Posted by Tabitha on December 27, 2002, at 14:25:57
In reply to Hair Loss - Celexa or Lexapro?, posted by psybintea on December 26, 2002, at 5:21:28
I have hair loss while on celexa+neurontin. This is one side effect that seems to vary greatly from person to person, so the best approach is to just try the meds yourself.
Incidentally, I learned a lot about it by doing a google search on "telogen effluvium". Mine is cyclical and continuous, meaning I'll lose a lot of hair for a few weeks, then it stops falling and grows back. The end result is my hair has a lot of different lengths and looks rather frizzy, plus there's hair *everywhere* in my house, car, office, etc. The most reassuring thing I learned from my reading is that the hair falls because it has been in a resting state, then a new hair starts growing and pushes the old one out. This is the normal hair life-cycle, but if you have this condition, your hairs go into the resting state more than normal. So technically you're not losing hair, you're just cycling through them faster than normal. I also read that iron or protein deficiency can be a cause, so I've started supplementing iron and watching protein intake. Can't tell a difference yet.
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