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Having problems with dry mouth possibly from medications
Aging Well | Last Active: Jun 18, 2023 | Replies (55)Comment receiving replies
I had been on Flexeril, not every day (Cyclobenzaprine) for years and no hair loss (I recently was switched to another muscle relaxant....Flexeril can cause short term memory loss..I surely don't need that!). I will say the following caused hair loss for me:
1) I lost a lot of weight in 2016 and quickly....
2) I had an intense surgery in 2016
3) I started with Thyroid disease (unknowingly) at the end of 2016.
The combination of all of these caused extreme hair loss. I was not getting enough fat in the diet I was on or carbs, surgery/anesthesia puts a lot of stress on your body & thyroid disease causes hair loss. It took several months for it to stop extreme shedding. I am not versed on Gabapentin so I can't say. Stress & Covid can cause hair loss as well. It's traumatic when your hair starts coming out. Praying for you...I understand.
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Thank you for your message. I have gained and lost weight all my life and never have I lost my hair. Weight Watchers allows a slow pace to lose weight so I am ruling that out for now. My doctor has checked my thyroid out not so long ago and says that 's fine. (Levothyroxine 150 MCG) I am thing that out for now. I do take Bupropion 200 MG (Happy Pill) I don't think that is it. I was taking that way before my fall. Plan to go off that also sometime. Yes, my doctor did tell me she never heard of hair loss with Gabo. I really don't like taking all these drugs. Did your hair ever grow back? If after I wean off the drugs I am still losing my hair then I will try something else. Thanks for info.