Re: Warning! Diane 35 (Dianette) and Saw Palmetto

groovychick wrote
> yes, you're right its beter to leave natural hormone levels alone
> and not mess about with them. But in my case i dont think this
> could have been possible as at the time when i went to my doctor
> i hadnt had a period in nearly 3 months! i was extremely bloated
> and had really bad pmt, not to mention the increase in facial hair
> (and there was me thinking it couldnt get any worse!)...something
> just had to be done.

> Dont get me wrong, i did wait around 6 months for all these things
> to settle by themselves naturally without the intervention of
> treatment, but unfortunately that just didnt happen, and it was
> having such a great impact in my daily life so in the end i had to
> go and see the doc. i didnt have any choice. I dont think that there
> has been any great personality change in me, at least nothing that i
> can think of or that anyone else close to me has mentioned.

I've been very fortunate in that although my periods have been irregular and (usually) a long time between them, I haven't suffered bloating or anything like that.

I've been able to deal with things with no medical intervention at all. I realise that not everyone's as fortunate on that count.

Of course, there's a problem with facial hair because it does create a masculine appearance -- people don't expect a woman to wear a moustache or beard. That problem in my case is compounded by the fact that, unlike my sister who flouted convention for years and let her moustache grow, I'm flat chested so either have to pad out or look "strange" in the eyes of most people. I solve the facial hair problem by shaving which is totally non-interventionist in a medical sense and I try to create a more female general appearance by wearing my hair long and (usually) wearing a skirt.

I'm more or less reconciled to the fact that there's no way that I'll ever be "normal" and I've simply defined the limits of the extent to which I'll go to conform to the expectations of the wider world. Tweet