Sarah Watson decided to stop using a contraceptive injection after learning it had been linked to benign brain tumors. However, Watson felt there was another explanation. She said it was only after mentioning that she had recently stopped taking the contraceptive injection that she felt her symptoms began to make sense. After stopping the Depo-Provera contraceptive injection, hormone levels gradually return to normal as the brain resumes signaling the ovaries to produce estrogen and release eggs, she said. Why Watson Stopped the InjectionWatson, an activities coordinator, had been using the contraceptive injection for more than two years.