u/Flaky-Carrot6212

How does a Nexplanon subdermal birth control implant ACTUALLY work?

I've had a nexplanon for a little over a year now and it's worked great for me as a birth control method. I know that it works by releasing a form of progesterone to prevent pregnancy, but it just dawned on me, HOW does the little stick know how much to release every day so that it lasts three years? Do some people use it up faster/slower than the three years? What happens if it does run out of progesterone while you have it in? I guess my brain just cant really think of how the implant doesn't just immediately give you an overload of hormones and then runs out days later, and Google doesn't really explain how that works either, just tells me things I already know like what it does. ​

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u/Flaky-Carrot6212 — 5 days ago

I feel like all my life I was taught that working and having a job is a good thing. Everyone acts like they love their job and going to work. So it makes me feel like maybe something is wrong with me when I feel dread and disdain for working. I don't want to be lazy and do nothing, because I know i wouldn't like someone who did that, but I just wish I could do something I actually enjoy. I'm not finished with cosmetology school yet, so I cant get a salon job or start my own business yet. That would make me happy. So right now I work in a deli/bakery. It's ok, but I hate the environment and it makes me miserable. I have a second, much shorter much less physical job at a pub as a host, and I love it there because it doesnt wear me out and im friends with everyone there.

I guess what im trying to ask is, how do i not dread and hate what im currently doing? Because there's reallt nothing i like about it except the pay. I have diagnosed depression and anxiety and i had been doing SO GOOD with them both until starting this ​new job. I've been there for almost two months and im already looking for something else. I'm 20F by the way.

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u/Flaky-Carrot6212 — 16 days ago