question regarding the AF side effects...
I originally tried spiro about a year ago. was on it 25-50mg a day for about 3 months and basically bled every day. Stopped the spiro and switched to propecia. My main symptoms are body hair (navel, thigh area and breasts...surprisingly almost nothing on my face--stray hair or two) and ACNE. Also when I was on spiro before, I had dangerously low blood pressure. Right now (on the propecia) I am usually in the 90/60ish range and I feel ok (yes, it was even lower on the spiro).
However...due to cost reasons and having to switch health care very soon, I am back to the spiro. This time the doctor put me on 100mg 1xday (I take it in the morning with breakfast). I've been on it almost 2 weeks now and no bleeding, though I feel like i should start anytime now. She thinks "the results will be different now that I am 40lbs thinner". I am a little more cautious.
**update**took the sprio at 100mg a day,felt good (no muscle pain,clear skin) at first then started having crazy crazy AF problems and fainting due to low blood pressure.
Question for those with AF problems on spiro: was it an all the time thing (like my first experience)? Or something else? **update**for those that had AF problems...did it stop when you stopped taking the spiro? Immediately? Have been off the spiro again for 2 weeks and still bleeding. I am taking 1 dose of yasmin at the same time.
For the record/those researching spiro and finesteride/propecia:
SPIRO:
spiro did make my face VERY clear--no red, no acne, no oil, even on that microscopic dose. No difference in my body hair. No decrease in athletic performance other than when my blood pressure started getting too low. No, I am not a banana eater
But I do usually have 4oz OJ in the morning. I stopped when the bp started going low on spiro the first time, but it made no difference (so i guess it wasn't too much potassium).
PROPECIA/FINESTERIDE:
On propecia, that body hair basically stopped growing. No effect on the hair that was already there...other than bald patches on my leg hair (weird) and I went up a cup size (I'm an athlete, so I actually was not as thrilled about that as I thought I would be). However, the propecia didn't seem to really be that great with the acne. While head hair is not an issue for me, I am usually a shedder. When on propecia, I did notice a reduction in how many hairs in the sink/drain. Also on the propecia, I noticed that it seemed to take a lot longer for my muscles to recover: example when days where I would lift to max or a particularly hard kickboxing class, it took me DAYS to recover. DAYS to be able to walk w/o limping again. And I wasn't doing anything different than before the propecia! Now that I am back on the spiro--at least thus far--I have not had these insane episodes of soreness. I feel like my muscles are recovering at a more normal rate. THough i'm sure that means my testosterone is up again...
(given that you use tesosterone as part of muscle recovery).
Hope this extra bit helps those researching. I have also been on Met 2000mg/day since Oct 07 and Yasmin since...the dawn of time. lol 6+ years I think.
For everyone else, please, let me know about the AF issues with spiro it's making me neurotic