"i had the implanon for almost a year. i never stopped bleeding the entire time. prior to the implanon i was getting the depo provera shot, i had been getting that for 3 years and never stopped bleeding on that either. that was the only negative side effect for me, unfortunately, bleeding non-stop for a year is pretty bad, almost defeats the purpose of birth control. i gave it a 2 because i like that i didn&#039;t have to worry at all about it. it was in, and i didn&#039;t have to remember to take a pill, or change anything. my doctor says if you want to try the implanon, try the depo provera shot first, and if you bleed constantly on that, don&#039;t switch to implanon. if you do good on depo provera shot, the implanon will most likely work for you as well."