Posted by Tree on June 11, 2003, at 18:32:07
In reply to Re: Bummed » Tree, posted by fallsfall on June 11, 2003, at 13:22:17
> Depakote made me lose my long, thin hair, but not in patches. It wasn't helping a lot, and losing my hair was not acceptable so we cut that out. about a month after I stopped the Depakote the hair stopped falling out. Why can't the people who want to shave their heads have *their* hair fall out, and leave those of us who care alone??
> Amen to that.
> I hope you figure it out. I sympathize.
My doctor made me feel like I was nuts about the hair. She says I haven't been on it long enough to make my hair fall out. She said she couldn't see the spot. I insisted and told her I wanted to go off the WB. I said I was willing to try a low dose of Prozac, but if that didn't work - nothing. She wrote me the perscription. Then I went to the chiropractor. SHE saw the spot. She also said that the hair loss and the depression, to some degree, could be the result of the anesthesia and the trauma from the two surgeries I had recently. She convinced me to cut back the dose to 150mg and try that for a week. So, I am doing that. Maybe the hair thing is not related to meds, but it sure seems like it.
Thanks for being here. You all are a great source of support for me.
Tree
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