Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Hello all. Had an appointment today for a checkup. Blood work is ok and symptoms for the most part are ok. I asked my doc about the continuing hair loss. Her reply was, " well, all of the patients I currently treat for hypothyroidism do NOT have issues with hair loss. " And she thinks it is unrelated. And there must be another reason for it. Probably heredity... You can imagine how hopeless I felt. My hair was always long and beautiful. Naturally curly. And relatively thick. A year and a half ago, after sleeping for four days straight, A friend helped me get into the shower. I would say at least half of my hair caught in the drain! Both my friend kelly and I were horrified. We both screamed, she had never seen anything like it. It had to be cut just below my ears to comb it. After seeing a few doctors my diagnosis of hypothyroidsm was made. I have been on meds for a year now. I dont know everything, but it seems to me that " pattern " hereditary balding does not occur in a single afternoon! Or am I wrong? I don't think I am the only one in this group with hair loss issues. Are all of us experiencing " genetic balding? " How could that be? How could it be " unrelated " if many of us experience this? Now I don't what to do... Chriss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Did you get a copy of your 'normal' labs... Sounds like you doc may need an 'adjustment' Can we say Combat boots and waist high kicks? Topper () On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 23:27:58 -0000 " chriss80631 " writes: > Hello all. > > Had an appointment today for a checkup. Blood work > is ok and symptoms for the most part are ok. > I asked my doc about the continuing hair loss. Her reply > was, " well, all of the patients I currently treat for > hypothyroidism do NOT have issues with hair loss. " > And she thinks it is unrelated. > And there must be another reason for it. Probably > heredity... > You can imagine how hopeless I felt. My hair was always > long and beautiful. Naturally curly. And relatively thick. > A year and a half ago, after sleeping for four days straight, > A friend helped me get into the shower. I would say at least > half of my hair caught in the drain! Both my friend kelly and > I were horrified. We both screamed, she had never seen anything > like it. It had to be cut just below my ears to comb it. > After seeing a few doctors my diagnosis of hypothyroidsm was made. > I have been on meds for a year now. > I dont know everything, but it seems to me that " pattern " > hereditary > balding does not occur in a single afternoon! > Or am I wrong? > I don't think I am the only one in this group with hair loss > issues. > Are all of us experiencing " genetic balding? " How could that be? > How could it be " unrelated " if many of us experience this? > Now I don't what to do... > Chriss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 Chriss, please note the post I just did from Dr. Surikov. I'm pretty sure that's what's wrong with me, and I've got the adrenal glandulars to treat it, but, since I haven't had the testing for adrenals, I stopped them. I did that because I couldn't go up on the Armour, plus take the adrenals. I'm pretty sure that's it. I'm going to restart and hope for the best here. Your hair loss may be from both thyroid and adrenal issues. Tx disapointment > Hello all. > > Had an appointment today for a checkup. Blood work > is ok and symptoms for the most part are ok. > I asked my doc about the continuing hair loss. Her reply > was, " well, all of the patients I currently treat for > hypothyroidism do NOT have issues with hair loss. " > And she thinks it is unrelated. > And there must be another reason for it. Probably > heredity... > You can imagine how hopeless I felt. My hair was always > long and beautiful. Naturally curly. And relatively thick. > A year and a half ago, after sleeping for four days straight, > A friend helped me get into the shower. I would say at least > half of my hair caught in the drain! Both my friend kelly and > I were horrified. We both screamed, she had never seen anything > like it. It had to be cut just below my ears to comb it. > After seeing a few doctors my diagnosis of hypothyroidsm was made. > I have been on meds for a year now. > I dont know everything, but it seems to me that " pattern " hereditary > balding does not occur in a single afternoon! > Or am I wrong? > I don't think I am the only one in this group with hair loss issues. > Are all of us experiencing " genetic balding? " How could that be? > How could it be " unrelated " if many of us experience this? > Now I don't what to do... > Chriss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 Get a new doctor! Even if there is a genetic component, hypothyroidism DOES cause hairloss. Heck, it says on the Synthroid info that it can cause hairloss; the Merck manual lists hairloss as a symptom. Your doctor is pretty ignorant to say something like that. Even if all her patients miraculously don't have this symptom, it doesn't mean it isn't one of the most common ones. Jan > Hello all. > > Had an appointment today for a checkup. Blood work > is ok and symptoms for the most part are ok. > I asked my doc about the continuing hair loss. Her reply > was, " well, all of the patients I currently treat for > hypothyroidism do NOT have issues with hair loss. " > And she thinks it is unrelated. > And there must be another reason for it. Probably > heredity... > You can imagine how hopeless I felt. My hair was always > long and beautiful. Naturally curly. And relatively thick. > A year and a half ago, after sleeping for four days straight, > A friend helped me get into the shower. I would say at least > half of my hair caught in the drain! Both my friend kelly and > I were horrified. We both screamed, she had never seen anything > like it. It had to be cut just below my ears to comb it. > After seeing a few doctors my diagnosis of hypothyroidsm was made. > I have been on meds for a year now. > I dont know everything, but it seems to me that " pattern " hereditary > balding does not occur in a single afternoon! > Or am I wrong? > I don't think I am the only one in this group with hair loss issues. > Are all of us experiencing " genetic balding? " How could that be? > How could it be " unrelated " if many of us experience this? > Now I don't what to do... > Chriss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.