hair loss

[Bones908]

Zoloft made my hair really fall out.  I am totally off of meds and have been for 5 months.  I feel the need to start my meds again but am terrified of the hair loss.  My mohter is almost completely bald on top.  She has never taken anxiety or depression meds but has needed them for years because she is totally stresses and jsut a miserably unhappy person.  I wonder if the stress has beent he cause of her hair loss. I feel like I am my mom made over without the meds.  I don't know if I will inherit her baldness and am afraid the meds will lead to the start of me balding.  I do have a thin spot on top and believe it was because of zoloft.  If one anxiety/depression drug has that side effect, will all of them?  Should I bother trying other meds?  I tried cymbalta and others and they just do not to the "trick" zoloft does.  I LOVE zoloft but do not want to be the cause of losing my hair.  My mom may have lost hers due to stress.  WHo know???   I just do not knwo what to do.  I like the person I am when on zoloft and so does my husband and kids!  But I would want to die if I went bald.  My mom suffers so much depression because of her hair loss!

Thanks for any helpful info anyone can provide,

Bones

[Jennifer375]

that sounds like an ad for zoloft, because clearly anyone can add up 2 + 2 and get no the zolofts not the cause of the balding.... sheeesh ko whatever.

JEnn

[fuzzy882]

Are you sure it's the zoloft?  It could that it's passed on through the genes. My mom is very thin on top so is my sisters and Yeah, I am starting to also. But mine is not as bad as there's lol. My mother never had a stressfull bone in her body. My sister's and I are stressballs. Maybe it's called shedding, I dont know but I do understand that how you feel.  Try giving your body time to get used to the zoloft and see what happens. I'll bet by summer that it will have all grown back.