PSTD/Stress - Hair Falling Out

[Grama-Herc]

Hey She--I have to get my thyroid levels checked every 3 months. AUGH! I hate getting blood drawn. It sucks but my doc is keeping a close eye on me BUT I still have issues

 

[Deleted member 541]

Herc,

Well it was a thought....Now it's back to PTSD.....Stress, stress, stress, don't you just love it???? NOT!!!!!!

My other thought is hormones???? When I was going through menopause, mine fell out too!!!!! Oh, I just love being a woman........

Sorry, I guess that you are really going to have to find ways to relieve the stress, before it all falls out.

Wen

 

[EmeraldRiver]

I have thick hair too, and long and curly, so no one notices it, but I swear I have to vacuum every day and dig hair out of the tub after every shower. (Yuck). LOL,...and I'm young so I can't blame it on menopause.

I also noticed a small patch of WHITE (not gray) hairs about 1-2 inches long now growing dead center top of my forehead hairline where everyone can see them. After saying a few choice words about that I've decided to let them grow out to remind me to slow down and not let myself get so worked up...but anyone else getting white hairs? (I'm only in my twenties!)

 

[Deleted member 541]

Hi Emerald,

My first one was age 31.....I was in the throws of PTSD then....One of my girlfriends is 41-42 she is completely gray and has been since her late 20's early 30's.....

Good way to use the white hair...As a reminder to slow down....

 

[EmeraldRiver]

(Small smile)....well at least I'm not alone in that. Thanks for sharing. It's been making me feel pretty darn stupid lately...like only I could get so worked up that I turned my hair white! LOL..at least it is only a few hairs for now. Although if I get a few hundred more I'll look like that chick in the X-Men movie.... :)

 

[Roj]

My hair got very thin on the front very suddenly when I first started having PTSD several years ago. I would wake up and find my entire pillow covered in hairs. My skin also broke out on my face with weird bumps and looked all greasy and oily and stuff. The hair also got very dry but eventually looked smooth again. The PTSD went away (somewhat, I was functional but still had noticeable anxiety issues) after a few months and then came back again within 2 years and still dealing with it now.

My hair still looks like awful and probably is a little thinner now. I am 30 and I have also gotten white hairs for the last 4-5 years. I have dozens of them now. I also got lines really forming on my face. I am so sad by my appearance and hurt that its all gone forever. I used to love combing my hair which was really thick. Its not noticeable to other people except me, and I don't know if it will ever look like it used to again. My brother has natural thinning of the hair line, but that progressed with him, whereas mine hit very suddenly and just never got better.