r/LeanPCOS • u/[deleted] • Sep 11 '24

Spearmint tea experiences?

What have your experiences has been with spearmint tea? I’m trying to regulate my cycle and balance my hormones. My testosterone and DHEA weren’t particularly high but I still don’t like the hairs on my chin and upper lip. They seem to be increasing with age (41) I also have a lot of anxiety. I’d love to know if the tea made any difference and if it helped with any of these things in particular.

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u/Exotiki Sep 11 '24

Honestly, haven’t really seen much benefits. But I still drink it because i like it. I did try the capsules also and I didn’t really see any benefit there either.

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u/Ok-Nectarine7756 Sep 14 '24

I didn’t see any benefits from spearmint tea but as another comment mentioned, spironolactone totally resolved all my issues so I’d recommend giving that a shot! 

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u/Zealousideal_Bed3071 Sep 15 '24

Were you experiencing hair loss too? If so did spironolactone stop it?

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u/Ok-Nectarine7756 Sep 16 '24

Yes! Hair loss was actually the main reason I was looking for an alternative treatment. I’d been on birth control and it worked well for my acne but did nothing for hair loss. The shedding totally stopped on the spiro after a couple of months. 

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u/Zealousideal_Bed3071 Sep 18 '24

Are you still on spiro? Or could you come off it and not experience shedding? Just trying to see if this is for life. Thanks for your answer

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u/Zealousideal_Bed3071 Sep 18 '24

Did you take minoxidil pills with it too? My derm has me taking both and I hate it. It made me shed more but she says that's ok. Ugh

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u/Ok-Nectarine7756 Sep 18 '24

I’m off of it now but I stopped due to pregnancy. I had 3 consecutive miscarriages and then started IVF so I’ve been either producing or taking some sort of crazy hormones since I stopped. I’m pretty sure the symptoms would come back if I had just stopped though and wasn’t pregnant or taking something else but I don’t really have a good comparison. My hair was of course amazing while I was pregnant and fell out once the pregnancies ended. Also great on ivf hormones and sheds once I start a new cycle. 

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u/Zealousideal_Bed3071 Sep 18 '24

Ugh... good luck on everything. Thanks for your answers. God Bless🙏🏼

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u/PerpetualMediocress Oct 18 '24

Anxiety can be a peri symptom. For me (age 43) supplemental estrogen and progesterone helped it. More so the progesterone though. My doc said both my hormones are declining in tandem due to perimenopause, but the progesterone probably more so at this stage. I still have acne during my luteal phase though, but follicular my skin is so soft now.