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Hi, folks!
So...one of the symptoms of my PCOS for the last 3.5 years has been hair loss. It used to be that my hair would fall out in handfulls when I'd been off my birth control pills long enough for my testosterone level to go up, but it would stop as soon as I went back on the pills. For the last year or so, I've been on Sprintec, and my hair loss is just as bad ON the pill as it is when I'm off. I know it can take awhile for the body to get back to "normal" after being on the pill. Have any of you experienced hair loss on the pill? How long did it take for your hair to stop falling out after you quit taking it? Can anyone suggest any other BCP that are fairly inexpensive that might not cause the same problem? I DO plan to see an endocrinologist as soon as I can, but I'm unemployed right now, so that can't happen. I'm looking for personal stories from other people who many have gone through the same thing I have so I can be informed. That way, when I finally AM able to go see someone, I'll have a plan of attack, so to speak.
So...one of the symptoms of my PCOS for the last 3.5 years has been hair loss. It used to be that my hair would fall out in handfulls when I'd been off my birth control pills long enough for my testosterone level to go up, but it would stop as soon as I went back on the pills. For the last year or so, I've been on Sprintec, and my hair loss is just as bad ON the pill as it is when I'm off. I know it can take awhile for the body to get back to "normal" after being on the pill. Have any of you experienced hair loss on the pill? How long did it take for your hair to stop falling out after you quit taking it? Can anyone suggest any other BCP that are fairly inexpensive that might not cause the same problem? I DO plan to see an endocrinologist as soon as I can, but I'm unemployed right now, so that can't happen. I'm looking for personal stories from other people who many have gone through the same thing I have so I can be informed. That way, when I finally AM able to go see someone, I'll have a plan of attack, so to speak.
