The contraceptive implant and weight problems

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SezxyStef wrote: »

Birth control in general regardless of the kind does not cause weight gain other than perhaps water retention.

It can increase appetite but the device/pill/implant/shot does not. It can't...it doesn't have calories.

If you can't lose weight look at your calories in..that is where the problem lies....see above...increased appetite.

Read my original post I said I can't lose anymore not it made me gain it's well known that it can make you retain weight and not water weight my dr told me that himself

LisaKay91

Birth control in general regardless of the kind does not cause weight gain other than perhaps water retention.

It can obstruct your hormones and wreck your endocrine system which affects nearly everything about you.
My endocrinologist nearly died when she found out I had the depo shot. None of my thyroid medication was absorbing and it caused a 60lb weight gain in a 2 month period of time on a strict monitored 1400/day diet. It dropped my BMR while causing multiple organ issues.

My team (17 specialists) call the depo shot 'miracle grow' and the 'poison jab'. It has taken 2 years for my system to recover and all traces to be unfounded in my body. I'm not sure what your credentials and if you are a well educated doctor with a differing opinion, cool, but hormones can certainly change the way your body absorbs or burns energy through the endocrine system.

On that note I have had zero issues with the nexplanon implant and losing weight. I didn't gain weight and it has not messed up my BMR.

__Fatty2Fitty__

Thanks for that reply LisaKay91

SezxyStef

LisaKay91 wrote: »

Birth control in general regardless of the kind does not cause weight gain other than perhaps water retention.

It can obstruct your hormones and wreck your endocrine system which affects nearly everything about you.
My endocrinologist nearly died when she found out I had the depo shot. None of my thyroid medication was absorbing and it caused a 60lb weight gain in a 2 month period of time on a strict monitored 1400/day diet. It dropped my BMR while causing multiple organ issues.

My team (17 specialists) call the depo shot 'miracle grow' and the 'poison jab'. It has taken 2 years for my system to recover and all traces to be unfounded in my body. I'm not sure what your credentials and if you are a well educated doctor with a differing opinion, cool, but hormones can certainly change the way your body absorbs or burns energy through the endocrine system.

On that note I have had zero issues with the nexplanon implant and losing weight. I didn't gain weight and it has not messed up my BMR.

you are not the "normal" person using BC tho...you have an existing medical condition which you should have researched and talked to you Doctor about prior to getting the shot.

This is listed in the literature for depo

"When administering estrogen and/or progestogen therapy in patients with thyroid disorders, clinicians should be aware that these hormones may affect thyroid function tests. Changes have mostly been reported with the use of combination oral contraceptives. Specifically, thyroid-binding globulin (TBG) may be increased, resulting in elevated circulating total thyroid hormone, as measured by PBI (protein-bound iodine), T4 by column or radioimmunoassay, or T3 by radioimmunoassay. Free T3 resin uptake may be decreased. On the contrary, a decrease in TBG and, consequently, thyroxine concentration, has been reported by the manufacturers of the progestin-only (norethindrone) oral contraceptives.

References
"Product Information. Ortho-Est (estropipate)." Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical, Raritan, NJ.
"Product Information. Deltasone (prednisone)." Pharmacia and Upjohn, Kalamazoo, MI.
"Product Information. Estratab (esterified estrogens)" Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc, Marietta, GA."

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I'm in the UK so this doesn't apply to me lol