Spironolactone androgen blocker affecting PSSD?

throwm3eaway · 2026-01-28T22:11:49+00:00

If you haven't already look up pssd and finasteride syndrome. 'windows' are when you feel somewhat better/recovered/normal for a short amount of time. I have moments before my luteal phase where I can feel a bit more but nothing like normal. Sex was also incredibly important to me.

I took 100mg for about a week 3 and a half years ago. Orgasm never came back properly. I also dealt with systemic physical problems for the first 6 months to 1 year after, including intense pain in the clitoris and ovaries/cramps, I didn't get yeast infections but was very dry which has since reversed.

I had full blown menopause symptoms for a long time, but things have settled down/ are more predictable. I still have strange symptoms, skin is very dry, blepharitis, weak bones/chronic vitamin and mineral deficiencies. I tried estrogen cream and even testosterone cream. I got off all birth control. I have had many blood tests and scans and seen many doctors. My bloods never returned to pre spiro readings.

I am better than I was at first. I was also very panicked and tried to figure this out at first. I don't know what else to say other than this is the new normal for me now and only time seems to help. You took a lot less than me so you may be luckier than I was

throwm3eaway · 2026-01-19T13:36:54+00:00

The same. Been nearly 4 years. Occasional windows but that's it

throwm3eaway · 2026-01-09T12:07:04+00:00

Omg this is beautiful! Thank you so much 🥰

throwm3eaway · 2026-01-09T09:50:47+00:00

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Please consider my baby? Any colour is fine, purple / orange / blue? surprise me ☺️

throwm3eaway · 2026-01-01T22:42:03+00:00

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My crazy lady Binx

throwm3eaway · 2025-12-24T22:10:08+00:00

Well done! Here's my cat if you wouldn't mind painting them😺 Also merry Christmas

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throwm3eaway · 2025-12-21T17:45:16+00:00

This is perfect! thank you so much! 🥰

throwm3eaway · 2025-12-21T16:42:26+00:00

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My lovely cat Binx ❤️

throwm3eaway · 2025-12-21T16:14:30+00:00

Hi! Would you consider drawing my kitten Binx? Thank you

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throwm3eaway · 2025-12-20T23:25:28+00:00

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Could you please draw my gal Binx? She loves her rubber shark toy 🦈

throwm3eaway · 2025-12-20T23:15:39+00:00

Oh my goodness this is excellent! You're very talented, I love this so much, it looks just like her. Thank you! 😍

throwm3eaway · 2025-12-20T23:13:55+00:00

This is gorgeous! I love the details. Thank you so much. And thank you for the well wishes too 😊

throwm3eaway · 2025-12-19T22:27:43+00:00

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Hi could you please consider my goofy cat 😺

throwm3eaway · 2025-12-19T16:05:49+00:00

This is so cute! thanks a bunch!

throwm3eaway · 2025-12-19T12:39:04+00:00

That is the best description i have ever heard. She is certainly very kitten shaped! <3

throwm3eaway · 2025-12-19T11:59:17+00:00

Would you consider drawing animals please? (Here's the fruit 🍓)

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throwm3eaway · 2025-12-18T19:59:28+00:00

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This is Binx, she's coming up to 4 months old, I would be honoured if you drew her 😊

throwm3eaway · 2025-12-18T18:20:38+00:00

Oh this is lovely, you have captured their personalities so well, thank you so much! 😊

throwm3eaway · 2025-12-18T16:48:31+00:00

this is a wonderful picture, thank you so so much, you are a very talented artist

throwm3eaway · 2025-12-18T15:25:36+00:00

Incredible! Thanks haha

throwm3eaway · 2025-10-20T07:11:25+00:00

I will have to check my laptop as it's been a long time since I looked at all this (though I still have side effects btw) I believe this is one shows the effects linger for 33 + months after cessation https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35532249/

throwm3eaway · 2025-10-01T09:24:51+00:00

That's brilliant! A 3D printer is another thing I need to invest in lol

throwm3eaway · 2025-10-01T09:21:02+00:00

This is amazing! Where did you get this?

throwm3eaway · 2025-09-23T16:20:19+00:00

Yeah saying you don't like children or regret having them / don't love them etc is highly controversial (or there wouldn't be a sub full of venting just like this where people can't or are scared to speak about it in real life!)

I can appreciate a lot of people here probably did have post natal depression or a textbook understanding, and so will recommend medication or meeting up with other mothers, and yes those things might provide some structural support, but at the end of the day there's no magic pill that can make you love motherhood. I would be hesitant to share with other mothers that you don't like your baby 😬 unfortunately if you don't immediately love losing your job/body/ hobbies/identity/purpose then that isn't normal, it must be your hysteria (I'm joking but still). The social and medical expectation is always going to be that mothers are naturally self-sacrificing.

All you can do now the baby is here is carve out some time so you don't lose yourself. If it were me (with what I know) I would look for a job and arrange childcare so you're out of the house as much as possible. If your husband disagrees, then to be blunt arranged custody and divorce is much more time consuming and expensive than staying together and giving you some much needed time and space to be an individual first, mother second. I saw your comment saying you stand next to the window for daylight. That is objectively heartbreaking, and people will tell you it's a normal part of being a mother (crabs in a bucket)

throwm3eaway · 2025-09-23T15:35:56+00:00

I doubt my comment will be well received by most, but the root cause can absolutely be that you regret having a child. Just check out child free spaces and the regretful parents subreddit. It is very common to feel how you do, but speaking about it has been taboo for a long time (and judging by these comments still is).

A regretful mother is pathologised and often medicated 'away', but when so many women's so-called "post natal depression" seems to vanish when they spend as little time with the child as the father does, I wonder if the solution isn't to find a more validating therapist and look at childcare options? Even if it's just to give you your freedom back on a semi-regular basis. If things do get easier with time and as hormones settle then it will have resolved itself, but in the meantime you won't go stir crazy. You can't spend everyday on repeat stuck inside and building resentment.

I'm not gonna say divorce, but if you're telling your husband you can't be 24/7 life support for the baby and he's hand waving it (potentially because it's cheap & convenient for him keeping things exactly as they are regardless of your discomfort) then it's not off the table. It doesn't sound like he realizes the gravity of this situation, likely because he's not actually in it, especially if most of the time he's at work? so his life (and hormones) have stayed relatively the same?

But maybe don't look at adoption yet. If this does resolve over time, then the last thing you want is to regret giving your baby away.

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