Hair loss with anxiety?

Question

Has anyone experianced hair loss with anxiety?

mammo · Accepted Answer

Yes....anxiety can cause some hair loss. But just as often it's due to a thyroid issue and I would get some bloodwork done to rule this out before accepting that it's anxiety. Thyroid issues also cause anxiety, by seeing an Endocrinologist you will be able to know for sure what is causing your hair loss. I have had severe anxiety and depression and when my hair started thinning I saw an Endo and my thyroid wasn't functioning at 100% causing my hair to fall out. You always want to rule out other causes before assuming it's your anxiety. Too many doctors blow us off and blame everything on our anxiety, so we need to be our own advocate for getting the proper health care. Yours may be anxiety but you want and need to know that for sure. Hope this helps.

Amy4891 · Answer

Thanks I will keep this in mind. I am going to get my lab stuff done friday and it will probably be at least a week before I get the results. My pdoc said it was not a side effect of my medications. I am taking some vitamins, but not biotin. I will see so far the hair loss has not been extreamly bad. I use to have such thick hair when I was younger, and it just seems to get thiner and thiner with age...it is a little depressing.

Gnee71 · Answer

Yes and meds for depression anxiety cause hairloss. The biotin 5000 helps. Im 40 thin hair and very thin for my age all blood tests ok and getting so thin front sides i had to have a new type hair added to mine where they crochet 4 hairs to one to add volume. Its short term expensive ... Ive had about two years of the problem ... I had to add mens rogaine BUT dont cuz when u stop more sheds.. Losing hair alone added to quadruple my stress. I would start multivitamin and biotin 5000 and give it 3 mos to see results. Follow up bloodwork also.  Good luck!

Amy4891 · Answer

They want me to go get some lab work done too, not sure what all they are going to test for though. As far as I know they keep checking my thyroid and there is nothing wrong with it....

Amy4891 · Answer

My pdoc said today hair loss could be a symptom of anxiety.

Gasten · Answer

Absolutely.  Stress definitely causes hair loss.  I have been taking Biotin 5000 mcg 1 tablet daily (from a healthfood store) for a few months for this.  It really helps.

Amy4891 · Answer

I am having alot of stress, and it seems for me alot of stress leads to anxiety. I know a couple people who have broke out in some rashes because of anxiety, but I never have.

29sillygirl · Answer

Yes...along with about 100 other maladies over the years...

My doctor says so many things can cause this...to try not to fret..it isn't severe..may be connected to rosacea condition in a weird way...but triggers include emotional stress...so.....