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I'm Losing Weight and My Hair like Crazy!

Hi, I'm a 21 yr old mother of two. A three year old boy and a 6 month old girl. Whenever I gave birth to my second by c section I had morning sickness afterwards and battled post partum depression. I took Wellbutrin for my depression (for about 4 months) and just delt with the morning time nausea. Well, 6 months later I've also gotten an Implanon implant to prevent future pregnancies. When I did this these symptoms intensified plus I'm losing a ton of hair ALL THE TIME! I'm tired all day long at work, I feel like I could fall asleep but as soon as I lay my head down at night it takes me 2 hours to fall asleep. And even after that I still wake up to the slightest sound and it keeps me up for another hour. With working full time and caring for two children this can be extremely frustrating. I get up at 5am and have to do half the work. I'm lucky enough to have a wonderful husband to help in the morning. I don't know what I'd do without him there. Also I'm having irregular periods and lack of sex drive. I feel like I have an excellent life outside of my body but all this extra stuff is wearing me down. Anyone else had an experience like this? Also, I went to the doctor today and he's doing some labwork, testing my blood for big time problems like kidney, liver, and thyroid. So I've already seen a doc...I don't need a lecture on that, just someone who's dealt with similar issues??!!

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Thanks for all the support. My tests from the doc all came back normal (as he suspected) and I've also had the Implanon removed (not a fun experience). So time should tell if I'll be back to normal soon. The first night I had it out I woke up with no nausea. I hadn't felt that feeling in over a year(since I had it all of my pregnancy and since I've had her). I will update again in a week or so.

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make sure he looks at the thyroid problem... Keep up on your testing and double check on everything. I was diagnosed with the same symtoms and it was thyroid. Just do your research. Good luck

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Hello Shae,

After I had my daughter, which she came C-section. After the bloating went down and because I was breast feeding I lost weight and my hair fell out too. I was told to keep taking the prenatal vitamins which makes your hair grow. And after i stopped breast feeding the weight came back on.

Your Wellbutrin may make you lose wieght. And as far as the nausea and irregular periods maybe you should consult with your OB about the implant. It may not be the right thing for you or the right type of implant.

Good luck with all of this and I hope you start to feel better.

Sincerely,

Cristi A

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It sounds a little like adrenal exhaustion. Have you researched this online? If your labs come back normal, ask if you can have your cortisol levels checked. Low functioning adrenals will cause constant fatigue, but difficulty falling asleep. Another thing to watch for too - If the dr. says your thyroid levels are "normal" ask them for the actual results and the range. If you are on the low side of the range, then you may benefit from supplementation.

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My daughter lost her hair like this after giving birth to both of her lovely daughters. What she found out through drs and even a psychatrist (I am spoiled to spell check sorry), was that worry about the baby was causing the stomache problems, worried about not hearing baby, worried about SIDS, just worry. On her hair, she lost a ton of it (I mean handfuls it seemed). Once her harmones settled down the hair loss stopped it all grew back and she was fine.
I am no dr but watching my daughter go through this and hearing your symtyms sounds like you are going through the very same thing she did. Just try to settle down sweetie and take life day to day. I am almost certain if you do then these problems will vanish. Best of Luck, B., Mother of 3 granmother to 10

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I'm am not totally sure what the Implanon implant is. But years ago after my daughter I got the DEPO which was a shot I had to get every 6 months to keep from getting prego. All the sudden I too had weight loss and hair loss backaches and low sex drive.

My doctor switched me to the patch and it seemed to work better. However it would come off with my Jeans sometimes and I wouldn't notice it for a day or so.

And just say I ended up having a baby boy 1 year later. HeHe

Just thought I'd comment.

Hair loss can be from STRESS you don't even know your stressing my hair dresser used to always know when I was HAPPY from when I was stressed and she'd say it was by my hair.

I just thought she was NOSEY..but it turned out to be true.

Good luck.

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Shae, I have read other replies you have gotten and my heart goes out to so many of these mothers. I have several DVDs which I am willing to give to anyone who wants to contact me. The DVD is call Woman to Woman, Taking Charge of Your Health and it is an interview of Dr. Jamie McManus, M.D., by Sloan Barnett, consumer advocate and TV journalist. They discuss some of the most critical health issues facing women and children today.

If anyone is interested in having the DVD, they may email me with WTW DVD - Mamasource in the subject line. ____@____.com. I am in business with Sloan Barnett's company but there is no cost for the DVD.

B. K. Mom and Gandmom

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YES! It sounds like your hormones are out of whack, specifically your thyroid, progesterone, and testosterone (yes, women need this too). Thyroid: hair loss and fatigue Progesterone: depression and difficulty sleeping Testosterone: sex drive (as well as other things). This is textbook.
Go to a specialist in bio-identical hormone replacement because the last thing you want right now is to be on prescription drugs (which mask symptoms and don't alleviate the issue).
Or, e-mail me and I will help direct you.
Honestly, this should/could be an easy fix for you.

J.

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