Posted by ethan on February 9, 2002, at 23:21:36
In reply to Wellbutrin Side Effect?, posted by G. O'Neal on July 11, 1998, at 9:22:45
I doubt you are alone. I have always had a very thick head of glossy, brown hair (something I was proud of), and within the last year my hair has begun to fall out on the crown, my scalp is slightly pink, and my hair has become less manageable. My WB was upped this past year, and Buspar and Trazodone added to make up the current cocktail. I suspect this is not normal male pattern baldness because my mom has a full head of hair, and this hair loss has been sudden and fairly drastic. I intend to discuss this with my pdoc as going bald is going to make me MORE depressed, not less depressed. I have had terrible sweats and sometimes a rash while on WB also. I've put up with a lot of side effects, I guess and maybe I shouldn't have. WB was one of the only drugs that didn't have sexual side effects (which I will not put up with) which I tried a number of years ago and have been on ever since (varying the accompanying drugs to find a workable combination). My depression is chronic, so this is why I've been on the stuff so long. Since the dosages were upped on my meds I've felt better moodwise to some extent, but the side effects are becoming a liability -- what good is having flattened moods if quality of life suffers? Side effects are a drag.
> Has anyone experienced hair loss after taking Wellbutrin? Please let me know so I can stop worrying about my hair loss.
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