TBH, I'm wary of any contraceptive implants. Yes, it might be more convenient - as in you don't hafta remember to take it every day - but the side effects from having that many hormones sitting in your body are ridiculous! I mean, Implanon comes with a warning that says it may affect your periods for up to 12 months after removal!!
I seriously don't think they're healthy - and the longer they're on the market, the more bad stories are coming out.....
I am so sorry that you are having trouble with this.
But seriously - if I was having symptoms like that I would get it taken straight out.
Think of it this way - if you were taking a pill that made you feel like that then you would stop taking it and switch to another one. Unfortunately it isn't for everyone and it seems that you are one of those people.
Thanks Ladies for your responses. I am definitely going to get it taken out, but it seems like whenever I ask anyone about it, they are not as serious as I am - when I sat my DH down and chatted about how I have been feeling, he said that I act like that all the time and I am depressed and angry because I have put on so much weight, and should go on a diet instead... And that the mood swings are normal for me... Not this much. I mean, I have been getting random thougths of suicide, that I don't want my kids, that I should run away, that I am sh"t at how I am as a mother... ERg...
And when I talk to the clinic, and even when I put it in and raised concerns about my history of mood inbalance, they told me it would regulate it and that it was such a safe thing to be doing, and I really felt stupid for asking so many questions. Even when I rang yesterday she was like "Well, Nurse XXX sat you down for your education session - did you not listen? Did you not understand you will not be getting a period anymore? Do you need to come in again for that education session so you clearly understand??"
ERRR!!!
BTW - Mumma B - I love what you said about being unbalanced. That sounds just like me too!!
Trish - I followed that thread, and even brought that up with the nurse on the day - she told me that it probably wasn't true and that only 1 in every 1000 has complications...
Mummy of Many - that sounds like me - so bloated, so blah, and feeling sick. Even though I cannot eat gluten as a coeliac, it doesn't even relate to the symptoms of coeliac. I just feel like CR.P, I really look like it too. I used to have clear, nice skin, now it is dull and pimply. My hair is erg, gross, even though I wash it all the time. I am staying up so late, but sleeping heaps during the day. To be honest? I feel like I have just had a baby 3 days ago - you know that hollow, erg, feeling? Tired, greasy looking, still in pj's, baby belly? But my last bub is now 2 1/2 years old...
And my DH says he cannot notice a difference except I am more grumpy!! And he says I'm grumpy because I am getting FATTER... ARRRRRRRR!!!!!
My counsellor and GP both raved about it too and tried to get me to have it, saying that it would improve my depression and anxiety. I am so glad I didn't go through with it now!
Hun, if you're already having 'random thoughts of suicide' keep going to doctors til you find someone who'll take it out, seriously. For 2 weeks I tried to find a doctor to take out my Implanon, I attempted suicide 3 times, and then started to cut the damn thing out myself, and only THEN would they take it out.
You know whats wrong, so don't let ANYONE make you feel like an idiot - doctors and nurses are just people who have read more books than we have, it doesn't make them invincible.
This is why I don't take any sort of contraception. I think it messes your system up too much.
Go in there with it writen on your arm "TAKE IT OUT" when you feel like you are being swayed to leave it in look at your arm & remember why you are there.
Hi girls
Just thought I would pop in and say "THANK YOU!!!"
I was thinking about getting a Mirena, but now after googleing and reading what you had to say about it, I don't think I will.
I have enough problems with out adding to them.
The Dr who told me pregnancy cures Endometriosis and Ashermans Syndrome just might not know everything. (She made the Mirena sound like it was the best thing since sliced bread.)
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