before she was regular and pregnant again.

I think it's a good thing to go off everything and let you body flush all the drugs out. I am reading a book called talking charge of your fertility, and it tells you how you can chart in just a few minutes everyday, and use natural birth control. My sister used this method and has not had any problems in several years with getting pregnant when not wanting to be pregnant. It's a way to keep your body natural

I was on Depo for a few years and after going off it was a good year at least before my period came back. (And I was young - started it around 19 due to medical issues and ended at 23 when I got married knowing it would be a challenge to get pregnant.) Took me five years to conceive (Depo was not the cause - I have other fertility issues as well.) I would stop all meds and let your body get back to "normal". If you are trying to avoid pregnancy, I would use condoms or some other non-medication form of birth control until your periods are regular again. Good luck!

Well, my periods came back within a couple months; however, the weight did not come off until I got pregnant again. And, when I was trying to get preggo, the positive test did not show up until the 3rd month. Hang in there!

T.,

I don't have experience with depo. But, I would suggest you contact your doctor. I had a friend who took home pregnancy tests for three months and went to the doctor to discover she was several months pregnant. From what I understand home pregnancy tests can give a false negative response sometimes.

Just something else to consider as a possibility.

Good luck!

When I read your posting, I let out a sigh of relief! I have been going through the same thing. I have been off the depo now for about 8 months and still have not had a period. I have however, had signs of pms! My doctor says this is normal and that it is common not to have a period for up to a year after being off of it. I have never missed a period so this is a little weird for me too. In addition, I am currently not on any birth control, I wanted to get everything out of my system before I chose a new form of birth control. Sometimes it must just take our bodies a while to get back to regular!

I was on Depo for 2 years but was taken off when I started having migrane headaches, panic attacks, and chest pains. My case might be a little different then yours but my periods were never the same, they come about every other or every third month. I have not been on Depo for 3 years now and they still have not been normal. I hope yours is different because it makes getting pregnant very difficult.

It took quite awhile. My periods were very heavy and irregular. They finally started getting regular between 10 and 14 months off. They were only a couple of days off instead of a week or 2. Then after month 14 they were so regular that I could predict almost to the hour.

I was on the depo for about 7 years and it took one year to the month to have a cycle. I went back on shortly after having my daughter but decided to stop after 4 months and had a cycle the very next month. Hope it helps!

I was on depo for about 4 years and when I got off it took exactly one year for me to get my period back. I then bled for 6 weeks straight and then had irregular periods for about 3 months, when I got preggi.
Everyone is different, but if you are worried, talk to your Doc.