Posted by sl on January 31, 2003, at 22:07:46
In reply to Re: Etiology of SSRI induced hair loss., posted by missliz on January 31, 2003, at 20:41:22
> 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.
Heh, my family thought I was overreacting. Then I took a shower while I was visiting and forgot to clean the drain.... :P It's still thin in the front, but it seems to be stabilized...now I just want to get it growing back!
> 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.I take a heavy-duty vitamin with extra stuff, and fish oil, and calcium&vitD, and time-release vitC.
I was taking iron too but I haven't been eating any really big meals and that's what I need to get my stomach to tolerate it. (I know I can tolerate time-release, but I can't afford to go buy it.)
> 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.I eat actually pretty healthy. Not much, lately, but pretty healthy when I eat. :P
I'm trying to get myself to eat healthy, cuz since nothing much sounds good anyway, I might as well eat healthy stuff. :P
I'm going to try to scrape together the money for a complete mineral supplement with all the stuff folks have suggested might help. (yes, I'm aware it's only $6-10, but that's a lot to me right now)Thanks for the specific amount of zinc to look for!! I appreciate it!
sl
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