User143021

My L-cysteine bottle says it's best to take it on an empty stomach. I'm guessing NAC is the same. I've never had insomnia from it, even when I take it not long before sleeping. It also shouldn't inter...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't prolactin suppress estrogen? Estrogen levels are much lower during breastfeeding... Not all women break out from excess estrogen but some do — I imagine the drop i...

No problem. (: My acne was pretty severe, I would mostly breakout on my jawline, neck, and upper back... but I would get acne pretty much anywhere. It was very large cysts especially on my jawline and...

I know it's hard, but if you are patient you should start to clear. I had a pretty bad initial breakout on spiro too... I am about your same size and on 100mg I didn't start to clear until month 4. I ...

That is interesting... I'm glad you found what works for you. Can you drink decaf coffee without breaking out? I ask because it seems to be caffeine, not coffee that was the cause. I'm a heavy coffee...

brenmc, sorry to hear that you are still struggling. ): I have taken a form of NAC (L-Cysteine... from which NAC is derived) for a couple years but it never made a difference in my skin. However, it h...

If you're interested in a natural form of Spironolactone you could try Saw Palmetto or DIM since they are both anti-androgens like Spiro.   DIM worked for me and has for others, but not everyone....

If normal moisturizers break you out, you could try using an alcohol-free witch hazel toner like Thayers and use plain aloe vera afterwards. Both of those are really gentle. I do this often with no pr...

hey hearts! Useful points. I was wondering, are we meant to have low or high prolactin for hormonal balance? I read conflicting things on vitex...some sources say it raises prolactin, and others say t...

Other natural 5α-reductase (conversion of testosterone to DHT) inhibitors are saw palmetto, green tea, pumpkin seed, zinc, fatty acids like gamma-Linolenic acid (first derived from evening primrose pl...

You might want to give your current regimen a little more time since it has only been two months. It always takes me 3-4 to see results with hormonal methods. Also, when you start more than one thing ...

My hair looks better these days...I hope it continues to get stronger, even though I dyed it and usually I shed more after dying it, but the shedding seems to have decreased instead. Have you noticed ...

I agree with WishClean... I forgot to mention that I did take NPC daily because when I didn't and took a break, I did break out and symptoms would return. I am also the same way — any increase in estr...

Hey hearts! How are you doing? It's weird that such a low dose of inositol is making you sleepy... maybe your body is getting used to it? I found that it's better for me if I don't take it at night......

Green Gables is very smart and her route has worked for some. However, I disagree and I think there are other options.   I think you should continue taking DIM — it is a strong anti-androgen lik...

Yeah, I guess that makes sense. Doctors probably don't know enough about hirsutism either. I was told it's usually middle eastern, indian, and mediterranean women who are prone to it, but who knows! I...

Spiro didn't help me with hirsutism either. Hair on my head and my eyelashes shed, but I still had the excess hair in the wrong places like upper lip, chin, etc. It's just my opinion, but I think if y...

Ok, so DIM will be next on my list to try then. I read it's better to take it with calcium-d-glucarate to help get rid of excess hormones in the body, but taking CDG on its own seemed to cause breakou...

So basically this is a BP treatment. My thoughts exactly. A very expensive BP treatment with a little saw palmetto thrown in there. You could probably make your own saw palmetto topical for a lot c...

Hearts, I am really interested in how you found out DIM is an anti-androgen....most bodybuilding DIM supplements promote it as a testosterone booster, so I'm confused. In your opinion, does it work s...

It's normal to have an initial breakout or purge with retin-a, spironolactone, etc. Spiro will take months before you see results. For me, I wasn't clear until 6 months. I had pretty severe cystic ac...

On the bottle of DIM that I take, it recommends women take 100mg (2 capsules) and men take 200mg (2 capsules twice a day) with food. It also says "For intensive use take up to double the dose." Even t...

Im not sure , i just read that DIM supplement helps control hormones and then i started taking it then i havent gotten any acne since then so im confused why dim cleared my hormonal acne if it raises ...

this is so weird but im a male and i took dim supplement for about 3 months now and i havent broke out but instead it cleared my skin o.o Congratulations! I hope it keeps up for you. (: It worked fo...

On 12/11/2013 at 11:37 AM, WishClean said: If you take inositol at night it's a bit less effective,al least based on my experience, and it might cause slight insomnia. But this is mainly if y...