Posted by missliz on January 31, 2003, at 20:41:22
In reply to Re: Etiology of SSRI induced hair loss. » psybintea, posted by IsoM on January 25, 2003, at 23:35:26
Didn't read the whole thread, but this happens with a lot of drugs- lithium is infamous for making your hair fall out and I had the problem on selegiline too. My psydoc says different drugs will cause hair loss in different people but he sees it a lot. He recommended 50mg a day of zinc, the stuff from the vitamin aisle. Worked great for me, stopped the loss pretty quickly and I was losing hair like a chemo patient, handfulls at a time. It was terribly upsetting.
A few years ago, my hair got limp and weird (for me), probably from the meds at the time. My hairdresser had never seen anything like it, she said it looked like I'd had a scalp transplant. The zinc has really helped over the long term, today my hair is back to it's old thick curly self.
'Course I've been helped immensly by fish and flax oil, and other vitamins and supplements too. Your mileage may vary, but zinc has helped a lot of folks at my support group with hair loss. Hope this helps.missliz
Eating better food in general helps with these kinds of symptoms- most psych patients tend to lousy eating habits and the drugs probably screw with nutrient needs and utilization. I wish we had more info on this kind of thing.
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