"ive been on nexplanon for about 7 months now after being on the depo shot for 4 years. the application of the nexplanon was easy and fairly painless. the biggest issue i have with nexplanon is the bleeding i&#039;ve been having for 6 out of the 7 months on this. and i&#039;m not talking spotting, i mean bleeding moderately heavy everyday for 6 months. finally after i couldn&#039;t take it anymore i went to my doctor and she gave me a second birth control, the patch in hopes of stopping the bleeding from the extra estrogen and it worked!!! ive been using the patch for a month now and i havent bled at all. i will probably stay on this for a while and eventually go back to the shot."