Am i having spironolactone sides?

[MrBastard]

Although i apply very little spironolactone per day, i do it on a damp scalp each morning after a hairwash to get the night before minoxidil/copper peptide application away.

The symptoms i got is:
- Fattigue... Whenever i sleep 7, 8, 9 or 10 hours a night i always need a nap after work. And i am sleepy during the whole day. This sympton is recent
- Knee pain. Started with just 1 knee a month after i first started spironolactone many months ago. After i changed to spironolactone on a damp scalp it came to both of my knees. 2011 and recent
Semen. Somethimes i feel like my semen is a tiny bit transparrent. This one might just be in my head though

Is it possible that those are symptoms of some hormonal changes due to topical spironolactone?
Will be hard to get bloodwork done. It cost lots of $$, i hate needles and i got no interest in visiting a doctor. Guess my only option is to pause spironolactone for a month or 2?

 

[flamingpie]

I would suggest maybe cutting down the amount of spironolactone you apply each day for a couple of months, see if it makes any difference.

Ive been suffering from side effects from saw palmetto for the past two years. It recently dawned on me that perhaps spironolactone is interfering with my recovery, since ive now seen a couple of spironolactone side effect stories on this board.

Id like to stop usage for a month or so and see if it makes a difference, but i also dont wanna lose my hair lol

 

[MrBastard]

Guess my only way to really tell is to pause it to see if they dimmish. I will get RU today if the customs let me so i should be covered anyway :whistle: And i will get 30 min more sleep per day since i wont be needed to wash my hair and gently put on spironolactone after...

 

[HatGuy]

I doubt these are spironolactone side effects. I've been using spironolactone for over a year now and I don't seem to have any side effects.

 

[MrBastard]

I grew a small vagina in the area under my balls, it was from spironolactone, but what can you do? :freaked:

Sure its not just a late evolved a**h**? And if its a vagina, gz on your own little playhole :whistle:

 

[MrBastard]

Think it is 10ish days since i completely stopped spironolactone now.
Knee pain is still there, but for the last 4 days i woke up with a solid morning erection. Cant remember if i did it pre any threatments other than an occationally one. I had one for the last 4 mornings and i cant remember i had any during spironolactone usage.
Chould get it up no problem during spironolactone usage though

Only changes the past 10ish days is stopped spironolactone and started RU58841.


Just thought this was funny and worth mentioning

 

[optimus prime]

I forget, do you take finasteride? Were you a good responder?

Did you use to get the 'itch' before hair loss treatment? Do you still get it after taking RU?

 

[MrBastard]

Luckely, i never tryed finasteride

No itching on my scalp since startgin RU exept for a part a little over the vertex after applying RU. I think it just might be the PG irritating my skin a little.
Cant remember if it itched before any threatments eather though...

 

[optimus prime]

What were you using before spironolactone?

 

[MrBastard]

Baseline of my regimen have been


- Topical snake oil with saw palmetto for a year. It was sh*t. Overall hair got wose, but it did give me a few square cm with tiny tiny hairs at hairline.

- Minoxidil and spironolactone for many months(with some folligen late months). The tiny tiny hairs got bigger. Hair had it ups and downs but kept above baseline after the snake oil year. Used lots of minoxidil on damp scalp and got sides. Used spironolactone and got sides(Not totally confirmed )

- minoxidil and RU. 1ml minoxidil on dry scalp and no sides. Still no RU sides. Too early to tell if hair improves

Shedding periods. Very hard to tell as i had my hair from 9mm to 1.8cm during the last 2 years. But i know i had a hard shedding period at temples when first started minoxidil who grew back.
Now vs before any regimen. Some places on scalp is worse off, while temples have gone down alot. Perfer this vs 2 years ago no doubt.