"i got my first implanon in jan 2012 because i wanted an effective long term birth control that i didn&#039;t have to remember to take. the initial 3 years left me with a great experience of regular periods &amp; no side effects. it was perfect for me &amp; with no wants to have children at this stage in jan 2015 i had another inserted. almost instantly my periods became heavy &amp; irregular. i went back to the doctors weeks later &amp; was assured it was the same contraceptive as before &amp; just a side effect. i bled for another 3 weeks, went back &amp; was prescribed a month of the pill zoelly which stopped my period. to follow i had 6 months of irregular bleeds with the final straw being a heavy period lasting 3 months. had it removed &amp; now on the pill levlen."