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Response to LisaS from FG - 2nd Time! (Propecia, Finasteride for Women)

posted by Fashiongal, 06.11.2007, 18:09

» Hi FG-
»
» Thanks for your encouragement; hopefully, with all the things that I am
» doing together with the removal of my fibroids, I am only going to improve
» and not get any worse. Anyway, that is my mantra! The reason I am not
» cycling is that I am using bioidenticals on a continual basis without
» stopping, kind of like those new birth control pills where you don't get a
» period. My dr. had me do that just to keep my hormones at a steady level
» following my surgery. I am seeing him in November and he is going to
» revisit that. I will tell you that after upping my spiro to 50 from 25,
» my breasts are so sore - I don't know if I can handle the increased
» dosage. I don't know whether I am ovulating on this hormone regimen that
» I'm on. Would I be able to tell from my labs? I know you've been taking
» the finesteride slightly longer than I have. I think you said you haven't
» noticed increased thickness, but your hair hasn't gotten any worse, has it?
» I haven't had the sides you've mentioned from taking the 2.5 Proscar. Do
» you think that what you're experiencing could just be peri and not the
» Proscar? Its so frustrating. Anyway, thank you for your informative and
» supportive posts.

Hi again Lisa...Sorry so long to respond; I may have told you I don't go online except maybe a few times a week and I just got this response from you. To answer your questions, yes, the hair has continued to thin, just not horribly and I shed just a little more than I used to on a normal basis before the hair thinning. Before I noticed my hair thinning three years ago, I barely shed any hair after washing and throughout the day; I'd say maybe 20 hairs after washing. Now it's maybe 35-40/day after washing...I only wash every other day or once every three days. But...I know for a fact the hair cycles are shorter (truncated) and the hair is taking longer to replace the shed hairs. My sides are DEFINITELY not just peri; DEFINITELY anti-androgen related that came on like I said fast and strong within a month and a half with the Spiro/Proscar combo and didn't abate with the cessation of the Spiro. My hormones were tested maybe 9 months ago (need to be retested soon) and they're all mid-range and I ovulate on the clock still and get girltime on the clock. These sides are all consistent with anti-androgen therapy...the CONSTANTLY sore and enlarged boobs, the weight gain, the tiredness. I actually just quit the Proscar last week to give my body time to go back to normal....we'll see what happens w/ my hair. Some men have gone off the propecia/proscar and their gynecomastia (breast tissue enlargement/soreness) has remained permanently . My mom, however, who's on Propecia 1 mg/day, didn't notice any sides, but she's post-menopausal. I read one study that described that the extra T floating around in one's system (Free T increase) from not being turned into DHT (due to the finasteride) can turn into extra E in the systems of some people!! This happened to eb and I think it's happened to me. My boobs are ginormous and SORE and they used to be a regular 34-B!! So....keep me posted and I'll do the same! Take care....FG


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Complete thread:

• Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - julie1977, 20.10.2007, 07:48
  • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - delilah, 20.10.2007, 11:12
    • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - V, 20.10.2007, 13:11
      • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - julie1977, 20.10.2007, 13:33
        • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - V, 20.10.2007, 15:42
          • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - delilah, 20.10.2007, 20:02
            • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - julie1977, 21.10.2007, 13:30
              • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - delilah, 21.10.2007, 15:06
              • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - Holly, 21.10.2007, 15:39
                • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - delilah, 22.10.2007, 00:13
                  • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - V, 22.10.2007, 09:35
                    • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - delilah, 22.10.2007, 10:34
                    • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - Sadie, 22.10.2007, 13:24
                      • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - julie1977, 22.10.2007, 13:51
                        • Cyproterone Acetate is an antiandrogen - Fashiongal, 22.10.2007, 13:55
                        • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - Sadie, 22.10.2007, 13:56
                        • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - lina, 22.10.2007, 15:25
                    • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - Holly, 22.10.2007, 15:04
                      • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - julie1977, 22.10.2007, 15:23
                        • julie1977 - eb, 22.10.2007, 17:10
                        • Response to Julie....long post warning! - Fashiongal, 23.10.2007, 15:34
                          • Response to Julie....long post warning! - eb, 25.10.2007, 12:37
                            • Response to Julie....long post warning! - Holly, 25.10.2007, 23:11
                              • Thanks, Holly! - Fashiongal, 26.10.2007, 17:50
                            • Response to eb - Fashiongal, 26.10.2007, 17:52
                      • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - V, 22.10.2007, 15:40
                        • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - delilah, 22.10.2007, 17:33
                        • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - delilah, 22.10.2007, 17:34
                          • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - julie1977, 24.10.2007, 11:46
                            • Better to break it up into two even doses - Fashiongal, 24.10.2007, 22:51
                              • Better to break it up into two even doses - julie1977, 25.10.2007, 11:45
                                • Response to Julie - Fashiongal, 28.10.2007, 23:49
                                  • FG - eb, 29.10.2007, 10:11
                                    • FG - LisaS, 30.10.2007, 00:19
                                      • Response to LisaS from FG - Fashiongal, 30.10.2007, 17:51
                                        • Response to LisaS from FG - LisaS, 31.10.2007, 01:27
                                          • I meant to say response to FG from LisaS - LisaS, 31.10.2007, 01:28
                                          • Response to LisaS from FG - 2nd Time! - Fashiongal, 06.11.2007, 18:09
                                      • FG and Lisa S - eb, 01.11.2007, 16:18
                                        • Response to eb - 2nd Time! - Fashiongal, 06.11.2007, 18:17
                                    • FG - Fashiongal, 30.10.2007, 17:40
                                      • Oops!! Above post should read: Response to eb! - Fashiongal, 30.10.2007, 17:54