pcos and post-op exacerbation

i had my rny on 8/5.  i am down by 34 pounds.  my hormones are haywire.  i went off my ocp 2 months prior to the surgery... i restarted those this week.  i also stopped taking my aldactone post-op because i didn't want to get dehydrated.  however, my hair is shedding and my facial hair is worse than it has ever been.  i'm so down about it.  i restarted the aldactone at 50 mg daily (was on 200 mg) in the hopes that it will help somewhat.  i'm also having acne.  not my usual pre-period perioral breakout, but huge bumps on my neck.  that hasn't happened since adolescence!  so my question is, does it get worse before it begins to get better?  and for those of you on aldactone before the surgery, did you continue it after the surgery? 

Hang in there.  Your body IS going haywire right now.  I too had some major hormonal problems right after surgery including continuous spotting (possibly due to the estrogen in my fat cells being excreeted into my system), faster facial hair growth and PMS.  You have to ride this wave and give your body a chance to stabalize (I would give it a good 6 months).  Once the weight loss slows youw ill notice a difference.  I have never taken Aldactone but I have had acne issues.  It DID get a bit worse after surgery (cystic acne) and then went away.  I now only get acne around my period.

thanks.  i'm trying to just ride it out.  :/  i know it's for a good cause, but it still sucks.

I think that with the haywire post-op hormones, we all respond differently. I took myself off the aldactone after surgery. My hair is a little thinner right now, although that happens to many RNYers, so I'm not convinced at this point that its totally my PCOS. My facial hair is starting to slow down a little. I continue to use Vaniqa twice a day.

Wendy