Posted by Ponder on November 4, 2002, at 17:29:24
In reply to lamictal hairloss stopping after 8-9 months??, posted by anniebananie on January 17, 2002, at 16:43:48
> Hey all you lamictal users, has anybody experienced a frightening degree of hairloss from lamictal that seems to return to normal?
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> After 3-4 months of lamictal I suddenly started losing lots of hair & had dandruff that no shampoo could remedy. My gynocologist told me that sometimes hairloss that starts 3-4 months after some precipitating event is dramatic, but is actually caused by new hairs coming in. Since at the same time I tried making sure I didn't take too much vitamin A (it's pretty hard to find a supplement with less than 300% of the recommended amount), & that I got enough zinc & selenium. I also started taking saw palmetto on the advice of my pdoc and biotin on the advice of my hairdresser & using rogaine on the advice of a dermatologist I saw. I quit the rogaine a month or so ago, but for a few months now (I've been on the stuff since April) the amount of hair I lose daily seems to have returned to normal.
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> Has anybody had a similar experience? Any idea what, if anything, made it stop?
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> Thanks,
> AnnieAnnie, I noticed you posted this some time ago. What experience have you had since? I am at about 14 months on Lamictal. Still worrying about the hair loss, but reluctant to DC something that has worked so well.
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