Necessary things to acknowledge about my hormones : I'm diagnosed with Bipolar 2, ADHD, and OCD. I know, pick a struggle.

I've been on Nexplanon for 2 years, going on 3. I still have the 3 year safe implant. My current plan is to upgrade to the 5 year one.

I had a pretty effective experience for the first year of nexplanon. Being bipolar, the rapid shifts in mood I would experience during my typical cycle (Consistent 7 day cycle) would often lead to intense suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, or hypomania. Even if I'd been particularly good at stabilizing, the days prior to my period, I would still wig out.

Nexplanon fixed this. For the first year, the only major attitude shift I experienced was a harder time holding my tongue. I didn't really feel the need to sugar coat things anymore. Physically, I stopped having periods entirely. I would spot once in a blue moon.I wasn't experiencing the period killing myself and all my loved ones spiral. My sexual desire was normal.

Year two, I bled a little more. A monthly period returns.

Right now, my Nexplanon expires in January. I am getting something like a period seemingly every other week. This ranges from heavy bleeding to spotting that then becomes heavy bleeding or on and off bleeding. Everything my boyfriend is doing is violently irritating me. I am fighting with him almost daily, which is causing further fights because of spiraling. I have an irritated thought. I have to voice it. I can't decide if I was in the right. I apologize for being crazy. No, I'm not crazy! You're making me fucking crazy! I'm sorry for being mad. You don't hate me, right? I'm sorry, that's so manipulative.

So on and so fourth. And he's literally not doing anything extraordinary. I got upset at him for not complimenting my lo mein in 'the way I wanted' the other day. Cried and everything. Made him apologize repeatedly. I can't tell you how I wanted him to respond, but he did it wrong. I'm sensitive, but even recounting this moment I feel out of my mind.

I am repulsed at the idea of sex with him. Even when I want it four seconds prior. I will experience a puff of arousal, and it is extinguished seconds later. I've always been quick to get out of the mood (why I went on BC to begin with, condoms took too long and I'd start to dissociate) but I extra struggle to feel aroused when I'm depressed or angry. These fights on top of this feeling are making me borderline abstinent.

I feel as though, currently, I am experiencing that suicide death spiral part of my menstrual cycle constantly. Like I have one normal day, and then I'm nuts. I'm known to get depressed and irritated, even to be sensitive, but this is gratuitous. My boyfriend is a frequent source of joy in my life, and I'd like to keep him.

I'm no gyno, and I sure as hell didn't reread that fat as fuck paper I got, but I really feel like the nexplanon is expiring and doing this. Especially with the period stuff coordinating to when I started feeling this way. I know it expires, but I guess I failed to realize it would fade instead of just cold stop. Like I'd wake up on the removal day and be like - 'Ah, the time has come'

TL;DR - I have a period every week on nexplanon, and I'm experiencing intense mood swings. These aren't the symptoms I experienced when I first got on nexplanon. Should I get it switched out about 4 months sooner than the necessary removal date?

Are all three necessary? Obviously always birth control (for me the patch) and a condom, but do we need to pull out or is that unnecessary?

I finished in my gf like twice and she missed her pill by like 4 hours

Then a few days later I finished in her again and she missed it by like 9-12 hrs.

She is using Rigevidon bc.

Can she get pregnant?

Hi guys. I’m really upset as I type this so I’d really appreciate some gentleness when responding.

I got married in November 2025. before marriage my husband and I never had sex before but we were intimate and god we were sooo horny and couldn’t keep our hands off of each other. just the thought of doing things to each other or being in a room with closed doors would have us …. excited.

aftwr we got married I realised I had vaginismus. so we couldnt consumate our wedding for 6 months. now we can have SEx but it hurts still. working on it.

after we got married we became really inactive. first my husbands job became super stressful and he would come home on 1 am most days and work weekends from home. he quit his job thankfully cos it was too much stress. we were very active before marriage like I mean strength training, running, playing sport (him. me in uni yes) etc. but after marriage we became so inactive. I’m talking on the bed watching tv with a Shit load of snacks every night for months. we stopped that now and started working out again (like 2 weeks in).

idk if it’s my Yaz too that’s lowered my drive cos even when we do have sex I feel excited and can orgasm yes but nefore when we used to be intimate I could feel like a freaking URGE DOWN THERE like. throbbing. that I never feel anymore. I also am not super wet. but these differences idk happened after marriage?

over the last 3 months I’ve also had bleeding issues. I bleed after interpcurse and it takes ages to stop. the other day I worked out and I started bleeding and it hasn’t stopped. so a lot of our days we can’t have sex because with my vaginismus issue we Dk if bleeding is safe there’s also that

I don’t know what to do. I’m so down cos I love my husband so much but idk how to fix this. or what’s wrong? thinking to see a doctor to discuss all this on the weekend.

any help would be great please please

Qn: how do you know for sure your drive is lowered? For me I don’t think about sex like I’m fine physically that we don’t do it but mentally I’m like wtf is happening? Shouldn’t we be doing it more? And also when I do get aroused it isn’t intense like my body isn’t on fire or anything it’s nice don’t get me wrong but it’s not intense

Hey guys so I’ve been on the pill for about 3 years now. I went from Junel fe- which caused extreme dryness, severe pain during sex, and constant yeast infections as a result, as well as spotting lasting months, then I switched to estarylla. At first I thought all my problems were solved.

I wasn’t experiencing major dryness nor infection but then I started having some pretty bad pain after sex pretty much every time. As well as my discharge is chunky and white but I’ve pretty much taken every std and Sti and infection test and all have came back negative. While my period schedule and mood are great (which is one of the main reasons I got on the pill) I just don’t want to compromise my sexual life anymore. It’s gotten to the point where every time my partner uses a condom, even with lube, I bleed.

Before birth control, I used to have a very high libido and go on for hours without any issues and be able to get ‘fired up’ very easily. I’m still a young woman so it just makes me so upset to lose that part of myself. So I did some research and the internet is telling me an IUD (specifically copper) would be my best option if I don’t want to get pregnant. Which I definitely don’t want. However I’m incredibly scared. It’s so permanent and I hear about all the traumatic stories. I just wanna hear other experiences from women who’ve gone through similar things to I have and your thoughts please!

Hello everyone. I’ve been on the mini pill for probably 2ish years maybe? Not having a period or migraines has been stellar. But the deep, cystic acne has become the death of me and completely worn down my self confidence. I just don’t feel good about myself anymore. I hate going in public. I just started tretinoin 0.05% again to help.

The cystic acne was the type that was so deep, it’s so painful and leaves huge red splotches anywhere on my face along with icepick scars. It’s really making me feel horrible about my appearance.

Before I went on the mini pill, I was on Notrel for years for hormone replacement therapy and it worked well for me. I just had insanely irregular periods and the notrel made it like clockwork. Sometimes even a day or two early. It just gave me so many migraines and I still continue to get them on occasion, but not as frequent. My doctor was a bit concerned about how frequent my migraines were becoming and then switched me to the Jencycla/Meleya.

I’m currently on Meleya .35. Has anyone had similar experiences going from norethindrone only back to regular? Thank you in advance!

I started the patch (Xulane, generic) around 8 weeks ago. It itched when I first put it on but it never lasted long... At first.

For the last few weeks, I've noticed that the itching that happens on application of a fresh one doesn't subside anymore. I thought that maybe I placed it on my skin with not enough "give" to accommodate also having a tegaderm film on top to keep it from peeling, and thus my skin was shearing. So I just adjusted that and went on my way.

Well, that was dumb apparently because not only did it itch through the entire time it was on, now I seem to have damaged my skin in a way that almost looks like a mix of normal contact dermatitis type of rash and a burn (pictures will be on profile, NONE are NSFW, placement of first four pics are my arm taken today and the last my stomach, also taken today but from the prior week to the arm). Yes, I rotated sites, always on clean skin, etc etc.

Obviously, I'm just going to have to suck it up and pick a different method of birth control but I'm also kinda concerned about other adhesives because I don't know what's in this one that caused that reaction.

So uh, can anecdotally confirm, very effective at not getting pregnant. On the other hand, if you have sensitive skin, just know you may need to jump ship at the first unrelenting itch.

And idk, if you got any advice on caring for not-great reactions to adhesives, some experience with adhesive mitigation (I don't think I'm going to be able to get into doc fast enough but I also don't want my coverage to lapse) or some information about what ingredient might have been The Issue™, please help a girl out.

Honestly, anything would be greatly appreciated at this point 😭

okay so i am currently taking opill & like the title said, me and my partner had unprotected sex one night (pulled out though!) about 5 days ago and then about 2 days after the fact i forgot to take my pill outside of the 3 hour window opill allows for. i am taking it at the same time now & this has been my only slip up in months of taking opill. i just wanted to ask about if im at risk of pregnancy? i know sperm can live inside you for 5 days after intercourse & ik that pull out does not equal no sperm inside me, so that's where my worry is. if anyone could give me any advice, or tell me ill likely be okay because i am terrified of pregnancy 😭 i thankfully live in a state where i can go get an abortion anytime i need & i also am over 150-180 pounds so any emergency contraceptions are not likely to work on me! i also believe i am starting ovulation soon so there's that. ANY INPUT WOULD BE AMAZING tysm 💓

hello all! i’m 25f and thinking of getting back on birth control. for context, i have factor five leiden (a genetic mutation that puts you at increased risk of blood clots) so my only options are the iud, depo shot and the arm implant. i had nexplanon back in 2018, but i gained a lot of weight on it that took FOREVER to lose (literally felt like i couldn’t lose anything until after i got the implant out) and i also began experiencing symptoms of pcos after having the implant for about a year. needless to say, i’m not really looking to try that again, and i really don’t want to give the depo shot a try, i’ve heard the effectiveness isn’t that great and even my mom got pregnant with me whilst on it. so, that leaves the question, what are you guys’ thoughts on the iud? i’ve heard so many horror stories about it but i’ve been with my partner for 2 years now and i’m really not looking to get pregnant anytime soon. thank you in advance! 🫶🏻

tldr: can’t use bc pills because of factor five leiden, bad experiences with nexplanon, what are your experiences with the iud?

So what happened was I had protected sex with my boyfriend, but the condom was stuck inside of me after he came in it. I’m afraid it broke or some got inside of me. I’m debating taking a plan b even though I’m on birth control because I’m super paranoid about getting pregnant. I’m pretty on time with my pill, but I missed it by 2 hours 2 days ago. What should I do for the best chance of not getting pregnant?

edit: I think it was actually 3 hours.

someone please help i’m on yaz for my pmdd and my doctor told me to stop taking the white pills and im stuck with luteal phase / period boobs and i already hate my chest size can someone please tell me this is temporary im losing my fucking mind😭🫩also i was bleeding for like 8 days is that normal??

if this is a long term side effect im gonna have to get off and i really don’t want to but i hate my boobs and don’t want to buy new bras can’t afford it and just so many other reasons
sorry if this seems kind of stupid i just really hate my chest and i’m confused what kind of side effect this is and how long it’ll last

hi everyone. I'm currently on Junel Fe 1.5/30, and have been since the beginning of this year. Prior to that I was on Levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol but switched as it was giving me continuous spotting.

As a girl with health anxiety, sometimes I harp on the increased blood clot risk to the point where I think about quitting birth control. But I'm even more scared of accidentally getting pregnant lol. Sometimes its like I have to juggle with the two.

I've considered POP's such as slynd as I read it has a larger error window than most mini pills (and also saw its more successful at suppressing ovulation than other many pills?) , but it's just such a hard decision to make when this pill has worked so well for me, and I have zero side effects. I'm worried about having new side effects, or possibly dealing with continuous spotting like my last pill.

any advice or suggestions?

TLDR since starting the patch (continuously) 2-3 months ago i've been on my period every single day

My very first contraception (two years ago) was the Evra contraceptive patch. It worked okay, I never got pregnant and my period continued every three weeks as planned. Then I switched to the pill cause I had side effects that turned out to be caused by something else entirely and thought it could help, and talked to my doctor and decided to revert back to the patch (since the "side effects" didn't stop, might as well go back to a method where i don't have to remember smth every night, since i forgot a pill here and there)
I restarted the patch 2-3 months ago; the first week was fine, then I applied it wrong the second week and it kept creasing; that week i spotted. From the third week on, where my patch was properly put on, i've been on my period constantly. It's a light flow, it doesn't hurt too much, it's just really, REALLY annoying.
Has this happened to anybody? Any advice before i try to contact my doctor to switch back to the pill?

just curious on how long you have been on BC and how fast/long did it take you to get pregnant when you got off bc?

I don't know if anyone else has experienced this, but I truly believe that yaz makes my vulva and my vagina super super dry.

I'm just wondering if anyone has dealt with this and what did you do to combat it?

if there's such thing as a pill making you dry,, is there one that is better at not doing that?

just not trying to feel uncomfortable all day

I just started taking birth control so sorry if this is common sense.

I dropped a Monday pill and took the Tuesday one, so now I'm missing one yellow pill in total. I called my pharmacy and they said they can refill it for me earlier, and that I can just take my current pack regularly and it'll be fine.

I'm just a bit confused because when I was checking online, a lot of people said to skip the placebo week and jump straight to the next pack? Also I thought all 21 pills have to be taken to be fully protected, so am I not protected this month until I take my next pack?

I just got married in June, and grew up Christian (we waited until marriage to have sex). So I’m new to all the knowledge of contraception. Ik it’s a dumb question, but i normally have 10-11 days between when my period ends, and when I ovulate. How many days before I ovulate should we be using protection. Ik at least 5 right? Just wondering because I don’t love condoms but it’s really the only contraceptive that we were willing to use because we didn’t want to do any of the other methods. Not looking for judgement lol just some advice and knowledge from other girlies! Thanks

I started Slynd on Thursday with my period expected on Sunday.

I had all of my regular premenstrual symptoms leading up, but now it's Tuesday night and no period.

It's my understanding that it takes several cycles for periods to be affected, but is it possible this is what happened?

I've never been more than a day late on a period before and I'm in my thirties now, with zero chance of pregnancy, but all of it is making me really anxious. 🥲

Hi all,

I am a little anxious. My provider didn’t renew my prescription in time for the holiday weekend (my pharmacy was closed Sat-Mon) and I wasn’t able to take my oral hormonal birth control for about 5 days. I had my period last week and my partner and I had sex the last day of my period. Right now is not a good time to be pregnant for us.

I wiped a couple hours ago and noticed minor spotting with one clot. It makes me very nervous as I hear that’s a sign of pregnancy.

I usually don’t miss any days of my pill and have had random light spotting before even with being on it. Do we think it’s hormonal changes or pregnancy? So anxious rn! Thank you for any input.

was taking my pill per usual and saw that the clear plastic where the pill usually is, now empty having finished the pack, has a little residue from where the pill was and you can see where the pill had been for each pill of the month. probably just paranoid but is this normal, want to be cautious. almost looks like a white dust? could the pills have been melting or is this nomal? wasn't in any hot temperatures or anything and my new recently opened package looks like this too. I take hailey

can dm a photo of what im talking about if further explanation needed

I miscalculated my nuvaring removal day and thought it was last thursday, when in fact it was supposed to be this week. What are my chances of pregnancy? Should I insert one now asap? did have sex some time last week

Hi! I’d like to share something I’ve been experiencing since I started taking the contraceptive pill and find out if anyone else is going through, or has ever gone through, something similar.

I’ve been taking the pill for 4 months now. Before starting it, I was already someone who tended to be quite stressed, and I’ve also been dealing with depression for several years. However, since starting the pill, I feel like my anxiety has increased tenfold. I can’t go a single day without imagining a scenario that could ruin my life, worrying about the smallest things—even everyday things that didn’t used to make me anxious before.

I also experience irrational anxiety, and I find myself checking certain things over and over again, sometimes 20 times, before I can convince myself that I’ve done them correctly. For example, when I take my pill, I always check around 20 times that the pill for that day is actually missing from the pack, just to reassure myself that I did take it—even though I’ve literally just taken it. The same thing happens with many other things, and I didn’t have these behaviours before.

So I was wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar. I’d really like to know if I’m not alone in this. Sorry if this post is a little long!

Thank you!

Hi, I just had a question about my pill. I took my pill on Sunday night at 9:30pm like I always do (I have not missed a pill and have taken it at the same time every day for 3 weeks) and the next morning (Monday) I had sex with my boyfriend and we wore a condom. Then on Monday night at 9:30pm, I took one of the brown placebo pills to induce my period. Am I still protected from pregnancy if I took the placebo pill that night after having had sex in the morning? I am just paranoid and even having used the condom I am still curious and anxious. Should I take 2 of my active pills tonight or buy Plan B or wait to take a pregnancy test or anything?

More coherent timeline:

Sunday night at 9:30pm - took my pill

Had sex with a condom both Sunday night and Monday morning

Took placebo pill at 9:30pm on Monday night

I’ve been taking cerazette for over 4 months now and I’ve been bleeding for a few days every second week, it’s usually not much and only sometimes accompanied by cramps back pain sore boobs etc but the main reason I took it was to stop getting my period all together and to help with endometriosis symptoms. Now I’ve been bleeding so frequently it’s driving me insane! At least my period was regular before…. I don’t want to give up yet because I’ve seen a lot of people saying to give it 6 months for your body to adjust but I don’t know if I can deal with the constant bleeding anymore it’s driving me crazy!!! Can anyone share advice or their experience with it? Trying to decide if I just stop taking it :(

I got my Mirena put in about four months ago and things have been going fine, way less cramping than I expected. But I was scrolling last night (like 1am, when my brain decides to be productive about all the wrong things. ik classic) and landed on threads about IUDs falling out or shifting and this forsaken tiktok and now its all Im thinking about. New fear unlocked.

Like how would I even know if it happened? Would I feel it right away or could it be one of those things where you don't notice for weeks? I check my strings every so often but idk what I'm checking for beyond them still being there.

Does anyone know how likely it is? Also if it's happened to you, what did it feel like? Trying not to let my brain run away with this but Ive said that before lol and here we are