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| Sun, 06-04-2006 - 8:19pm |
i dont know if i can mention numbers here, so feel free to edit my post if these trigger warnings arent enough...
*****trigger warning for cal #, weight loss #.*****
hi...
this is my first post here, and it's kinda hard. and i dont know if i have problem enough to belong here.
ive been restricting quite a bit for a few months now, and have lost over 50 lbs. then for the last couple of months, things really gripped me and ive been staying under 500 cals a day. and i started purging, but only once every week or so. but my weight is still towards to higher end of the healthy zone for my weight range.
the problem i'm having is that even though my weight is still so high, i've started losing my hair a few wks ago. now i dont know if im losing my hair because of the way i've been eating??? is this possible? i dont think i'm ana. for all kinds of reasons.
the other possiblity is that one of my bipolar medications is all of a sudden causing this to happen, which has happened before to other people according to research i did online.
im not sure what to think. has this happened to anyone before? and if so, what do i do?
thank you so much for any help at all...

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Hi there,
I had a period of high stress some years ago and my hair seemed to come out in clumps.
~Diana~
Hi there hippie chick,
Well, I just learned something new, thank you for that!
How are you dealing with the hair loss?
~Diana~
Hallo there, friend!
Check with your doctors about your meds and their side effects. Take some supplements, too. Have you seen any changes with your skin? Has it become dryer and less radiant? If this is also the case, you might be needing an extra dose of vitamins, too. I know that not being able to eat properly has had this effect on me. I've been shedding a lot of hair lately, to a point where it gets a bit scary (fortunately, I have a lot of hair to begin with). My skin's also been horrible. It's normally a normal to oily combination, but lately it's been normal to dry, with very, very dry and rough spots here and there. So I've been taking a multi-vitamin capsule, as well as a B-complex tablet (which also helps with the depression) and vitamin E.
Hugs,
Hi Poppy,
Thank you for those tips.
~Diana~
Thank you, I'll be sure and remember that, & pass it along if anyone needs it. :)
~Diana~
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