vamq
January 3rd, 2012, 04:00 AM
I know there is another thread about this, but it didn't exactly mention what wanted to know (because I never wanted to lose weight in the first place). If this thread isn't ok, feel free to remove it, mods :)
Anyhow..last summer in july I got very ill because I had to deal with a lot of stress in a short time (broke up with BF after 4 years, with last 2 years being not good at all, had to move back in with my parents, which whom I don't have a good relationship, and my best friend turned out to be an s$$). This stress turned into anxiety and panic attacks.
Because of all this, I couldn't eat. I tried, but I just couldn't, and because of that I lost a total of 12 kilograms in 2 months. Considdering I already was quite skinny (52 kg on 1.67 m) this wasn't good at all.
I have been blood checked more than once, but I didn't have any vitamin shortage, and my thyroid is just fine. I was losing my hair like madness back then already, but I considdered it to be a side effect of all the stress, and was focusing more on feeling better in general.
I did cut back from almsot tailbone to a bit above waist in august.
It's been almost 6 months now since my health problems started. I'm happy to say that my health is slowly getting better: I'm seeing a psychologist now to deal with all the stress: my last real panic attack was more than 2 months ago, I'm slowly trying to get back to my schoolwork again, I'm looking for my own appartment and last but not least: I'm gaining weight. I'm at almost 48 kg now.
I'm not completely back to normal again, but I'm slowly getting there:)
But the thing is: while everything is getting better, my hair is STILL falling out like madness. Not as bad as before (back then I lost 300+ a day), but still more than is appropriate (I'm quite sure it's more than the 100 a day one is supposed to shed). It's so bad that you can see my scalp at the temples.
I visited a doctor twice about this because it really worries me, but the first one (not my GP, mine was on vacation at that time) just told me that "when it gets really bad, you can always wear a wig" (I hate him. I really do).
Yesterday, I visisted my own GP for a second opinion (and a general checkup). He told me that while my body is getting better, hair has a "growth delay" of 3 months in comparison to the body (I hope it is clear what I mean here).
I started gaining weight again at the end of October, so my hair is not yet seeing the benefits of it.
(he did check my scalp to make sure it's not a fungus or anything, but that wasn't the case).
So my question is: Has anyone else experienced this? How long did it take for your hair to stop shedding? Did it return to normal?
Is this 3 months delay really what's going on?
Is there anything I can do to hide the bald spots? I'm already being very gentle with my hair, and I also make sure I take enough vitamins and drink and eat enough.
The weird thing is: my hair just grows. It grows really fast actually (it's 5 cm from hip already, and my roots turn up earlier than before). So the good thing is that my hair grows, but the bad thing is that I'm shedding like crazy:confused:
Sorry for the long story (and bad grammar, I'm Dutch).
It's just that I saw myself in the mirror this morning, and while feeling quite unhappy about this, I thought to myself I'd better ask some advice here before I cut my hair back even more;)
Anyhow..last summer in july I got very ill because I had to deal with a lot of stress in a short time (broke up with BF after 4 years, with last 2 years being not good at all, had to move back in with my parents, which whom I don't have a good relationship, and my best friend turned out to be an s$$). This stress turned into anxiety and panic attacks.
Because of all this, I couldn't eat. I tried, but I just couldn't, and because of that I lost a total of 12 kilograms in 2 months. Considdering I already was quite skinny (52 kg on 1.67 m) this wasn't good at all.
I have been blood checked more than once, but I didn't have any vitamin shortage, and my thyroid is just fine. I was losing my hair like madness back then already, but I considdered it to be a side effect of all the stress, and was focusing more on feeling better in general.
I did cut back from almsot tailbone to a bit above waist in august.
It's been almost 6 months now since my health problems started. I'm happy to say that my health is slowly getting better: I'm seeing a psychologist now to deal with all the stress: my last real panic attack was more than 2 months ago, I'm slowly trying to get back to my schoolwork again, I'm looking for my own appartment and last but not least: I'm gaining weight. I'm at almost 48 kg now.
I'm not completely back to normal again, but I'm slowly getting there:)
But the thing is: while everything is getting better, my hair is STILL falling out like madness. Not as bad as before (back then I lost 300+ a day), but still more than is appropriate (I'm quite sure it's more than the 100 a day one is supposed to shed). It's so bad that you can see my scalp at the temples.
I visited a doctor twice about this because it really worries me, but the first one (not my GP, mine was on vacation at that time) just told me that "when it gets really bad, you can always wear a wig" (I hate him. I really do).
Yesterday, I visisted my own GP for a second opinion (and a general checkup). He told me that while my body is getting better, hair has a "growth delay" of 3 months in comparison to the body (I hope it is clear what I mean here).
I started gaining weight again at the end of October, so my hair is not yet seeing the benefits of it.
(he did check my scalp to make sure it's not a fungus or anything, but that wasn't the case).
So my question is: Has anyone else experienced this? How long did it take for your hair to stop shedding? Did it return to normal?
Is this 3 months delay really what's going on?
Is there anything I can do to hide the bald spots? I'm already being very gentle with my hair, and I also make sure I take enough vitamins and drink and eat enough.
The weird thing is: my hair just grows. It grows really fast actually (it's 5 cm from hip already, and my roots turn up earlier than before). So the good thing is that my hair grows, but the bad thing is that I'm shedding like crazy:confused:
Sorry for the long story (and bad grammar, I'm Dutch).
It's just that I saw myself in the mirror this morning, and while feeling quite unhappy about this, I thought to myself I'd better ask some advice here before I cut my hair back even more;)