so how much worse is this hair loss going to get????

Hi guys and gals. I have not posted or even hit the site in a while..... mainly because I have been going thru some heavier depression lately. 

Rite now I am dealing with several things. Some beyond my control some are issues will be ongoing for awhile.

But one that seems to be beyond my control and is literally bring me to tears is my hair loss. It is coming out by the handfuls !!! literally!!! I am taking 2 prenatals a day and a flintstone and liquid centrum and a multi vit an mineral. My levels are finally getting up in a more "normal" range. I am also diabetic an was taking metiphormine till last sunday when i changed to actos.( i am unable to swallow the larger pills.)

Here is where I NEED you all more now than ever........... My hair is my one true beauty ..... and now its falling out...... It is part of my identity just like my brown eyes or my smile. 

Up till  today I have been hanging tough and "sucking it up". ( that is what I grew up hearing as a brat ,an how I have raised my kids.) not saying its rite ...just sayin its been my life.

But I don't know if it's the hormones or what but I just can't hang today. All I want to do is crawl in bed and cry or go beat the cr*p out of something!!!.. an neither of those is going to help.

I honestly don't know how much of my depression is hormonal or the mental and physical changes I ams going thru.

I know anastesia makes hair fall out too... and I have been put under 3 times sence april of thisyear.... I am really hoping that is the main cause of all of this hair loss. and not the diabetes......

Any advice or encouragment would be WONDERFUL today folks............and much needed.......

Thanks.........

 

 

Are you getting your protein in? I really have no idea but my nurse told me that my hair will fall out if I don't take the vit and get the protein. Hope it works.

I was told that the hair loss is not something u can avoid. It seems that the vitamins and protein will only help in the severity of the loss. Basically if u dont take the vitamins and protein it will be more severe.

Thank you knowknews; I am doin good on the vitamins and minerals so the only thing I can think is low protein. Guess I will be upping my intake on that. my nut says up to 80 a day so I had better get some unflavored powder an get on it.

I posted a question about hair loss lastnight, if u look it up theres alot of comments on hair loss.
Good luck!

Thank you mesheher; I am going to read them. This is the one thing I really didn't think would be a prob for me cause I had a ton of hair. But now I am almost bald on top.

I hear ya! I had major hair loss and ended up just buying wigs and having fun with them! No point in being upset over something you cant control right? I loved my hair. It was down to my waist and perfect! (well, at lleast to me it was) Most of it fell out. I ended up cutting it all off to a pixie cut. I am 11 months out now and it is starting to get longer and thicker again (Yay!)

You need to keep your protien up. It'll help with the loss. Itwont prevent it, but at lest it wont be as bad. Take your vitamins. you shoukld be taking 2 multis, Vitamin B-1, 1,500 calcium a day (500 each dose), vitamin D, Sublingual B-12, Iron, Vitamin C.

Flinstones aren't gonna help with hair loss. They arent complete.
Hang in there! It does get better!

Thank you Dee, I am taking all that and a prenantal (my gp is hoping it will help w/the hair loss). I am going to get some unflavored portien powder and start adding that in to my routine. it is the only place I seem to be lacking. and lord knows I don't want to eat any more an risk streatching my pouch.

 

I wear a cap most of the time.  I hate it too.

Add Biotin to your supplements. I take 5000 to 6000 mg a day. It helps to grow your hair back. Hang in there. It will grow in stronger.