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[kawaii_emily]

got a lovely prescription Friday and filled it. 200mg spironolactone qd and 4mg estradiol qd, both oral

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[profgreen]

you went from 0 to 200mg spiro?

I'm surprised you are able to stand upright. Be prepared to be out of commission for a few days while your body adjusts.

[kawaii_emily]

ha. ah. in the past i worked up to it after a couple of weeks. i don't know why i disregarded that advice this time.

[hazumu_kun]

hmmm i always thought they did the ramping up to whatever over months? i don't know honestly as i was started on 100mg spiro and 4mg estradiol and had no problems. any reason why the 200mg spiro? sorry bout all the questions, this is my curiosity.

[kawaii_emily]

i honestly don't know how the others do it. i came about this dosage through my own research, and it has worked fine in the past. i just basically told the doctor what i wanted.

[every_piece]

When I first went on androcur I had stomach cramps for a week. And right now, after my estradiol dose was upped to 4mg, I've been off work for weeks, but that's more because the high oestrogen levels set off my hypermobility :p

[kawaii_emily]

here i was wondering about a higher estradiol dosage. probably hold off on that for a few months.

[irishkitsune]

A little sick? I cannot describe to you how awful I felt after taking my meds for the first few weeks. What really sucked is the first day I had them I also had to jump on a plane. That was loads of fun.

[kawaii_emily]

god i hope it doesn't last for weeks. i just climbed a flight of stairs and now i feel like dying.

spiro

[phdinfunk]

spiro makes me calm, dehydrated and sick. The first few days I was amazed at how nauseus I could get. I still had to work, and I ended up taking bonine for the sickness. Now when I come off it for a little while I get really down and irritable. I also noticed, for me, potassium rich food (a big no no on spiro) made me feel more sick..

On the upside, it made my insulin resistance less pronounced (which unfortunately is exacerbated by estradiol)

[murdercake]

I don't know if this is relevant, but I was prescribed spironolactone as a diuretic. At a 50mg dose. You sound like you may be experiencing a bit of dehydration too (50mg was enough to make me dehydrated, I can imagine at 200 it could be worse?). Try drinking extra water. At worst, it doesn't help, but it's cheap to try and it may make you feel a little better.

[kawaii_emily]

thanks for the information. that was over three months ago, but you're right, of course, i lost a lot of water weight very suddenly, and the dehydration coupled with the greatly reduced blood volume resulted in this horrible weakness. i was practically immobilized.

[murdercake]

Oh snap, i'm sorry. I stumbled on this comm because it was in the "updated recently" top of the list. I didn't even see the "posted by" date.

Sheesh, I need to be on top of things :)

I'm glad to see you're doing better, or at least are over the "new medication/dose" side-effect weirdness.

[kawaii_emily]

totally.

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