I had Implanon from May to September last year, and it was almost the worst thing I could've done.

My doc said it would be a better one for me to take because of my history with depression. After about a month of having it in I started feeling numb all the time, and having fairly frequent panic attacks. I do suffer with PA's, but usually I can feel them coming on, so I can control them, but during this time I didn't get any warning signs. Imagin driving down the freeway listening to the radio, and the close traffic sets me off. VERY dangerous!

Doc kept saying it wasn't the Implanon - put me on a new antidepressant (annoyed at this - had been off for 3 years) as well as giving me sedatives to take when I felt like I was having a PA. Symptoms continued to get worse.

Eventually I started to demand that the implant be taken out, as it was the only thing that could be setting me off. It took 2 months, 3 suicide attempts, 3 hospitilizations, about a million panic attacks and being fired from my job with Westpac before a doctor would take it out.

So while I agree that its probably great for some women, I will NEVER reccommend it!