Implant and decreased sex drive

How our community feel implant has affected their sex drive

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

Decreased sex drive

50%

No change

30%

Don't know

15%

Out of the 613 reviews for implant, 305 people (50%) reported decreased sex drive.

Reviewers that reported decreased sex drive as a side effect

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

Implant  
Used for 1 - 3 mo
32 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  3 weeks ago

Implant  

All the great wetness I was feeling down there is all gone. I have painful sexual intercourse and I'm sad.

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Very negative mood

1 more effect

0 helpful

0 comments

Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
24 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  23rd Jul 25

Bled constantly for months, then no period for ages, then bleeding again for weeks on end. Really heavy which is abnormal for me. No sex drive, I was really depressed for the nearly 3 years I was on this and I thought that was just me, funnily enough when i came off it I felt so much better and couldn’t believe most my problems were probably being caused by this implant


Somewhat negative mood

1 more effect

0 helpful

0 comments

Used for 8+ yr
30 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  27th Jun 25

Great for if you are looking for contraception that you can forget about and prevent periods however it caused lasting weight gain and awful mood such as unreasonable anger which was almost misdiagnosed as a personality disorder until I came off the contraception.


Very negative mood

2 more effects

0 helpful

0 comments

Implant common side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

51% of implant reviewers reported tender breasts

44% of implant reviewers reported period like cramps

41% of implant reviewers reported vaginal discharge

37% of implant reviewers reported vaginal dryness

36% of implant reviewers reported breast enlargement


Possible implant side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

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