Cheeto3, I am also female and have been drinking more than I should. I often deal with stress by falling back on alcohol. I do not drink everyday, however. It is normally 2-3 days per week, but when I do drink, I drink until I am drunk. That usually means anywhere from 6-8 to maybe even more beers in a "night." I have, for the last month or so, been losing my hair. It comes out non-stop! I often wear it up in a clip because it is so disheartening to wear it down, and it just seems to stress me out more when I do...not to mention the embarrassement when it's down and I'm around friends. I'm constantly pulling hair out. It comes out when I run my fingers through my hair, when I brush/comb it, when I wash it...it has even been causing plumbing problems in our home because of all of the hair clogging the drain. I also suffer from anxiety and depression. I take Xanax, or alprazolam, daily to help with my anxiety and depression and sleeping disorder. I used to take an SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) such as Effexor, but I stopped it some time ago when my husband and I were trying to have children. We discovered that I have PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) and that his sperm count was low etc., and we have basically given up on the whole baby thing. Anyway, I have similar issues going on in my life, and I happened to find your message post while searching Google. I would be VERY interested to know if you have any new information on your problem and also what the status is of your problem currently. My IM doc just took some blood and checked my CBC (complete blood count) and a TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone) and both were fine; however, I was very slightly anemic. I started taking a multivitamin a week or so ago, but I'm sure it will take quite some time to build up in my system (and I assume that drinking just washes away or depletes your body from the vitamins anyway). It's kind of a shoot-yourself-in-the-foot situation I presume. Well, if you get this, please respond.
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