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Wellbutrin, hair loss (Anti-depressants & Hair Loss)

posted by Spring1, 16.01.2007, 12:51

Well, as you can read from my original post, the same thing happened to me. It was a gradual loss, not a huge loss right away like most other people. I would imagine it's because it messes up your hormones, my menstrual period was totally different, I was breaking out more, etc. Now I have been off Wellbutrin for 6 weeks. My skin is clear, my periods are getting back to normal, and I am shedding almost back to normal.

I don't know what to tell you. In my opinion, and obviously you probably already instinctivly know this, it sounds like the Wellbutrin. But if the Wellbutrin is helping your depression, that's another thing altogether. Did the Celexa by itself not help you?

- spring
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» I was on celexa and lexapro and never had any trouble with hairloss. Then
» I added wellbutrin (and felt terrific), but after 7 months of wellbutrin, I
» started shedding. I had blood tests for hormones, thyroid and iron - all
» normal. If it was wellbutrin causing hairloss, wouldnt it have started
» when I started taking it? Ive also heard it may be that wellbutrin
» increases testosterone which contributes to hairloss. I wonder if its
» stress related or increased testosterone or actually the wellbutrin
» damaging the hair? Ive been having the shedding for about a year and a
» half and found the wellbutrin has helped the depression moreso than the
» ssris but dont want to be bald! Wonder if it is just stress which maybe I
» can take something to help the stress or if it is testosterone and maybe
» spironolactone would help.
»
» Any thoughts?
» thanks,
» Gillian


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Complete thread:

• Wellbutrin, hair loss, have stopped Wellbutrin - spring, 04.12.2006, 00:45
  • Wellbutrin, hair loss, have stopped Wellbutrin - Pam Shepherd, 08.12.2006, 12:44
    • Wellbutrin, hair loss, have stopped Wellbutrin - Spring1, 08.12.2006, 19:19
      • Wellbutrin, hair loss, have stopped Wellbutrin - Jennifier, 09.12.2006, 10:30
        • Wellbutrin, hair loss, have stopped Wellbutrin - delilah, 09.12.2006, 12:41
          • Wellbutrin, hair loss, have stopped Wellbutrin - Jennifier, 11.12.2006, 16:47
            • Wellbutrin, hair loss, have stopped Wellbutrin - delilah, 12.12.2006, 02:56
              • Wellbutrin, hair loss, have stopped Wellbutrin - Jennifier, 18.12.2006, 20:12
    • Wellbutrin, hair loss, have stopped Wellbutrin - JS, 10.12.2006, 03:08
    • Wellbutrin, hair loss, have stopped Wellbutrin - delilah, 10.12.2006, 08:13
      • Wellbutrin, hair loss, have stopped Wellbutrin - Spring1, 11.12.2006, 13:07
        • Wellbutrin, hair loss, have stopped Wellbutrin - delilah, 11.12.2006, 17:38
          • Wellbutrin, hair loss, have stopped Wellbutrin - Spring1, 11.12.2006, 17:58
            • Wellbutrin, hair loss, have stopped Wellbutrin - delilah, 12.12.2006, 02:58
              • Wellbutrin, hair loss, have stopped Wellbutrin - Spring1, 12.12.2006, 08:24
  • Wellbutrin, hair loss - gillian, 14.01.2007, 19:26
    • Wellbutrin, hair loss - Spring1, 16.01.2007, 12:51
      • Wellbutrin, hair loss - qplushq, 13.02.2007, 15:55
        • Wellbutrin, hair loss - Spring1, 27.03.2007, 10:28
        • Wellbutrin, hair loss - Margo, 15.06.2007, 12:54
          • Wellbutrin, hair loss - OD, 17.06.2007, 22:54
    • Wellbutrin, hair loss - hdavis, 26.08.2007, 14:08
      • Wellbutrin, hair loss - maureen, 30.08.2007, 21:56
        • Wellbutrin, hair loss - Shell, 18.12.2007, 22:00
  • Wellbutrin, hair loss, have stopped Wellbutrin - mickelvine, 27.03.2008, 08:16