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Re: To Kris Re: Met & Aldactione togetherFrom: anonymous@obgyn.netThu, 16 Nov 2000 10:03:49 -0600 (CST)
i can't say anything about met but i can say i had a HORRIFIC esxperience with aldactone. i was started on 200mg which i thought was great at first - sky high dose and smack that testosterone down right away, right? probably. i did notice a change in the hair in the short time - less than one month - i was on it. my skin looked better, too. i don't have much of a problem with acne, but my skin still looked clearer and healthier and more... glow-ey. less dull. one of the books i read said too much testosterone makes a woman's skin look dull. i would certainly agree. HOWEVER, i stopped the aldactone cuz i had a THREE WEEK LONG period. i quit taking it after 2 weeks of bleeding. took another week for the bleeding to stop. now, i have read that if you stay on the aldactone for 3-4 months your body will get used to it, but i was not will to try this. i'm already anemic, i can't afford to be bleeding for 3-4 months. i'm convinced if i had not stopped the medicine, the period would still be going on. i wonder, though, had i worked up to a high dose, if things would have gone better. i would highly you suggest you try that route. the doc who gave me the aldactone was my PCP and it was the only treatment he would offer me other than birth control pills. i refuse to touch the pill - which is supposed to help with the crazy bleeding aldactone can cause - and i don't think he even knew very much about that one. he wouldn't touch the insulin issue. he wouldn't even order the tests. grrrr.... off the aldactone, i can tell i am hairier again. my skin doesn't look as nice. but i was not happy being on it in the first place. aside from the bleeding issues, i was not happy with the fact that again, it's a cosmetic treatemtn - it makes things LOOK better but it doesn't address what's really going on underneath. additionally, it can cause birth defects, and even though my bf and i use protection, that is not a risk i want to take. additionally additionally :), since it can cause birth defects, it SERIOUSLY doesn't address underlaying infertility concerns. it's like "here's a pill that might help you conceive... a monster!!!!" so i am holding out for the met. have been having one hell of a time finding an endo - waiting for an appt. on dec. 21 now with baited breath. if the met really lowers insulin and thus lowers androgens and thus restores fertility and enables one to ovulate/menstruate regularly, i'm all about it. i think this is definitely the way to go. and personally, if i were you, i would push for the met first, and the aldactone if needed. you're lucky to be offered the met. many of us are having a tough time getting a doc to prescribe it, even given its proven efficacy. (is that the word i want?) so ... bottom line, i'd push for the met if i were you, and add the aldactone later if it's needed. at the very least though, i would recommend NOT starting on such a high dose of aldactone. just my opinions, though. :) - jodi
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