Ok.... I'm seriously thinking about the shot... I've been on the pill, I hate it, I went from a light 2 day cycle to a 7 day cycle, & I was more moody and angry.... Plus taking a pill everyday at the same time is just annoying!!! So I want to go on the shot.... is anyone else on it??? I heard about some crazy side effects, I don't care about the weight gain (the pill didn't make me gain bad weight, my boobs got bigger and I finally have hips... ) but the shots side effects scared me a little (especially the side effect of hair lose or hair gain!?!?!) Well anyway..... if anyone is on the shot let me know what I can expect..... Thanx!



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no-one else seems to have mentioned it, I don't know it's available in the States but I have the contraceptive implant (Implanon) :o Just got it in a couple of weeks ago and it seems to work fine, apart from the evil huge bruise I have because of it . . . you have to be pretty strong-stomached to take it - they give you biiiiiiiiiiiiiiig anaesthetic injection (ow! ow!) then wait, cut a lil hole in your arm and inject the implant into it on your upper arm! But once it's in and healed you usually don't have to worry about it for three years. It's not as dodgy as the shot (less hormone released overall) because it's continual, so less side effects with the exception of erratic periods which they were VERY keen to stress, more often than not you get a lot less bleeding than normal but it can go the other way
I usually get terrible acne and weight gain easily with the pill which doesn't appear to have happened yet so fingers crossed
aggravated by the pill because it was too much, so I dread to think how the shot would affect me personally

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