AGA, no oral DHT blockers, still hope?
I was on generic YAZ BC w/ drosperinone for 1 month, which is to my understanding basically ~15mg Spiro, and I just never want to feel like that again. My energy, libido, and gym performance are very important to me. Whats the point of having hair if I don’t want to leave my bed all day. The dark thoughts were getting about as extreme and dangerous as they could get. 4 days off of it and Im already starting to return to normal.
Im honestly not even willing to risk trying another medication with a similar profile to this. Especially as someone prone to and with a family history of depression. I think I am very sensitive to either this progesterone or having lower DHT levels.
With an AGA diagnosis, is a DHT Blocker absolutely necessary to keep growth from oral min? Is anyone here with AGA doing okay on oral min only? If regrowth can outpace the shedding, even if I never have a full thick head of hair I’ll be happy to just keep what I have. I will try every other treatment under the sun but messing with my hormones again isn’t something I want to do.
I would be open to scalp injections with dut but I dont know how effective that is for women?