Nexplanon implant and irregular periods
Reviewers that reported irregular periods as a side effect
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Used for 12 - 18 mo
18 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 3 days ago
i honestly wouldn’t recommend this, he first 3 months being on this birth control i had no period and began for months on end after that. Couldn’t predict my period at all so a lot of ruined underwear. Than sometimes it’ll some for 2-3 days and i would start bleed all over again. I got broken up with 2 weeks after having this and when i tell i was so emotional more than usual. Lastly i had the worse appetite while on this birth control. i weighed 129lb before nexapolan now i weigh 111lb and during that period of time i was not active.
Increased sex drive
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Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
29 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 6th Feb 25
The only thing I liked about the implant was how relatively painless getting it inserted and removed was compared to an IUD. Other than that, my almost two year experience with this birth control was terrible. I had two periods a month and had to go on birth control pills on top of the implant to help with the irregular bleeding. My libido completely vanished and I was constantly irritated especially toward my poor undeserving husband. I didn’t realize how much this thing had affected my marriage until I got off of it. He noticed a change in my mood the same week I got off of it. The implant practically made me abstinent rendering it useless to even have. It made me feel like intimacy was a chore. I would never get it again. I regret not taking it out sooner.
Very negative mood
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Used for 5 - 8 yr
26 years old
🇺🇸 US
• 9th Jan 25
The first few months after insertion I did not get my period, which was great. However it started to come back, infrequently and light at first. However within 18 months, my period was regular and heavy again. I have a lot of breakthrough bleeding and spotting with nexplanon as well. After 3 and a half years, I got a new implant inserted. This did not change my period at all. As time goes on, I think I have more spotting than I did before placing my first nexplanon. I still really like how easy it is to insert/be removed and how I can just forget about it for years at a time. I just wish it had lightened or stopped my period long term (as it had for many of my friends).
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Nexplanon implant common side effects
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
Period like cramps
67% of nexplanon implant reviewers reported period like cramps
Headaches
58% of nexplanon implant reviewers reported headaches
Breast enlargement
53% of nexplanon implant reviewers reported breast enlargement
Tender breasts
51% of nexplanon implant reviewers reported tender breasts
Vaginal discharge
49% of nexplanon implant reviewers reported vaginal discharge