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[84.livejournal.com]

Hi. I guess you could say I'm kind of new. I've commented several times, just never really had any questions until now.

Last week I saw my gyno for a follow-up Depo-Provera shot and an annual exam. Before the exam I asked her how long before the Depo would either regulate or get rid of my cycle. Seeing as how I'd been on it since early November, my cycle should have stopped long ago. As it is I've been spotting (both lightly and heavily, daily) since early November of last year. Needless to say, she forbode me to continue the Depo and offered alternative means of BC.

Since I'm not very good with remembering to take the little pill every day she prescribed the patch, Ortho-Evra. So my question is, have any of you ladies tried the patch? Heard good vs. bad things about it? And since I forgot to ask, but she mentioned it would take 3-6 months for the Depo to be out of my system, does anyone have any idea if it will take that long for my cycle to regulate itself again?

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[lilyofthewest.livejournal.com]

Being on a combined contaceptive is likely to push your cycle back on track. It will be different than it was before depo, and it will be different than it was during depo, but it will likely reappear within 2 patch cycles.