Understanding Thyroid Hair Loss

jodyo wrote:

I was started on Armour 60 mg. for a borderline low functioning thyroid. A few months later I lost a significant amount of hair. Was also going thru a very stressful time in my personal life. I am generally healthy, walk every day, hit the gym a couple of times a week for some muscle toning, and take a yoga class once a week. I push myself to do this, as I work four days a week too. The hair loss has slowed, but no real evidence to me, of much new growth. Any ideas, comments, or suggestions??? I am bummed!

tamara2FLA wrote:

Yes,I am so tired, too-- At first I thought it was because I was depressed and wired at night when it was time to go to bed-- I felt because my nerves were shot, and I wasn't getting to sleep at night, that it would make me drag @** all day. I am sure that may have had something to do with it, but then I tried forcing myself to go up to bed @ 10 or 11, and take tylenol PM,just for a couple days--- it helped a little, but it definitely has to do with your thyroid-- when you have a low thyroid-- you get spaced out, and tired, and depressed. What are they doing a sonigram for? I know hypothyroidism is overlooked-so don't let people at work get to you, you have enought things to figure out and simplify than to worry about negative nellies at work, good luck!!

jodyo wrote:

I was started on Armour 60 mg. for a borderline low functioning thyroid. A few months later I lost a significant amount of hair. Was also going thru a very stressful time in my personal life. I am generally healthy, walk every day, hit the gym a couple of times a week for some muscle toning, and take a yoga class once a week. I push myself to do this, as I work four days a week too. The hair loss has slowed, but no real evidence to me, of much new growth. Any ideas, comments, or suggestions??? I am bummed!

tamara2FLA wrote:

Hi, I have hypothyroidism, and I lost a ridiculous amount of hair!!I got diagnosed with alopecia areata I tried everything, and the only thing that worked was going to the Hair Loss Clinic in my town--- It is kind of pricy, but I sat under a laser that stimulated hair growth-- I also take prenatal vitamins-- they try to give you stuff at the hair loss clinic pills, shampoos--also pricy, and the pills and shampoos don't work, but the laser really did!! I was so skeptical and at my last rope--- they kept telling me to get shots in my head of cortisteroids, or immunotherapy, but they both had wierd side effects--so I made payments to the Hair loss clinic, and had weekly treatments-- I do feel it helped--I mean mine was so bad I had no hairline any more-all I had was a little pony tail on the top of my head- like Pebbles on Flintstones--- It started in the back of my head, then around my ears, then smack dab in the middle front-- It was awful-- I used to have puffy naturally curly hair that was all one length and went past my bra-strap like Elaine on Seinfield-- It was so traumatizing!!The irony is I went to school for hairdressing, so I was constantly doing hair during this--so I went and bought a couple of cool wigs, and occassionally wore them until I got a hairline back-- I wasn't a big fan, they helped a little, but they were kind of annoying too, but it worked for the meantime-- but when my hair started growing back-- I started using the hair extension clips that I make for friends, or wedding updos, and it worked out great--- I was making those things before they got big-- they are pretty popular now, you can find them all over, you just have to be careful of the cheesy knockoffs, let me know if you need anything-- I feel your pain!!Good luck!!!<quoted text>

jodyo wrote:

I was started on Armour 60 mg. for a borderline low functioning thyroid. A few months later I lost a significant amount of hair. Was also going thru a very stressful time in my personal life. I am generally healthy, walk every day, hit the gym a couple of times a week for some muscle toning, and take a yoga class once a week. I push myself to do this, as I work four days a week too. The hair loss has slowed, but no real evidence to me, of much new growth. Any ideas, comments, or suggestions??? I am bummed!

dash dewy wrote:

I have been recently diagnosed with hypothyroid. Do any of you have really low energy levels? I get so tired all the time, I barely have the energy to get dressed. The doctors want to do a sonigram and all that good junk, I haven't lost my hair though, thankful for that. I did find out that armour is a pig hormone. That might be the reason for the hair loss, I don't know. All I know is I feel crummy, and have quit my job, cause all the employees say I'm too slow. I feel like I'm just falling apart.