Thread: Brown discharge...what's goin' on???

Hi, I'm 19, currently on the Depo shot, and am sexually active. Lately (for about a week or so), I've been having this weird brown discharge. I have period cramps (and it's actually around the time I get my normal period, though because of the shot, I have ceased to bleed for the past 2-3 months). When I insert a tampon and then take it after a couple of hours, I also see very small amounts of regular red blood.

It's near time for me to take my 2nd shot for Depo, and I'm wondering if this is normal. I've taken a pregnancy test and it came out negative (though I've read that when on Depo, that kinda doesn't matter), and the discharge doesn't really smell...it actually smells more like blood than anything else, so I have my doubts of it being an infection. What's going on? Should I freak or no?

Well now I'm bleeding lightly (not spotting, this actually reaches my underwear, unlike spotting). I dunno if it's a period or what though...