u/AsparagusThat5900

Hi guys, here in a little while I’ll have to either get mine taken out or replaced. My main factor is my periods. My gynecologist placed my Nexplanon and put me on a 10 mg Prozac in order to help with my extreme periods and PMDD. Immediately after getting it placed, I stopped having periods for about a year and a half. Every once in a while, I’ll have a very light period That is nothing in comparison to the ones I used to have. While I would like to go back to the life without an nexplanon, I am very fearful of having it taken out and having my periods go back to how they were before.

I just wanna know if anyone has gone through this and if their periods went back to the way they were and if they did, how quickly did it happen?

Hi guys, so I’ve been dealing with a lot of pain in my vaginal area my whole life. I was never able to use tampons or masturbate using penetration. During a gynecologist appointment a few years ago, she attempted to do a pelvic exam and it hurts so bad that I nearly climbed off the top of the table. Since then, I’ve been kind of plaqued by it because I wanted to know what was wrong. A little after that exam, I got into a sexually active relationship, which was my first. It did in fact, stop me from receiving any sort of sexual attention in that relationship. Thankfully I’m a lesbian so it didn’t completely stop our sex. Anyways, I had an appointment at a new gynecologist about a week ago, and she did a pelvic exam simply to see what was going on. She basically said that I need pelvic floor therapy and that it could be vaginismus.

I’m kind of nervous moving forward. I would very much like to be sexually active, but I’m also scared. I’m kind of embarrassed to have to go through any sort of dilators or anything like that. At least in a self pleasuring way, penetration is not that important to me. But I feel like it’s going to affect any sexual relationships that I have in the future. Most scenarios that I find hot do involve penetration But I feel like I’ll never be able to do any of it. I do feel a weird stigma around it because I’m a lesbian. I feel like I’m supposed to be OK with the fact that I can’t have penetration. And I’ve also had people in my life Kind of make fun of me for it when I’ve confided in them because they think it’s a mental issue or that I’m scared or something, but it genuinely hurts so bad that I can’t stand it for more than a couple seconds at the doctor. I’ve also never owned any sex toys or anything, and for some reason, I feel kind of grossed out by them and I think I feel the same way about dilators. Don’t get me wrong. There’s nothing wrong with them, but for some reason, it feels uncomfortable for me.

I’m only 20 and I guess I just kind of wanna hear someone’s thoughts about it and maybe some advice.