It takes a long while to level out after going off the hormones (a year or more for me), so that may be something to bear in mind. But, if your solution works for you, then yay for that. :) And yeah, the no periods thing would be awesome...not to mention, I get sick of the amount of mucous I get with the IUD (seriously, it's aggravating, and there's no way to make it go away short of removing the IUD--but I'll take that over a pregnancy or hormonal BC any day)

Oh, you might also look into the hormonal IUD--it lasts longer than Implanon. My sis in law loves it. Seems pointless to me, since I dislike hormones and if I'm going with an IUD, it may as well be the non-hormonal one (which lasts 3 years longer anyway), but if you like the hormones, it might be worth looking into. *shrug*