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"I got my first (and last) Depo shot about two and a half months ago. I've had two periods since, but they come a week late, and last about a week and a half. I have terrible cramps and heavy bleeding. My periods are far worse on it than before. When I got my first shot, my doctor only told me that I would spot for the first few months and then my periods would eventually stop, and that the risk of blood clots is low (my mother passed away at 38 from a blood clot, potentially from the use of birth control). I wasn't informed of the side effects, and my doctor didn't take a pregnancy test before she gave it to me, like they're supposed to. "