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Hello everyone!!

I am a 30 year old gal from Los Angeles. Have been on HRT since 23 and all of a sudden in December my hair started falling out my face and body have changed back slowly and my mental state has been deteriorating. I was in a place of nirvana. Happy, exercised, healthy, found true love, great job, lovely home and all of a sudden it all goes puff. I have been going to doctors. The endocrinologist can't figure it out he just says I don't know. These are my side effects and hopefully someone here can shed some light on my matter. I will truly forever be thankful. I have been lactating now for about a month and a half my hair has been falling in clumps for four months and my face changing. I was so frustrated I decided to get an orchiectomy two weeks ago in an effort to find the truth of my problem. It seems as it hasn't helped and now that I am back even though on a lower dose of estrogen I still have the effects of testosterone. I feel as if this whole time the estrogen I take turns into testosterone. I have even been having issues of attraction towards women that scare me tremendously. I never stopped taking estrogen I never stopped taking blockers I did drink  more alcohol than usual in Europe and exercised a bit to the extreme the months prior. Also I had a Kidney infection right before my situation went south. I was on a low spironolactone dose and perhaps that was my mistake but I felt healthy in that range. Now it seems as nothing helps nothing makes things better nothing helps my situation. Estrogen seems to make my head itchy and my hair to fall more when I take it. I'm extremely depressed, can't focuse and can't remember anything. I've been thinking perhaps no estrogen and just blockers might help. I have a phone date with him this week. Any ideas any information you might find helpful please share it I will forever be thankful.

Warm Regards,
Nancy P.

Might be time to try another endo.. Lactation is a sign that something is a little screwy with your hormones.

Estrogen can't convert to testosterone, it just doesn't work that way.

Hi Nanz, Welcome to Susan's. Kelly is right you need to talk to your doctor and if he isn't getting it then find a new Endo because these symptoms are not normal. Having said that other things can cause you to have hair fall out. Also talking to your therapist about the issues your having would also be a wonderful thing. I look forward to seeing you around the site. Good Luck and Hugs
Mariah

  What Kelly said is true. This is from my own experience,when I added P specifically Prometrium my T levels went up a lot. My hair also started coming out when it was combed and when my mammogram was done I leaked on the equipment when squeezed. I had been on a very low dose of Spiro and just doubled it to what you mentioned that has seemed to take care of the problem.Even with the T makers gone it does take a while for your body to again find equilibrium . There does seem to be some controversy about P turning to T but I did find an article that verified yes it does depending on your body chemistry.I seem to be one of the ones that are that way.   Good luck,  :) Patty

Hi Nanz,

I see you're new here, so here is your new member packet.   Please take the time to read it after you hear me out here.   

You need to get your pituitary gland and thyroid functions checked immediately.  These could be the symptoms of something quite serious and you need to do this right away.   You could have hyperprolactinemia, a prolactinoma, hypothyroidism, kidney disease and a bunch of other systemic things that all seem to go hand-in-hand.  Sorting these types of things out is why we all need an endocrinologist handy. 

I'm in Los Angeles as well- may I ask who your endo is?

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