r/lupus • u/MonarchSwimmer300 Diagnosed SLE • Oct 31 '24

Links/Articles Side note: Hormones, I hate you.

https://www.sciencealert.com/in-a-first-scientists-found-structural-brain-wide-changes-during-menstruation

Not directly related to lupus. But lupus is so hormone influenced.

I found this very interesting myself.

Maybe someone will benefit from it too!?

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u/GapExtension9531 Diagnosed SLE Nov 01 '24

I’m a dude but I was taking the hair loss drug finesteride for about 3 months before I was diagnosed. That stuff was nuts. The doctors at Hims (who are usually yes people) told me to never touch the drug again after I told them my symptoms. It’s an anti-bonding agent for Diahydratestosterone (which guys who have MPB have hair follicles sensitive to DHT). It made me feel like I slept 5 mins at a time at night, left me tired and the brain fog was real.

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u/MonarchSwimmer300 Diagnosed SLE Nov 01 '24

Hormones, am I right??? 😂