Tlee
24-06-2010, 05:53 PM
Well, I write in desperation for some understanding!
I started on Diane 35 ED just over a year ago, for both contraceptive and skin purposes. The last few months I have been shedding a ridiculous amount if hair. Clumps of it everytime I even run my hand through my previously beautiful thick hair, now thin and lifeless :( I am so embarrassed to even brush my hair in front of my boyfriend, because the brush ends up a giant hairball. I have no libido, also something that has come about in the last few months. Absolutely none. It's destroying my relationship, not because it relies on a sex life but because I have gone from a really sexual person to not wanting anything at all- my boyfriend tells me he feels like I don't want him anymore or that I am falling out of love, neither true! But if he stopped wanting me I'd be really upset and questioning aswell. I want to want to be sexually involved with him. It just doesn't happen.
The hair loss is making me really self conscious. I've also felt generally 'down' for the last few months. I don't get excited about anything or 'feel' happy anymore, my emotions are just in autopilot! I feel like the hair loss, lack of libido and feeling down has all been slowly building up since a few months after first taking diane, but just recently I've reached breaking point, I want to be normal again! Can anyone relate? Do you think this is a result of the pill? I've read some pretty awful things about diane on the net that I'd never heard about before, sone to do with hair loss/depression/lack of libido, which makes me think Diane is the reason why I'm feeling this way. I feel like an idiot going to a doctor to talk about excessive shedding and not getting turned on. Doc will probably tell me to get a hotter boyfriend and change shampoos! Can anyone offer me any advice?
I started on Diane 35 ED just over a year ago, for both contraceptive and skin purposes. The last few months I have been shedding a ridiculous amount if hair. Clumps of it everytime I even run my hand through my previously beautiful thick hair, now thin and lifeless :( I am so embarrassed to even brush my hair in front of my boyfriend, because the brush ends up a giant hairball. I have no libido, also something that has come about in the last few months. Absolutely none. It's destroying my relationship, not because it relies on a sex life but because I have gone from a really sexual person to not wanting anything at all- my boyfriend tells me he feels like I don't want him anymore or that I am falling out of love, neither true! But if he stopped wanting me I'd be really upset and questioning aswell. I want to want to be sexually involved with him. It just doesn't happen.
The hair loss is making me really self conscious. I've also felt generally 'down' for the last few months. I don't get excited about anything or 'feel' happy anymore, my emotions are just in autopilot! I feel like the hair loss, lack of libido and feeling down has all been slowly building up since a few months after first taking diane, but just recently I've reached breaking point, I want to be normal again! Can anyone relate? Do you think this is a result of the pill? I've read some pretty awful things about diane on the net that I'd never heard about before, sone to do with hair loss/depression/lack of libido, which makes me think Diane is the reason why I'm feeling this way. I feel like an idiot going to a doctor to talk about excessive shedding and not getting turned on. Doc will probably tell me to get a hotter boyfriend and change shampoos! Can anyone offer me any advice?