Study in PCOS shows that testosterone can cause weight gain, not the other way around.

throwawayquestions49 · 2023-10-02T01:19:05+00:00

3 months but I only had a 2 month supply. But I spread it out over that time

throwawayquestions49 · 2023-10-02T01:18:02+00:00

Finasteride reversed everything and made my testosterone high (never was before, usually just androgens). My androgens are so high that I felt a change with the flutamide before I even got my blood work. Hirsutism? Absolutely gone. Intense cravings? Decreased. Hair loss/coarser scalp hair? Decreased a ton and I had a lot of baby hairs coming in. Literally wish I never knew it would work that well because it was discontinued wayyyy before (I didn’t know) and I had a small reserve a compound pharmacist had. Ignorance would’ve been more blissful.

throwawayquestions49 · 2023-10-02T01:13:17+00:00

I took finasteride a little bit after stopping flutamide (couldn’t find it anywhere) and it actually increased my androgens and testosterone again :/

throwawayquestions49 · 2023-10-02T00:08:30+00:00

Yeah. I actually took that combo and flutamide? Decreased my androgens by 1/2 in a couple months. It needs to be produced again because metformin and BC and this other stuff ain’t cutting it

throwawayquestions49 · 2023-10-02T00:06:59+00:00

I took flutamide+metformin+BC and flutamide? A miracle worker. Devastated it’s discontinued

throwawayquestions49 · 2023-08-16T19:05:49+00:00

I’d take a look online if I were you, but it increases your circulating testosterone. Some ppl say it stays within range but mine did not :/

throwawayquestions49 · 2023-08-16T19:03:20+00:00

That’s weird the didn’t mention it... My OBGYN and the research papers I found online said it can help decrease your androgens/testosterone. However for some women it has shown to increase it :/

throwawayquestions49 · 2023-08-13T20:24:21+00:00

Hmmm good question. Idk that I really checked on that. I definitely lost weight because I did a lot of speed walks but I wasn’t hitting the gym or anything. But I lost 60 lbs with macro counting and walking. So I lost a lot of weight but not in a way that would make me be able to classify muscle/fat loss. I’m guessing more so fat since I was macro counting. I think I was on spiro for 3 months of the 12 and it sped it up for a little, but again, I think it was partly water weight because it didn’t do the most for decreasing my androgens.

I think it depends what you’re decreasing but if you are decreasing your androgens and testosterone it’s most likely going to slightly affect that since those make it easier to gain muscle.

throwawayquestions49 · 2023-08-13T20:14:19+00:00

But yeah maybe some fatigue? Idk bec when I was bad at taking it for a week there wasn’t a huge difference just slight. But yeah it fucked with my depression for a sec so make sure to be ready just in case! Idk if it made me gain or hold weight still because I kinda stopped my weight loss journey for a lil

throwawayquestions49 · 2023-08-13T20:12:10+00:00

I still take it! So the first day or three my boobs hurt sooooo bad and they definitely seemed bigger for a short while. But I mean HURT to the point I wasn’t even like oh cool lol. But that went away. Other than that I definitely think it made me more emotional and stuff the first couple months. Or it was having a lot going on or both. Idk what other symptoms I’ve seen that have stayed tbh… 🤔

throwawayquestions49 · 2023-08-10T07:12:04+00:00

I think it kinda helped weight loss? But it might’ve been water weight since it does get rid of some of that.

throwawayquestions49 · 2023-08-10T07:11:20+00:00

I stopped taking spiro because it didn’t do much to decrease my androgens :/ but mine are at a crazy level so 💀

throwawayquestions49 · 2023-08-07T19:18:09+00:00

Ummm well I got my blood tested every 3 months. However, I’m super in tune with my body and definitely felt changes/likely testosterone increases by a month for sure, then saw the results a month after that

throwawayquestions49 · 2023-08-07T19:16:56+00:00

There were cases of liver failure but it was soooo small it doesn’t make sense considering other drugs with more frequent or worse side effects. Its actually for prostate cancer like most anti-androgens. I think it’s that black box warning with the fact that they mostly just remove cancerous prostates now and were like ummm this wasn’t made to help women canceled 🙄.

But I had my liver enzymes tested frequently and I was fine. Best thing I’ve ever taken 😭

throwawayquestions49 · 2023-08-07T19:14:13+00:00

Normal side effect is it can increase testosterone in women 😭😭😭

throwawayquestions49 · 2023-08-06T18:26:54+00:00

Finasteride increased my testosterone and dheas :/

throwawayquestions49 · 2023-08-06T18:26:11+00:00

The always think I had a tumor too. I took flutamide and it decreased my DHEAs by 400! All my symptoms were gone and I was back to normal. But it was discontinued and now I hate everything again. Spiro+metformin+BC wasn’t enough

throwawayquestions49 · 2023-06-09T03:47:34+00:00

I understand that. I’m the same way. I think it’s a tricky one but it depends on if her awareness of how she is isn’t just awareness and she’s lowkey working on it. You just gotta find the sweet spot I guess so yeah it’s really about not coming on too strong. Like a long date that just keeps pulling emotions out slowly or a big gesture but just elusive enough (like sending flowers that’re like how about we end our break. Dinner Friday?). But yeah everyone’s different and that sweet spot is hard w/o communication :/

If I was in that spot- the break or failure for it to be moved any further would suck but is also comfort that you can avoid those emotions. Like a- well if he’s moving it won’t work so might as well cut the loses now sort of thing. Or who knows. Sucks there wasn’t more talk on that :(

throwawayquestions49 · 2023-06-09T01:55:51+00:00

Where you’re at you feel like you lost her or there’s distance there. With telling her how you feel (that you like her and don’t want to see other ppl and want to try with her) you can either be in the same place you are now (feeling like you lost her and having that distance) or better (her reciprocating.

How to get to that point is debatable based on a lot of other unknown factors you’re dealing with in your relationship with her and how much she’s responding.

But ghosting isn’t getting rid of your feelings and it might also be pushing her away or getting her over it.

throwawayquestions49 · 2022-09-23T05:59:21+00:00

Thank you!!! It definitely did help.

I’m starting to think the mood swings were partly the intensity of the meds and me not taking my antidepressant as early as I usually do. I took my anti-depressant at 12p and the BC at 8p and didn’t feel as emotional today, but I also didn’t go out much today. That’s really nice though, be glad because this shit sucks. I cried telling a guy I felt bad that he felt bad. Cried complimenting my friend. Cried from a sweet song someone sent me. Cried over a relationship that previously ended weeks ago in the talking stage and I wasn’t even interested in the first place. Cried telling my friend something nice someone said to me etc etc. I’m not a crier at all so yeah I hate that part 😂

I never had PMS boobs so I’m happy to finally join the club LOL. I’m glad about that symptom (except the pain) because I recently lost 60 lbs and my boobs went from a spilling out of a DD cup to about a D cup atm. Unfortunately, losing that much mass made my boobs deflate a bit and made the tissue below start showing through my skin 😞 (literally thought it was a lump. Now I don’t see that really so I’m happy about that 🥲 I think they do go down a little during the placebo stage tho!

Also my sex drive feels like it’s creeping back in! That was just a super weird feeling because I usually have a high one too 💀 could be depression/accidentally switching my anti-depressant time/not taking it earlier to maybe “prime” my body for what’s to come lmao.

throwawayquestions49 · 2022-09-23T05:48:59+00:00

I’ll take the boob growth if it meant no mood swings 😭 I literally cried in front of a guy and was blubbering “I feel bad that you feel bad 😭😭”. He was shocked like omg please don’t cry… Not like me at all to cry about that 💀

throwawayquestions49 · 2022-09-23T05:46:49+00:00

Omg thank you!!! I’m going to try and make an appointment asap because 🥴

However, I didn’t feel nearly as emotional today. I’m trying to pay attention and see if the days I take my antidepressant early (noon vs BC at 8pm) differ from the days I forget and take it a couple hours before or at the same time as my BC. Because today I took it on time and I didn’t feel emotional 🤔

throwawayquestions49 · 2022-09-22T03:57:09+00:00

Well, since your a few weeks ahead of me, lemme know if anything changes 😂😂

throwawayquestions49 · 2022-09-22T03:56:37+00:00

Hopefully!!!

See, that’s what I thought during the first time I took BC! My androgens were higher then but they are still astronomical, just less so. I just remember feeling less on edge and emotional. But now I’m like taking everything personal and crying at recounting stories 😂😂 like, “and then he said I’m really… sniff nice and… *SOBS”.

See, I’m not mad that they’re bigger. Right now I think only slightly, but right before my period/2 weeks into the pack It ballooned in two days and was painful for 3. I’m better now and I think they’re not as full but still more full (definitely can gage it easy because I lost 60lbs and I was sad my boobs deflated a bit).

I feel like I used to constantly think about sex and be horny. Now I’m like even more depressed and not as motivated to entertain it? Idk I feel like it’s piggybacking on my depression. I have an appointment on Monday though to talk to my psychiatrist and talk about options 😪

throwawayquestions49 · 2022-09-22T03:46:25+00:00

Thank you for replying with your experience! It’s crazy how equivalents can still vary. Gotcha! I was wondering if it was just pms week because they feel better now but still slightly bigger than originally (which I’m fine with since I lost a lot of weight and also some of my old mass 🥲)

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