new here... help!

Hello Alysson!

What do you mean "barging in"? You are as welcome here as anyone!

I´m so sorry to hear about your hair - as to it falling off from the roots, I think you should see your doctor about that. Or some specialist, perhaps. Can it be some form of malnutrition, perhaps? Being depressed can lead to loss of apetite and a lack of interest in food - I know this from experience.

Is it dry perhaps and breaking off? It can really change a lot with age and hormonechanges, like at childbirth, menopause and such. And how do you care for it? Hair that takes little effort in one´s teenage years and twenties can be much more demanding when kept long in one´s thirties and up.

Not much help, perhaps. Does someone else know?

Alysson

Sorry to hear about your hair loss problem. You pose an interesting question so I did a little research and found this answer from a doctor's web site:

Alopecia (hair loss) may be a side effect of many psychotropic medications, though, in general, this is not a common effect. Alopecia has been seen infrequently with tricyclic antidepressants (such as amitriptyline), Prozac, lithium, Depakote and many others. Roughly 1 in 100 to 1 in 1,000 patients will experience alopecia with Prozac; about 4% will get this side effect with Depakote. However, hair loss may be due to other causes, such as hypothyroidism, and requires a dermatologic assessment.

Usually, drug-induced alopecia will lessen or remit entirely after the drug is discontinued. Some drugs, such as Depakote, may interfere with the function of two minerals, zinc and selenium. Depakote-related hair loss may be lessened with use of a vitamin-mineral supplement containing zinc and selenium. You should check with your doctor and pharmacist if you are taking Depakote and want to use such a supplement.


So, it appears that hair loss due to medication does happen but very infrequently. My wife has a thyroid problem and I can verify that for a time she did have a problem with her hair but treatment soon put it back to normal.

f you haven't done so already, a discussion with your physician is in order.

Best of luck!! :)

I'm sorry to here about your hair. Go to a trichologist (I think I spelt that right?) who'll be better informed to make a judgement about what is happening to your hair. Make sure you get a real one though, there aren't any laws saying you must be x y and z so get one from an official trichologists website or something.