Can the contraceptive implant implanon cause anxiety and depression?

[Stress_Head]

Hi,
I have had the implanon now for 2 years and since then have experienced 6 month cycles of extreme depression and anxiety followed by periods where i return to my normal happy mood and behaviour.  For the last month I have been feeling hightened level of anxitey, which have caused social withdrawal, and fellings of sadness and depression. Most worringly, recently i have had thoughts of self harming.

I couldn't seem to put my finger on why I was feeling this way, and till tonight, hadn't considered the possibility that it could be the implanon. I have done some brief reseach and found that the implanon can cause depression, but I am concerned can it completely explain the reason for my extreme long-term changes in mood, or is there something more deep routed?
Thanks

[angiepie3]

I meant 2 and a half years here

[bigback]

hello I am a male asking your ladies for help I have bean with my fiancée for 4 years and we have never had an argument in all that time she had the implant in 3months ago and then things slowly changed she stopped sleeping over we couldn't have sex she has been  bleeding all the time since it was fitted and 2 weeks ago she was telling how much she loved me and we was fine as with I was worried with her not stopping. 4 to 5 months ago we was looking in buying an house then get married and then kids in years to come so we pretty much had it all sorted life was grate we was never happier then last week she was booked in to have it removed on the Monday but on the Sunday  she told me she feel the way she ment to  and finshed with me after having it removed she came up to see me because I need to know why and she did not know why she felt like this she wont talk to me any more and she is out on the drink all the time im giving her the space she needs but to know how long to it take for her to get back to her old self its me birthday next week and I don't  want spend it alone with out her

[nursegirl6572]

This thread is very old, and very long.  Please start your own new thread, so your questions and concerns can be addressed.

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/new_with_new_subject?forum_id=71

Thanks!

[angiepie3]

I've had my Implanon for 2 and a half months now and I first started to see a change in my attitude and mental health back in January I would say is when it happened. I had a really bad anxiety attack and went to the hospital. They thought it was because I was dehydrated and had low potassium. After that happened I would freak out on my roommates for no reason. I was very short tempered with people. Then in May I had another bad anxiety attack and was back in the hospital, this was when they said I had a panic attack and gave me some meds for it. After that last experience I was never the same. I didnt care about myself anymore, I didnt care what happened to me. The only way I could describe it is having an out of body experience, I just wasnt myself. Everything in my life was going wrong and I felt like there was nothing I could do but sit back and watch it happen. I was in a car accident; totaled my car, lost my grandpa, and on top of that I had to deal with my anxiety that was making my chest pound and I couldnt handle it. In June I started dating my wonderful boyfriend and unfortunately for him has to deal with my crazy self. Lately I've been overreacting to the little things he does and acting jealous and mad about the stupidest things. One night I woke up crying because he rolled to the other side of the bed and pulled all the sheets with him and I sat there and cried about it for like ten minutes. Then the other night I was staying at his house and I had to work early in the morning and he was playing video games and I asked him to cuddle with me. I fell asleep and woke up at around 4 to him still playing video games and I got pissed and left without saying anything. I had no Idea why all this was happening to me until I found this site yesterday. After discovering this website I decided to call and make an appointment to get it taken out, I'm done being miserable. Thank you everyone for your stories, hope mine helps as well for others

[dlj134]

I've had 3 implants now.. I'm 21, (usually) happy, Good career, in Uni, recently married, very lucky girl...  I've always experienced problems but nothing as severe as i'm experiencing now.. Firstly i experienced extreme erratic bleeding, nothing would stop it. Just had to wait for it to sort itself out! I also experienced massive weight gain of over 3 stone, but put that down to quitting smoking... Then i moved onto the second one.. The bleeding was getting so out of control i had it out and another one back in to see if it would make any difference.. That was when the depression came.. Obsessive intrusive thoughts for weeks, crying at anything and everything, can't sleep, overwhelming feelings of anxiety, feeling scared and paranoia... Gradually after a month i managed to get over it and got back to my normal self. Just want to clarify, I have NEVER had any problems with any of these before, no history of depression, no trigger, no loss or death, no reason to be upset what so ever!!! No problems since then, until last thursday... I was out enjoying a meal with a friend when i started having a terrible headache, i thought nothing of it and went home, feeling fuzzy headed, tired, confused, blurred vision. The next day i was out of control with the intrusive thoughts, crying for no reason and feeling like I was going insane.. Even to the point of suicidal thoughts just to stop these horrible feelings.. Ive lost half a stone in 5 days because i'm so upset. This really is not me! I visited the doctor and she diagnosed me with having depression. She suggested i have the implant removed and see how i go from there as even in the book she had, it states that it can cause depression... I'm going to the clinic tomorrow to have my implant removed... It never occurred to me that this could cause such horrendous side affects! I'm just lucky i've had the support of my doctor, family and friends other wise something terrible could've happened. To anyone else suffering with such symptoms, please stay strong and visit your GP for help...

[reni89]

Omg I have paragurd iud for 6 months now and I think that cooper is playing with me, I had been diagnosed with anxiety 4 months before I put iud, in the beginning not anything worry but 2-3 months later I started to get shooting pain all over my head and headaches which I never complain before in my life, then I started getting moody backpain my anxiety is so bad that I have been having lose stoles for months, I get metalic taste on my mouth and I know is because of cooper iud. Iud is ruing my life . I use to get pulpation on my panic attacks only now is like every time. So in two days that thing is out cant wait counting the minutes. Good luck girls.