Posted by Nixon on February 19, 2005, at 15:24:15
In reply to Shedding More Hair Than My Dog...Bad Depakote!, posted by n@oise on February 19, 2005, at 15:13:04
> damn depakote.
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> apparently the incidence of hair loss, thinning hair is quite rare. lucky me woohoo. now, i have long wavy THICK hair so i've still a while before the situation goes to defcon 1 (even tho i'm losing troops at an alarming rate).
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> anyway. been on 1250 depakote pdoc just brought me down to 1000 to see if there'd be any change. just wondering if anyone's ever experienced this and if so, did a lower dose help or did you hafta get off it altogether????
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> if lower dose doesn't work for me it'll mean going over to tegritol which would be just SUPER. more weight gain and god knows what else. i honestly believe my doc is trying to turn me into an oompa loompa...every week gives me scrpts for zyprexa 'in case i change my mind' when i so don't need it.
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> however, pls pls pls pls pls if anyone has any info on my hair sitch pass it on!
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> thx!
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> ps...suppose if i just saved up all the hairs i could make a wig in the end!
>Hi,
It may or may not work but try the selenium and zinc supplements. Reports are strictly anecdotal regarding supplements but I take 30mg zinc and selenium and thankfully have not lost any hair it has actually gotten thicker. The flip side is I take 500mg and the "tipping point" for side effects that I have read about seems to be around 1000-1500. Good Luck. JN
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