I am a stress head, there are no two ways about it. I carry all my thoughts, fears and worries, and don't vocalise them. Unfortunately, although I have an amazing partner, family and friends, I still carry a lot with me.
So, well over a year ago, while on the oral contraceptive pill, Levlen ED, I noticed unusual amounts of hair falling out when I washed it, when I dried it and just generally.
I read that Levlen is a high testosterone Pill, and could have been causing the hair loss. So, armed with that information I went to my GP and was prescribed Diane.
Since taking it, and stopping the use of artificial sweeteners, I noticed the decrease in hair loss, but it was still falling out. To make matters worse, hair hasn't been growing back. So I currently look like Fergie, with patches of thin hair everywhere.
I have started a diet to help lower my weight, and hopefully bring my hormones into check.
On top of this, I made an appointment with David Salinger of Trichology Centre to see what there was left to do, as I didn't want to be a bald bride in a year's time. All I had to lose was an hour of my day and $130. So the appointment was today, and I have been given L-Tyrosine to take, to help the hair grow. Maybe grow back? Fingers crossed and if I remember, I'll update my blog with the progress!
This is all super interesting to me, because I used to take Levlen but I never had any dramas like that. I did have some other unrelated issues so that's why I switched to Norimin-1 what I'm on now :)
ReplyDeleteI went onto Levlen blindly, not researching it properly. After 12 months on it, I noticed my fine hair was going patchy and clumps were falling out. So I googled "hair loss levlen ed" and I'm glad I did. My GP was really good and we decided to change to Diane. I've noticed a decrease in loss since I started it 3-4 months ago, but the amount being lost is so unhealthy.
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