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Originally Posted by mommaoftwinsplus1
I have posted in the recent past about my success with spiro. I am a 31 year old female and have had moderate acne for about 8 years or so. I desperately tried almost every pill, cream and "magic cure" out there (Except Accutane). Anyway I did some research online and decided to ask my primary doctor to let me try spiro. Well long story short I started on 25 mg a day, 8 months ago and saw some improvement after about 2 weeks. Then she bumped my dosage up to 50 mg a day and I saw a little more improvement. And now I am up to 100 mg a day and my skin is great. I can actually leave the house without makeup on if I want and not worry. I still have some spots left over from old acne, but hopefully those will fade in time. But to me it's a dream compared to the painful cysts I would get before. I will get an occassional "little" blemish around my period, but I can handle that no problem. Oh and I also have not had any side effects on this med. Well at least I don't think my side effects are from spiro. I also started taking an anti-anxiety medication around the same time and I have some sexual side effects, but I really don't think it's the spiro. I feel like I am living now...no more panic attacks and no more acne. I am able to go out and enjoy fun stuff with my kids and Hubby and I love it!
Mommaoftwinsplus1
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Mommaoftwinsplus1,
Can I ask you if you have a history with panic attacks? I do I have hadthem since 9th grade. They come and go, like I can go a year without having one then all of a sudden get one. They were at there worst in 9th and 10th grade. And i've only had some after that. Did you experience aniexty when taking spiro. The reason I am asking is be/c the first day (today is going to be my third day when I take it in a hour) I had an aniexty attack. Ok, but this is all I am taking... at 11am I took sprio 100mgs and 2 predinose 10mgs, then at 2pm i took doxy 100mgs then at 6pm i had to take yasmin. Before I took the yasmin I had to call the dr. at target (where I got the pills) be/c I was afraid to take the bc pill be/c i was afraid to get aother aniexty attack. He said that it proably was the preidonse be/c I was n it for a week then didn't have it one day then took 2. He said I am going to still have a couple rough days with the aniexty. But I was thinking that be/c of what the side effects are on spiro... weakness, tiredness, tingling of the arms, fast or slow heartbeat. These effects are how I feel when I am having an aniexty attack so if I get these sysptoms then I already think I am having an attack so it just drags it out. When did you start taking your pills for aniexty? I was on pills in 9th and 1th grade but then went off be/c I was afraid of having to be on them for them rest of my life. I did have some aniexty yesterday but i just tried to keep myself busy. I really feel the spiro is what I need I am going to try and fight this. If I can ask what kind of aniexty med you are on then maybe I can get on it too?
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