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help! need something positive (Birth Control Pills & Hair Loss)

posted by rachel, 24.04.2008, 19:09

ť ť ť I need to hear something positive before I walk into oncoming traffic!
ť
ť ť I
ť ť ť started on bcps(orthocyclin not tri)9 weeks ago and I'm taking them
ť 12
ť ť ť weeks on. This is what's better: skin is less oily(somedays oilier
ť ť than
ť ť ť other but over all better)hair is not oily any more, mood is better,
ť ť skin
ť ť ť is started to clear, eyes no longer dry, legs not as dry and are
ť ť softer,
ť ť ť memory improving.
ť ť ť The only problem is my hair is now jumping off my head. It's been
ť ť fallout
ť ť ť out for years ever since I stopped taking bcps 4.5 years ago but now
ť ť it's
ť ť ť in crazy amounts. I don't know what to do because I need the
ť hormones
ť ť in
ť ť ť bcps(estrogen low and I seem to have stopped ovulating-this is before
ť I
ť ť ť started the pill 9 weeks ago) Should I keep waiting? Has anyone
ť else
ť ť ť experieced this and then it got better? I was a yasmin the first 3
ť ť weeks
ť ť ť but it made me depressed. Do you think because I switched it would
ť be
ť ť ť making it worse? I'm thinking about taking spiro too. I know no one
ť ť has
ť ť ť all the answers but I just need to let it out on people who
ť completely
ť ť get
ť ť ť it! THANKS!
ť ť
ť ť Hi rachel,
ť ť
ť ť How old are you? Have you been tested for PCOS. It sounds to me since
ť ť you have so many symptoms of low estrogen that maybe you need a higher
ť ť estrogen pill. The one that you're taking is helping some but not
ť enough
ť ť to help your hair. What does your doc think?

Delilah,

I'm 31. This started at 27 and continued to get worse. The very oily hair and skin and the long white hair on my face didn't started till 2006. The breaking out all over the place didn't start till last year. Also I was ovulating in 2006 and now I'm not. I'm leaning more towards pcos because of the progession rather than early peri but who knows. Ortho has 35 mcg of estrogen which is suppose to be a good amount. It was Dr. Vliet that told me my estrogen and progestrone were low but she never tested LS hormone only FSH. She thinks I should try spiro seeing my skin was less oily on yasmin but she also said my hair can't be worse seeing I'm taking the hormones that I need. I know for a fact it's worse. I'm going in for an u/s next week but I'm sure they are going to say everything is normal because that's the answer I always get. One reason I'm thinking switching pills isn't helping is because on yasmin my boobs got bigger and just within the last couple of days they have shrunk back so I'm thinking my hormones are all over the place. Thanks for listening!

rachel is located in [NA] and he is available to meet: NO

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help! need something positive - rachel, 24.04.2008, 15:29
- help! need something positive - delilah, 24.04.2008, 17:15
  - help! need something positive - rachel, 24.04.2008, 18:53
    - help! need something positive - rachel, 24.04.2008, 19:09
      - help! need something positive - ccm, 24.04.2008, 23:17
        help! need something positive to:ccm - rachel, 25.04.2008, 13:40
        help! need something positive to:ccm - ccm, 25.04.2008, 15:15
        help! need something positive to:ccm - rachel, 25.04.2008, 16:03
        help! need something positive to:ccm - ccm, 25.04.2008, 18:56
        help! need something positive to:ccm - rachel, 26.04.2008, 16:00
      - help! need something positive - delilah, 25.04.2008, 07:22
        help! need something positive to:delilah - rachel, 25.04.2008, 13:50
        help! need something positive to:delilah - HairSite Admin, 25.04.2008, 14:23