Contraception Reviews

Birth control implant  
Used for 6 - 12 mo
Lowdown58897
🇺🇸 US
  •  4th Nov 23

Nexplanon implant  
•  Stopped using

I was bleeding for about 6 months continuously by the end of what was a little over a year of having the nexplanon. It was prescribed to help with what was already a gruesome period for me, i had been bleeding very heavily for 2 weeks, each period for the 5 years of having my period before the nexplanon. After the nexplanon I began having cramping when i wasn't bleeding, what my doctor would explain as lightning crotch. When my periods got longer and heavier i was told to give the hormones more time to settle. When my cramping began getting worse to the point i couldn't use tampons and my periods began melding together into one continuous period, i was given naproxen for pain and to give it more time. The entire time my mood was continuously fluctuating, sometimes id be fine but a lot of the times i was angry/aggressive for no reason or borderline depressesd. This combined with the fact that the pads i was running through, think 8 of the big overnight pads in just for one school day and not including pads used at home, missing school from severe cramping and bleeding through pants and having to be brought new ones. My mom determined we were done waiting and we scheduled a removal appointment.


Mood

Very negative

Skin

Got worse

Sex drive

Reduced

Weight

Gained weight

Bleeds

Heavier
Irregular
Spotting

Mood

Very positive

Skin

Improved

Sex drive

Increased

Weight

Don't know

Cycle return to normal

1 month
While using
 Period like cramps
 Dizziness
 Tender breasts
 Migraines
 Breast enlargement
 Body hair increase
 Nausea or vomiting
After using

No side effects provided

I tend to react very quickly to hormones, so even a week out from removal the change was noticeable. I bleed for about two weeks gave my body a full month of no hormone before trying a different birth control method. I went with a pill this time because if i had a bad experience i could just stop taking it. I was prescribed Junel Fe 1.5/30 and have been on that for the last 5 years. It has lessened my period length, heaviness, and pain.


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