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A member asked:

I just got off depo and got on the pills i missed some and had unprotected sex now i'm bleeding it's brown and red i've been having headache and tired?

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Take meds: It is very common to be irregular with weird periods when coming off DEPO. Not taking the BCPS regularly, compounds the problem. Best bet to more regular cycles is to take the BCPs faithfully. If you can't, then don't take them at all.

Answered 12/12/2016

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