Posted by headachequeen on March 6, 2004, at 17:26:35
In reply to HAIR LOSS--HELP needed, posted by rockette on March 6, 2004, at 14:22:33
> I have been using Topamax for about a year and a half. About 3 months ago I noticed a tremendous amount of hair loss. It is continuing!! Help! Any suggestions? I have used a special cream from my hair dresser and am trying 2000mcg of Biotin. (for about a month now---no improvement noted.) Should I quit the Topamax and risks the migraines again???? I don't want to be bald!
First a reminder that we lose hair in the daily round anyway...
secondly, you are not taking enough biotin...
thirdly, you have to add a general vitamin/mineral supplement as the topomax depletes the vitamins and minerals like a wildfire going through parts of California...
then for your hair you have to add vitamin E (400 IU or even 800 IU) as well as zinc (10 mcg if memory serves although I use 25 mcg as I can never find the 10) so that the system takes in the vitamin E...
this will help the hair loss...
and thank the vets who over the years have helped me learn to deal with hair problems with my dogs...
and thank Murph from this list who clued us into the vitamin loss...
and I would suggest taking megadoses of vitamin C as well...
kat who has just started back up the ladder toward another 100 mg of topomax having had two seizures in the past few nights...
really these things are not amusing
poster:headachequeen
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