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I’m going to stop taking the Wellbutrin, but can I regrow the hair that fell out? If so, what products will stimulate the hair growth?

My doctor prescribed me Wellbutrin, take one 75mg tab in the AM and a second 75mg tab before 5pm. I’ve read the literature that comes with the prescription as well as the internet but have not read where it is prescribed to patients to help weight loss. I probably could use the help from the anti-depressant but I am far more worried about my weight at the moment. So, I’m wanting to know if anyone has been given this medication for the purpose of weight loss and if it helped, etc. Thanks!

Well I’ve always had really REALLY thick hair, all my life, and every time I got a haircut the person would always point that out to me. Now I’m 20 and lately my hair has been falling out, not balding or falling out in patches, but just thinning. Like when I run my fingers through my hair its not as thick anymore.

I recently died my hair a really dark black color, and I though that might be the reason, but I only did it once and the color is almost grown out completely and still nothing has changed. I’m also clinically depressed and up until a week ago was taking Wellbutrin for two months.

I noticed the hair falling out once I dyed my hair, I guess because it was black it was easier to spot in the shower, but it does fall out at the roots, I know because I can see the root still attached to the hairs that I find.

So is this normal, has anyone my age experienced this and is it genetic or is it the result of stress, depression, anti-depressants or the hair color.
Also I’ve changed my diet significantly, I avoid milk very much and have switched to soy milk. Everything else I eat in moderation, I also avoid red meat, but pretty much all my diet changes are supposed to be healthier.

I was recently taken off Wellbutrin due to horrible side effects and the worsening of my depression. I have been reading up on why this happens and I was wondering if anyone had an answer for this one. I was reading that if you are taking an anti-depressant and your symptoms get worse from the medication it can be called Bi-Polar #4. Now, my psychiatrist says that she believes that I am Bi-Polar, my psychologist believes that my psychiatrist is nuts and that I have major depressive disorder and severe anxiety/post traumatic stress disorder that can be relieved through exercise, ativan and self-help books and new age thinking (yay). So, my question is, with both of those opinions in mind. Can you GET Bi-polar disorder from anti-depressants (e.g. Bi-polar #4) or are you Bi-Polar in the first place? Thanks!

First, I know Y!A is not a superiour place to seek psychological or medical help or advice. I am just curious what people think.

I am 24. I started on Prozac at age 13, then they did not know the possible adverse effects on adolescents, and Prozac caused me to be more depressed and increasingly suicidal. Thankfully I was able to recieve Wellbutrin instead. I did great on this medication and was very normal emotionally. I had down times and up times and normal times just like I percieve "healthy" brains having. I was diagnosed with depression and that it was linked to a chemical imbalance.

I began to have difficulty remembering to take my meds and began to have side effects. After visiting a doctor and telling him of these problems, he ranted on how I should expect problems if I am not going to remember to take my meds so without doctor’s permission or advise I ceased to take my meds completly at age 15.
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For the past 9 years I have been "alright’ but defineitly have had mutiple and sometimes regular episodes of depression and sucidal thoughts, some very serious. I have never attempted or even have began to take action over the past 9 years.

Over the past 6 months I have noticed that I am depressed on a semi-regular basis. I tend to loose control emotionally at night. And cry hopelessly and have passing sucidial thoughts. I have recently been wondering since now I am more disciplined if I should be back on meds. My wife and my mother have both recently suggested this to me.

Currently I am having a severe depressive breakdown about once a week to once every two weeks. And sometimes twice a week. Sucidal thoughts do pass by my mind but are rarely serious

So what do you think?

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