u/melanicholy

I’ve been on spiro for 3 months now and just recently started taking 100mg a day (my final dose). However I’ve noticed my under eye wrinkles have become much more prominent in the past month. I’m only 24 and don’t have wrinkles elsewhere so I’m pretty sure it’s because of spiro (maybe dehydration?) rather than me just ageing 5 years in a months time.

I’m wondering if anyone’s experienced this before?

And also how much water should we really be drinking on this medication? I admit I probably haven’t been drinking enough but I don’t have any other dehydration symptoms otherwise.

Thanks!

Hi all, first post here. I’m 24F and have had a range of blood tests across the years where my prolactin has always been elevated.

The lowest measure I ever got was 528 mIU/L (24.9 ng/mL), while my highest has been 1036 mIU/L (48.9 ng/mL). My lab’s reference range is <400 but my average across the years has been 864. Around 86% is monomeric prolactin.

I’ve had two MRI scans (1 with contrast) and they were both normal with no visible tumours and I don’t have any severe symptoms that can directly be linked to my high prolactin.

My other hormones are mostly fine, my androstenedione and DHEAS have been a bit elevated in the past but they’re fine now. Sometimes my LH/FSH ratio is inappropriately elevated and my periods are a bit late but I do not meet the criteria for a PMOS diagnosis and don’t really have any of the symptoms besides hair loss.

I’m just confused on what to do next. My last endocrinologist dismissed this and said my prolactin isn’t super high compared to some other people, but I’m scheduled to see a new one soon.

Does anyone have advice for this situation or a similar experience? Could cabergoline be worthwhile here or is my prolactin not high enough/symptoms bad enough to warrant medication?

Thank you :)

Omg if I have to hear the you are my destiny song again I’m going to lose my mind 😭

Hi all, I already shared this to r/atheism today but would really appreciate some words of advice here from Orthodox/ex-Orthodox perspectives. For context I am an atheist and have been all my life but it’s been so tough feeling like I lost the love of my life to this religion:

My (24F) boyfriend (22M) converted to Orthodox Christianity a year ago from agnosticism and things have really been up and down for us since. Some days he’d say it didn’t matter to him that I was an atheist because he loves me so much and we can still get married outside the church, while occasionally he’d tell me he wants an Orthodox wife and family. We had another discussion (argument?) about this today and the way he talked about it all made me really upset, when it came to the topic of children he was saying things like of course his children would be baptised, it’s a non negotiable and he’ll only get married in a church etc. This is ironic since a few months after his baptism he was complaining to me about how he regrets ever joining the church because of the anti semitism he faced, and now he’s so into it again he’s willing to give up our otherwise beautiful relationship forever over it and he says he regrets complaining about it.

Long story short we broke up and I’m so distraught, I’ve loved this man since I was a teenager. I’ve genuinely found myself thinking what if I just converted myself, then cursing myself for not believing his religion. I just can’t believe it though, I’ve tried to understand it and convince myself but I can’t, all I’ve ever wanted is a sweet life with love; not god, fasting, spending 2 hours standing in a church every weekend, rules over my body and dealing with misogyny. At the beginning of his conversion I read a few books he’d recommended on Orthodoxy to try and understand his new beliefs, but he’s never done the same back to me to help understand why I’m an atheist. I’ve been so distressed about how he strung me along like a fool with the false promise of a life together. Please help with any advice to stop myself feeling guilty about not converting, etc :(

Hi all, I’m looking for any advice or your experience on starting/using anti-depressants to help heal from a break up.

I’ve had a really bad break up with my ex of 7 years and it’s all I can think about. I’m bedridden, I start crying randomly and can’t stop obsessing over him and grieving. We had a period where we broke up for 10 months and I thought about him every single day despite seeing a psychologist and genuinely trying to move on. This time our break up is final and I feel even worse than I did then.

I’m struggling so much and I genuinely need help to move through this, medication has been my last resort.

Hi all, first time posting here with a bit of a ramble.

My (24F) boyfriend (22M) converted to Orthodox Christianity a year ago from agnosticism and things have really been up and down for us since. Some days he’d say it didn’t matter to him that I was an atheist because he loves me so much and we can still get married outside the church, while occasionally he’d tell me he wants an Orthodox wife and family. We had another discussion (argument?) about this today and the way he talked about it all made me really upset, when it came to the topic of children he was saying things like of course his children would be baptised, it’s a non negotiable and he’ll only get married in a church etc. This is ironic since a few months after his baptism he was complaining to me about how he regrets ever joining the church because of the anti semitism he faced, and now he’s so into it again he’s willing to give up our otherwise beautiful relationship forever over it and he says he regrets complaining about it.

Long story short we broke up and I’m so distraught, I’ve loved this man since I was a teenager. I’ve genuinely found myself thinking what if I just converted myself, then cursing myself for not believing his religion. I just can’t believe it though, I’ve tried to understand it and convince myself but I can’t, all I’ve ever wanted is a sweet life with love; not god, fasting, spending 2 hours standing in a church every weekend, rules over my body and dealing with misogyny. At the beginning of his conversion I read a few books he’d recommended on Orthodoxy to try and understand his new beliefs, but he’s never done the same back to me to help understand why I’m an atheist. I’ve been so distressed about how he strung me along like a fool with the false promise of a life together. Please help with any advice to stop myself feeling guilty about not converting, etc :(