#nexplanon

[organicmatter]

I was wondering if anyone had any experiences with side effects after going off birth control, I can't find much info online besides random reddit posts.

#feel free to send asks or reply to this post #i specifically had nexplanon removed a few weeks ago #im interested in hearing about any BC though #basically i have been nauseous and feeling weird as fuck after getting it removed. but also a lot less angry in general #birth control #nexplanon

[kattahj]

Me to a gynaecologist: I would like some help with my periods, please.

Gynaecologist: *rattles off a few different forms of birth controls and refuses to recommend one*

Me: umm... implant?

Me a month later: *on the tenth day of my period with no end in sight* *arm itchy and pinchy*

#periods #birth control #nexplanon

[svgarwitch]

got my period for the first time in over a year and a half and she's a fucking DOOZY. Its been on since the 16th...

Im in so much pain like its not even funny

#period #period pain #period cramps #witch is crying again #she seems to do it professionally nowadays #nexplanon

[hedge-bones]

I had a little pain last night (like 9 hours after insertion) that tylenol took care of, and so far no pain yet this morning. But I see the edges of a bruise coming out the bottom of the bandage, so in about 4 hours I’ll get to see how gnarly my arm looks

#personal #nexplanon

[mcatmemoranda]

#Nexplanon

[reptite]

I have a nexplanon in my fucking arm that's overdue to be taken out and I lost my job so I don't have insurance to cover the $800 procedure to get it replaced so now I just have dead plastic living in my arm and I'm googling "safe ways to remove nexplanon at home" and freezing ice cubes for the ill-advised at-home procedure :)

#nexplanon

[but-how-do-you-drive]

okay so an additional PMS symptom that popped up for me since starting nexplanon was like.....major rage and getting illogically angry. especially in regards to injustices against women i was just..... completely enraged about it all

#im not saying that anger over injustice against women is not justified #just for me it was pretty out of left field since im a pretty non confrontational person #still not sure how im feeling about it since i kinda felt like a Strong Woman #but i mostly just raged about stuff to B and im not sure how productive that was #anyway just some thoughts #nexplanon #pipe down carlee

[idinkcaremuch]

I have the nexplanon arm bar insert so I don’t get periods very often. But today I did. For the first time in 5 months. Fuck this. Science should have beat this by now! Prioritize women’s medicine! And while I have you here: sedate women for IUDs!!

Holy shit when I got my insert they asked if I had any questions and I asked “does it hurt” and she’s like “huh, that’s a good question”. Bitch, yes or no! I can take it if you fucking warn me. Why do doctors not care about our pain? They’re totally blind to it like we’re oranges they’re practicing stitches on.

Then they just numbed it locally and told me to look away. They fucking sliced my arm and stuck a plastic bit in there and then made me feel it because you’re supposed to be able to feel it. Blech. Then they cleaned me up and sent me on my way like I didn’t just get minor surgery. And I had to drive myself 45 minutes home and my arm hurt SO BAD.

Just be honest with me and tell me to get someone to drive me home because I’ll be sore after. Then I couldn’t lift my arm to type for 3 days! I would have just taken off of work if I knew there was a recovery time. I can no long cross my arms naturally because my right hand would tuck under my arm and hit my insert, I can’t rest hand on the center console in the car because mg inner upper arm would rest against the seat. I can’t lay on my left side in bed anymore. If I had known it would affect all these things, I would have put it in my right arm! But there is no thought to care outside of the doctors office.

There’s no consideration for women’s pain at all. My nexplanon story is still WAY better than any IUD story I’ve heard, even when it goes well! Birth control is a nightmare and medicine needs to speed the fuck up in making not having babies less horrific. Because having babies is most horrific of all! Why can’t there be one option that doesn’t feel like a punishment? It would be a bad idea for me to become pregnant because my body can’t handle it. My periods are so painful and debilitating, even when I only get them three times a year. I’ve found that the arm bar insert is the best option for me because remembering to take the pill at the same time every day was something I found stressful. Now I don’t have to think about it for 5 years, that’s great. I love having the option to not get pregnant, I just wish it wasn’t so awful and that doctors cared more about patient pain, but because it’s about women having sex, it’s too taboo to even think about making it easy and comfortable

#birth control #womens health #nexplanon #iud #female #uterus #reproductive autonomy #reproductive health #no kids #dink #feminism #pain #chronic pain #periods

[smallswingshoes]

Hi !Thank you for being open about your pharmacy knowledge !

I have questions about Nexplanon. I have been on it for a few months, and i have had two opposites reactions. The first one is from the intern doc who prescribed it to me after i asked, who pretty much read the online description of it (lasts three years, can and will mess up periods, could stop them all completely,if i dont like it i can stop it after a month, said it was a pretty good idea if i wasnt gonna remember the pill everyday) and a bunch of people on the internet + the first midwife i asked to insert it for me who refused and sent me to another clinic bc too many of her patients had side effects. Mind you, not having my periods anymore was exactly my goal. She also told me very few medical przctionners prescribed it anymore and some were even requesting it should be put off the market.

The midwife who inserted it in my arm gave very little info, and online it seems side effects causing people to remove it are actually not that common. So whats going on ?

Weird. I don't know as much about this from a pharmacy tech pov cuz we don't dispense them in a pharmacy; they're inserted in clinical settings.

But I do have one of my own and I love it! This is my third one, I think. I actually think it's a great alternative to the depo shot cuz if you have a bad reaction to the shot, you have to just ride it out. (Happened to my mom.) Whereas with nexplanon, you can just get it taken out.

I haven't personally heard of people saying it should be taken off the market, that's new to me. I wonder if it's just because it's hormonal birth control? People can be very opinionated on birth controls in general honestly. (Probably because hormonal birth control can be such a crapshoot.)

I wanna toss this one out to the world at large for info, see if anyone else can weigh in on this.

#op #your local pharmacy technician #birth control #nexplanon

[dejablonde]

Decided to switch to nexplanon, insertion was today. I'm wondering if I have whatever gene that redheads have to make them resistant to anesthetics hiding somewhere because they had to go back for more lidocaine after one of the test pinches hurt. I've got enough redheads in my direct family for it to be plausible, at least.

#personal #face #nexplanon #red hair #anesthesia #birth control

[texas-bbq-pringles]

me rn bc nexplanon has not in fact helped my period cramps and the only other way doctors would be willing to help me is an iud (which i refuse to get bc no thanks) bc apparently actually investigating this shit is too hard

#like i literally can't feel my legs my cramps are that bad #i can't breathe either #it's 3 am so no sleep for me #AND WHY TF CAN'T I FEEL MY LEGS THAT'S JUST NOT NORMAL #not to mention the heart palpations... when i have a heart condition 😗✌️ #female reproductive healthcare is amazing 🤩 #nexplanon #medical sexism

[luckyyyyyyyyyyyy]

my period is finally over after a literal month 😄

#nexplanon

[hedge-bones]

i've had the bc implant for almost 3 weeks now and have had basically no side effects yet,

EXCEPT that spot on my arm keeps getting itchy and scratching it is the weirdest fucking feeling lol

#personal #nexplanon

[mcatmemoranda]

How long until the birth control implant begins to work?

If you get the implant during the first 5 days of your period, you’re protected from pregnancy right away.  If you get the implant at any other time in your cycle, use another form of birth control (i.e. condoms) during the first week. After that first week, the implant starts working and you’re protected from pregnancy for 3 years.

#nexplanon

[littlemxmisfit]

I'm so angry right now!

I've been dealing with weight gain, severe migraines, dizziness, and a slew of other health problems for the past few years. I brushed some of them off as AFAB side effects. I've been trying to find out what's wrong with the other health issues this entire time.

3 years ago I got a nexplanon implant. I have horrible, heavy periods and the pill wasn't really helping. I was referred to a gynecologist who told me the implant would help stop my periods. I was ecstatic and immediately wanted it. Every since then my weight has been out of control. My migraines have gotten 100x worse, along with a lot of other side effects that I either brushed off or have been trying to find an explanation for for the past 3 years.

I was supposed to get the implant out months ago but I had to cancel my appointment due to being sick. Ever since then I haven't been able to contact my gynecologist again. I've tried multiple times, on different days at different times. Today I tried once again, couldn't get through. I was talking to my brother about how I'm thinking of going to a different gynecologist because this is bullshit. The number I have goes straight to the front desk so I know they're just ignoring the phone. After a while, my brother suddenly asks about my implant. I answer his questions and that's when he tells me about all these side effects the implant is known to have. He then asks who my Dr. is so I tell him.

Y'all, apparently I got the doc who pushes the nexplanon implant on patients. She's also apparently really shitty as is the front desk. When I went back to get this damn implant out I told that I was worried the implant was causing a lot of my problems. And she looked me in my face and lied to me. Telling me that the nexplanon implant doesn't have any side effects like that.

This has been the worst 3 years of my life and this woman not only lied to me but continued to sell me a product that is possibly damaging me. I'm lucky that I didn't go to my appointment and that the front desk is so incompetent that they wouldn't pick up the phone so I could reschedule. I'm getting this thing out of me and finding another alternative, even if it's nothing.

If you've made this far, first thank you for reading my rant. Second, don't get the nexplanon implant and if you do have it then get it removed immediately. I don't want others to suffer the way I've suffered.

#psa #serious post #nexplanon #periods #afab

[disneydarlingdiva]

After my IUD failed 2 times, I decided to get the arm implant (Nexplanon for those of you who know)

They had to ask if there was any chance of me, an asexual, being pregnant. They asked the last time I had sex and I said

When I tell y'all that they assumed "Never" equated to "A month ago", "It's been a while", and my favorite "a couple of years"

When I finally repeated for the 3rd time that I've never had sex, bruh looked at me like

And just because he's right, doesn't mean that I wasn't insulted.

And then the man had the audacity to point out that my IUD failing twice is an exceptionally rare event and that I should play the lottery

My guy. I have just been traumatized. I don't think bad luck equates to that kind of good retribution.

Now it's been about 3 weeks and my arm still hurts from the implant. And I have COVID. So I'm having a great time.

#storytime #iud #nexplanon #asexual #gifs #COVID #doctors