Nexplanon implant thing - how I regret that!

[Alwaysworthchecking]

Had the implant put in just before travelling abroad (two and half weeks ago) and how I hate the thing! I bleed constanty - enough, initially, to just need pantyliners but for a week and a half now, enough to need the Mooncup. I feel grumpy quite a lot of the time and, much as I can't have sex what with all the bleeding, I don't fancy it all! The one time we managed, it was really uncomfortable. I also hate that I can feel it in my arm, although that is obviously a minor concern.

So, as a contraceptive, it's pretty effective, but it's not what I had in mind.

I can't take oestrogen-based contaceptives, I got pregnant and then miscarried on micronor and I'm not going for the Mirena - not risking messing my hormones about like this again. Want it out and then go back to condoms - never had any problems with them.

If I could take it out myself with the paring knife in the kitchen, I think I would.

Is it likely to settle down, do you think? Also, what are my chances of getting it removed when I get back home in a week or so?

[Kickstop]

I know my response to this is quite a few years late. But I've been having the same problem. Its been about two months since my Nexplanon implant and I have not stopped bleeding. The thing is, this is my replacement. The first three years I had this my bleeding was regular. Now with a brand new one it feels like it won't stop. I'm guessing I should give the full six months for it to settle?

[PhobWatch]

I had nothing but trouble with my implant. Since I suffer with eczema the wound took ages to even heal, it even got infected. Then the worst happen, the end of it broke through my skin and started to come out. Had to be one of the worst panic attacks I ever had. Was rushed to A and E where I was given the option of leaving it or having them take it out. Thankfully since it was basically already out it was a quick procedure. I'm only 18 and I was told it would be effective and fine. Never before have I felt so mugged off in my life. I asked if it would be affected with my eczema and they said it would be fine. Now I have to find another effective way of protection. The pill is no use cause I can't swallow tablets no matter how small they are. But I'm so thankful that my boyfriend was there to help and keep me calm. I'm never having it put in my arm again since my body rejects it completely. It may be effective for some people and it doesn't play up. But it's not right for me, I don't know if anyone else has had this, but I felt really stupid for having it done

[Sunshineonacloudyday]

kristoska one word springs to mind about your doctor and thats bollocks. All he has to do is numb you're arm make a small incision and cut it out. You don't need to asleep.

[Tabbybanana24]

I have had the nexplanon for almost 3 years started out good until recently the arm goes numb and I know I am close to getting it out next month. I feel like my period is awkward and my mood swings are horrible. The implant in my arm feels like it's deeper than need be and twisted. I got before my 25th birthday which is next month and I am getting it out. I lost almost 100lbs when I had the implanon and I gained at least 70lbs since I got the nexplanon implanted. Oddly but still have cramps bad and no period other than here and there. My question is has anyone had this problem? I mean I know people has had issues but I don't understand the weak knees and weak arms. I have multiple sclerosis well first signs and it makes it harder to walk. Do I need to get it out before next month? Please let me know what you all think. Can it get twisted?!?

[Sunshineonacloudyday]

I had the Nexplanon put in my arm on the 23rd May. No period for the first 2 months and now I am on my 3rd week of bleeding. I don't think this is going to work out for me. With the implanon I had regular bleeds twice a month in the first year and then once a month after that. This is ridiculous I can't carry on like this all my motivation has gone.

[Lauwhite6162738239393939]

I got the implant (implanon I think) in November last year so had it in for 9 months and have an appointment to get it taken out tomorrow!!! I have had nothing but trouble with it, firstly with my periods they were so irregular but I don't care about them anymore because my mood swings are the biggest problem ! Begin to feel angry over the smallest things or sometimes over nothing, became more paranoid and controlling over my boyfriend and feel like crying most the time. I don't know how my boyfriend has put up with me for so long! Tried to take my tshirt off last week and couldn't get the zipper down so I ripped it apart, regretted it soon after hoping I feel back to normal as soon as it gets taken out, for anyone thinking of getting it in I wouldn't recommend but I suppose everyone reacts differently to it!
Hope this helps

[Sunshineonacloudyday]

I'm on week 6 now of constant bleeding I feel very unwell in my head at the moment. I am waiting until next week to have this out I can not live like this anymore.

[Sunshineonacloudyday]

purplewaffle105 I am 32 and I went to the clinic to have it put in and now they are going to take it out.

[mariahann1]

How soon can you have it removed ? I got it yesterday and regret it and want it out ?

If I tell them I took the bandages off and tried move it out and now i can't feel it will they remove it ?
I really did remove bandages

[user1476477970]

Oh My God where to begin with this! It's so bad I created an account on a forum for parents just to complain about how bad nexplanon is.

Had my nexplanon inserted in March a little after the last day of what I thought to be the heaviest, most painful period of my life (they gave me a month of the POP before inserting the implant, which should've been my first clue that this was a very, VERY bad idea)

Fast forward two weeks and I'm on my period. A much, much worse period than the one the POP gave me. I couldn't even sleep due to pains and bleeding through a tampon AND pad every half an hour. Two weeks later, you got it, I'm still bleeding, only slightly less heavy than before. Three weeks after that? Yep, not slowing down.
After only two months I go back to the clinic and beg them to do something because this isn't right. They refuse to take the implant out and give me the combined pill. Which does (temporarily) stop me bleeding but also causes mood swings and anxiety attacks only every other day.

Fast forward to July and my new doctor gives me another three months of the combined pill after complaining that the ones given to me at the hospital in my previous town are no longer stopping the bleeding. That's right, gross brown discharge and blood even when I'm on the pill. And again, they didn't want to take it out. So I sucked it up and waited for the bleeding to finally stop two weeks later (started again shortly after).

So at this point I'm a bloody, depressive, anxious mess from my birth control. Birth control indeed, who wants to have sex with that!

It's now October and this morning, instead of getting ready to go to college, I was rolling around on the kitchen floor in AGONY from period pains. It was so scary for my boyfriend that he called an ambulance. They didn't do anything except give me gas and air (that stuff was amazing though) and make condescending comments about being called out for menstrual cramps when I could've taken more pain killers (already maxed out on paracetamol and cannot take ibuprofen or codeine-based medicines). And you guessed it, the bastard thing is still sitting in my arm, happily throbbing away like it has since the moment I had it put in, as it literally ruins my life.

So yeah I've had enough, and am now seriously considering gouging it out of my arm if the doctors don't do anything for me on Monday :'(

[RancidOldHag]

Have you and it out now? And are things settling?

[Niknak222]

Hi just wondered if anyone has had this same issue as I'm going out of my mind with worry! I too am on my 3rd implant, 1st two Implanon which were both amazing and barely any bleeding or side effects, current one is Nexplanon which I have now had in for 16 months approx, didn't have any bleeding at all for the first 6 months but since then the bleeding has been on and off constantly and I have now been bleeding/spotting for around 3weeks which was stopping for a few hours/at most a day and then starting up again (as usual) although it is very light like a brown/pinkish discharge no need for a pad etc really just see it when wiping, but I seemed to have stopped bleeding completely 3 nights ago and when I wipe after weeing, the paper is totally clear no blood/spotting, however, for the last 3 days I have noticed that after bowel movement, when I wipe my vaginal area there is a blood stained/pinkish discharge on the paper which after I wipe stops almost straight away and then nothing further when returning to the toilet for a wee etc but has happened everytime I have bowel movement? This is the first time since I have had all implants that I have ever noticed this happening with bowel movement and I am just putting it down to just finishing bleeding and maybe the pressure/pushing with bowel movement is just releasing leftover blood but would be great to know if anyone else has experienced this on the implant or any other birth control as I am really worried about it P.S I am also calling the docs on Monday to make an appointment to get this thing removed as I cannot take anymore of this constant bleeding! thanks all xx

[Saynototheimplant]

My daughter is 19 years old she had the neplaxon implant when she was 16 her mood changed some then but 3 weeks ago she had it replaced with a new one and as a mother I WILL NEVER TELL ANYONE TO let your child get this horrible thing implanted in them this new implant has made her so moody crying wanting to kill herself acting very erratic and not herself before this new implant she was moody but nothing like this she had life goals she has a really good job makes good money I always told people my daughter is the greatest has a great head on her shoulders Great teenager and now ever since the new implant she can't go to work she gets so upset and angry crying even tried 20mg of Prozac a day to help but I think that made it all worse I hate my baby girl feeling so bad it was killing me took her to the hospital they just wanted to send her to a mental health place I refused to let that happen I told them to take the damn implant out of her arm they said they can't do that which was bs in my opinion but either way we left another couple of rough days and took her to the health dept this morning and at 3 this afternoon it is out so I pray to the lord above that she will be back to her mild normal mood swings not this off the chain stuff

[Saynototheimplant]

Oh I would suggest the depo shot I have been taking it myself for 8 years stoped taking it for 2 years got pregnant had a son and been back on the Depo shot again for the past 11 years no prob just some weight gain in the beginning nothing major

[Ebrie22]

I have the nexplanon. I got it put in in February and all i have had since is problems. it has made me feel really low to the point where i didnt want to be getting out of bed most days. Now i snap at everything. And i want to cry at everything most things of which never used to bother me. Its now affecting my relationship with my fiance beacuse all we are doing is arguing. I went to y dr who said it was not the implant causing this and has referred me to therapy who i am still waiting to hear from after being told that it was a one week waiting list almost 4 weeks ago. now i am going back to my doctor about it and also going the clinic to see about getting it taken out.

[sazzle92]

Such a relief to read these posts..... Many little things which have all added up to making sense and being due to the implant, having read this! : mood swings, low mood days, irritable at times over very little, extremely tired after good sleep, minor bleeding every two weeks, worse skin and spots, weight gain..... all put down to various reasons - shift work, poor diet, late nights, stress...

On the plus side, after over a year of regular unprotected sex.... it has done its job extremely well and I've remained not pregnant..

Well, here's my tale of Nexplanon..

Many years ago I was put on the combined pill (gedarel i think) to regulate my periods and ease the cramps.. worked really well, even when i missed the occasional tablet - was not a problem to miss them because i was single and not sexually active, and they still kept periods at bay/on a 4 week cycle..
Had to have an alarm on my phone to remind me to take them, which was a okay in an office job..

Fast forward to starting shift work and seeing people socially/sexually and I knew I had to have something other than the pill because I needed reliability without the requirement of taking a tablet everyday..

September 2016 Spoke to the sexual health clinic and it came down to either the implant or the coil, and thanks to a long waiting time for the coil....i had the implant fitted that same day.

I was advised that should i have any issues with bleeding, I could take a pill on top of it for symptom control (which i think i need to)

I had two months no periods after having it put it, then some light intermittent ones, and then irregular but light..
over the last few months it's turned into bleeding every two weeks, moods swings last month or so have been awful..
The GP said it should have settled after 6 months and gave no answers for why it would be unsettled now. She recommended changing to the injection, however i dont like the idea of them because once it is in its in, and if i have side effects then im stuck! Also my partner likes the fact he can feel it in my arm..

Weirdly, the bleeding is the least of my worries - annoying and inconvenient, but my fault as I've been too lazy to get the pill!
The mood swings are what has pushed me to post today - spent the day tearful, grumpy , isolating myself, and pushing bf away when all he wants to do is be there for me and help. All over something quite small and insignificant in the grand scheme of things..more to do with the way my mind has been thinking than anything that happened.

Also, I am not pregnant - despite the success of remaining not pregnant on the implant we do a monthly check and was clear three weeks ago (payday treat to myself - peestick 😂)..

[Laus3013]

I know this post is old but I’ve had the Implanon for almost 3 years before I had my son in 2013, I then had an implant back in but I’m sure it was the old one still.

Anyhow had to have that changed at 2 years because I was bleeding most of the time.

I now definitely have the Nexplanon and it’s a year this month since I’ve had it in.
Over the last 6+ months I have noticed becoming extremely depressed and anxious(always suffered from this in the passed but the implants made it worse)

Also I have been getting head aches that would last a day or so but as each month go by the headaches are getting worse and lasting 3 days, I’m getting theses almost on a weekly basis.

As I speak now this is my 2nd day of a migraine. I’ve been on the phone today to my drs and they only have a nurse who can take it out attend the surgery once a month and they can’t tell me when just put me on a waiting list, I said I can’t wait this long so I rang a sexual health clinic and they can get me in in 2 days.

I want to rip this thing out of me my head feels so horrible and my stress levels are huge, I’ve never felt hormones like it..

This needs to come out of my arm ASAP.
I used to recommend the implant but since they brought this new one out I wouldn’t recommend it because in general I’m healthy and never had bad headaches.. only slightly got ones due to life ect.

[stayingaliveisawayoflife]

I'm having mine removed tomorrow. I would have to wait another month to have it done on the nhs so I am paying £180 to have it removed and go back on the injection. I just want me back.

[Laus3013]

Wow I had mine taken out by the sex clinic cos me docs would make me wait ages. I had mine taken out Thursday and my migraine went almost with in an hour or so. £180 ouch is that private?

[stayingaliveisawayoflife]

Yes it's private. Next sexual health clinic appointment was on 20th July which is the date of my work party of 25th and I just couldn't wait that long. £180 meant next day appointment and straight back on injection! I am a bit nervous but also can't wait.

[Laus3013]

I must admit I had to wait a week or so making an appointment over the phone but I found going inside the building hurried it up and I got a sooner appointment ect.
Money is no object I guess when you need a quick fix, don’t be nervous I was to but the nurse was so nice and gentle, she was like it’s done I was like really? No ones ever been that gentle with the implant with me... good luck for today 👍

[stayingaliveisawayoflife]

And it's gone! Hopefully I will feel the benefits quickly. Arm is a bit sore though!

[Laus3013]

I bet you will pretty much straight away 😀 I know I did but guess it depends what the side affects were and how bad. Glad all went ok!

When I had mine out the nurse tried telling me that the Nexplanon is the same as the Implanon but I do not agree one bit.

I think there will many more woman adding to this thread over time.. 😀

[stayingaliveisawayoflife]

In case anyone is reading this it has been a week since the implant was removed and I went back on the injection. No bleeding at all, I have lost three pounds in weight and not cried once! I'm back!

[Laus3013]

Absolutely brilliant news!!!!