henna color
Hi thinning gal,
It was a red henna I believe....though the stuff was green and kinda pasty if I recall correctly, which is debateable. :wink:
spironolactone and yasmin have been kind to me. I have aggressive hormone issues--always have. I've probably gone untreated since early adolescence, as my mother had terrible periods and seemingly undiagnoseable hormone issues, I thought having menstrual cramps of labor pain magnitude was normal. I also had recalcitrant acne and developed facial hair in my late teens. So...a lot of PCOS symptoms, but no weight gain and no cystic ovaries, plus regular periods--so nobody really listened to me. In general, they still don't, a fact to which I am resigned.
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Prior to Yasmin, I was on ortho tri-cyclen, which made me gain quite a bit of weight but helped with my PMS and cramps significantly. I switched to Yasmin in February, and have never looked back. I began losing weight almost immediately and my PMS mood issues all but disappeared (they were worsened on ortho tri, I think it was more estrogen than I needed). The only negative was a estrogen withdrawl headache that went away in a week.
A month later, I went on spironolactone, which also caused significant weight loss (yay!). It's done its job in terms of lowering androgens too; my testosterone was 99 when I began treatment, and is now 50. Still higher than it should be, but reduced by the 50% that is the benchmark of effectiveness. My dermatologist won't prescribe a stronger dosage or anti-androgen, so I'm making do with that for now. My only side effects were some fleeting light-headedness, frequent urination for about two weeks, some transient muscle cramps, and a salt craving.
All in all, I'd say the side effects of these drugs are less than those of other drugs I've used to treat my acne and other hormone issues. However, a quite a few women have significant problems on spironolactone. You just have to try them out and see, I guess!
-maya