Re: Spiro and side effects?
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 4 Nov 2000 19:05:44 -0800
Hi Angie,
Am I right to understand that you are taking both sipronolactone AND Diane? It is like putting sugar AND Nutrasweet into your tea.
Looking forward to your answer
Sam (Ob/Gyn,RE)
> hi mel,
> I have been taking spiro for 8 months and when i started my boobs were
> double d's. the are now a D cup. I do not know whether the spiro
> causes it or not as it is not the only meds i take i also take diane 35.
> I think honestly in my case is from the birth control as when i was
> younger taking birth control my breasts decreased. I have severe cysts
> in my breasts also and i think the smaller size helps to shrink them or
> whatever because they used to be painful and now they are not who knows.
> About the sugar thing though I have never liked choc bars or candy i
> used to hate pop i always drank like 8-9 huge glasses of water a day and
> now i swear if i don't have one pop a day i go crazy and get severly
> grumpy. i try not to have one every day don't want to gain weight but
> my weight has been pretty stable. I have found that the spiro caused me
> to have some severe depression due to hormonal changes the doctor
> states. i think more on the lines of post traumatic stress syndrome my
> sisters son died on may 9th/01 he had cancer since he was 2, left my
> boyfriend the next week, and then my brothers were in an accident. My
> doctor knows me well as he is my mentor for my schooling. I want to be
> a doctor so i always used to talk to him he says he noticed changes
> about 2 months after my endocronoligist started me on spiro. I finally
> confided in him this past monday. He said that if i wasn't taking the
> spiro i could have dealt with the stresses as i always have before. We
> talked for hours and I showed him my midterm marks and I have basically
> failed. My marks last year were high 90's now cant even concentrate or
> think and my average is 29. He told me to take a medical leave of
> absence which i have and i am severly disappointed as i never wanted to
> take the spiro now i have to take celexa for 3 months then see if i am
> ok. I guess depression is common while taking spiro i just hope the
> celexa doesn't cause adverse side effects while taking spiro he says
> they won't haven't tried the celexa yet i am scared to but i might try
> saturday or sunday i am just worried how they will make me feel. sorry
> for venting.
>
> angie
> angcbaker@home.com
>
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