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Seems I read somewhere that eventually the body gets use to spironolactone and I no longer makes you pee often.  Is that true?

I sure hope so because the only side effect I've noticed is that I pee like crazy now.  And when you drive for a living...yeah not so good!

Wish i could say yes but it will effect you all the time you take it. More you hydrate the more you void.

Sorry,
Isabell

Yup!  You end up,going that often hat you think your bladder has shrunk!

And wait till you have caffeine along with it...

Quote from: luna nyan on June 19, 2014, 07:36:37 AM
Yup!  You end up,going that often hat you think your bladder has shrunk!

And wait till you have caffeine along with it...

I remember drinking an energy drink once on spiro, I dubbed that day peemageddon lol.

As has already been mentioned if you drive for a living it is very frustrating to have to go that often. I am very glad i switched from spiro but my wallet isn't so glad.

Quote from: Hikari on June 19, 2014, 09:00:37 AM
I am very glad i switched from spiro but my wallet isn't so glad.

Perhaps you could suggest to your doctor to take less bicalutamide? At lower dosesit is still quite effective and can even be taken every 2-3 days due to its very long half-life (5.6 days). Or buy the bicalutamide elsewhere?? Online with your doctor's prescription, only if that is legal of course.


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It's not that bad really but I know I read somewhere that the body adjusts after a while and no longer makes you pee often. 

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You won't get used to it. Spironolactone is classed as a diuretic just like Furosemide (Lasex). It was made to cause urination and if you aren't you are dehydrated.  :)

Quote from: KayXo on June 19, 2014, 10:54:04 AM
Perhaps you could suggest to your doctor to take less bicalutamide? At lower doses  it is still quite effective and can even be taken every 2-3 days due to its very long half-life (5.6 days). Or buy the bicalutamide elsewhere?? Online with your doctor's prescription, only if that is legal of course.

Already playing the cutting them up game, but it still isn't quite in the realm of just how cheap spiro can be had for. Without insurance I am managing $1.15 a pill of which is cut into 4. While this makes the cost not that bad I paid less than 10 cents per dose of spiro.

Still I guess I am whining a bit because it all only comes out to be like $50 a month without insurance and I know some people pay more than that.

most of the girls here are aware I am pre hrt pending follow up gender clinic appointment. I was on spiro before making the difficult decision to stop spiro due to concerns about bone density loss as I suffer from osteo arthritis . Now on checking protocol with uk gender clinics I note spiro as an anti androgen is being replaced with goserelin implants. Wondering why this is the case and if this could make any difference to me? Any thoughts? I'm getting depressed as to how masculine I look. So want facial improvement, improved breast development and more feminine body shape. I'm 50 and my dysphoria is worsening as I get older :(

Whether goserelin or spiro, you need to take estrogen with it to feel good and avoid stuff like osteoporosis. Goserelin is an implant that lasts, I think, a few months and suppresses androgen production from your gonads (i.e. testicles). In other words, it's like being post-op except you're not, just chemically.

First few weeks though, androgen production goes up. But eventually, it just stops flat out! :)

I adapted.. >_> I started off peeing more than usual because the spiro was making me dehydrated, thus I drank more. But that lessened after a few months. I've been back on it a month now and I haven't been peeing more than usual.