I have been on depo for 4 years on and off. I always spot near the
end of my 3 months too. What my doctor told me was to just come in
a week before the shot is due and that should stop the spotting.
Also, if you get the shot in the rear instead of the arm it will
greatly reduce any other spotting.


--- In happywithdepoprovera@yahoogroups.com, "jrmintandrea"
<andreap77@m...> wrote:
>
> I started getting my shots about a year and a half ago and I am
generally really happy with
> depo. I was not good at taking the pill and I do love not getting
my period. I have not
> really experienced significant weight gain and I would say that my
mood swings are
> definitely not any worse than pms was. I do sometimes get some
spotting at the end of the
> three months and my doctor told me that there is a chance I
could "break through" and
> ovulate. So I began getting the shots every 10 weeks. I wanted to
know if anyone else has
> had similar experiences or has been told anything like that.
Honestly, its gotten me really
> paranoid.