"so i used norplant back in the day. had it removed in 5 yrs as scheduled in 98. no problems. no period for 4 yrs. no spotting. all good. so i requested another norplant and was advised it had been pulled due to side effects. did the pill for a few years them got implanon in 2013 and told i would probably have similar experience as norplant. wrong. i spotted constantly for almost the entire 3 yrs. nothing heavy but constant. maybe 4 or 5 scattered days monthly with no spotting. not good for my sex life. got it removed on the 3 yr mark and went back to the pill. rarely had a period but started having blood pressure issue so stopped the pill. considering iud"