My hair started shedding and itching almost a year ago and has't stopped. I had thick curly hair but now have about half of what I use to. It would thin around my frontal scalp line on and off through the years but this time it wouldn't stop. I went to so many doctors and had so many tests done. A couple of months ago, I finally I went to a natural healing doctor who also has his medical degree. He didn't accept insurance but I was desperate! My first visit cost me $500! Which, was totally worth it. He actually listened to what I had to say. He did 7 pages of blood work. Told me my thyroid was a little on the low side even though the labs said is was within the normal range. Put me on thyroid medication, spirononlactone, progesterone cream and pills, and testosterone cream. He also diagnosed me with fibromyalgia. Told me to quit eating gluten, sugar, dairy and eat as much organic food as was possible. He also told me to order the curtage hair care system, which has worked wonders for the intense scalp itch and has made my hair start to regrow. It also makes my hair look thicker! And I am on a slew of vitamins: coconut oil, skin hair and nails, biotin, vitamin D, magnesium, fish oil,CoQ-10, and some others I'm sure I'm forgetting about. At that point I had quit coloring my hair, and stopped botox just to make sure that wasn't causing the diffused hair loss. The shedding started slowing down and I thought hey! I'm gonna get my hair done. It was looking terrible and was making me depressed. And lo and behold! My hair stylist found a bald patch :( I was so upset I cried when I got in the car. My little girls said "momma you are still beautiful". All I kept thinking was I would look terrible bald. My head is shaped like an alien! Some women can pull off bald and still look sexy...not me! I got to doing more research on hair loss and figured out stress and anxiety can trigger it. In the past I was diagnosed with panic disorder. I had been off meds for awhile and started putting things together in my head of what was happening around the time my hair loss started again. First thing I thought of was the fact I had an affair with my therapist and went through a long couple of months after confessing it to my husband. He was very understanding about it and realized how much this therapist had messed with my head to get what he wanted. But I felt so guilty and was extremely depressed that I could ever have done anything like that. I am not the type of person to cheat. Then the second thing occurred to me. It was the whole reason I started seeing a therapist in the first place. My oldest daughter had to be sent away for coming after me with a knife and molesting one of my younger daughters. She was only 11 1/2. My own mother disowned me because she thought it was the wrong thing to do. My daughter bounced from family member to family member and finally ended up back here at 15 years old. No one else could handle her. I love her dearly, but she is a very hard child to be around. She has no friends and will sit and stare at me (very creepily) and likes to mentally terrorized me and her little sisters. I have even woken up in the middle of the night with her just staring down at me while I slept. I even reached the point I wanted to die. I almost did. I was depressed and drinking and had my handgun out. Held it up to my head thinking the safety was on just to see what it would feel like. I must have turned the safety off. I just missed ending it all and instead shot out the window. The next morning, I was so thankful. It made me realize I do want to live! My oldest has spent the summer with her father and will be back home in a week. With all that being said, I went back to my doctor and he put me on Xanax and Klonopin. I really believe that stress can cause alopecia. I am just so thankful to be alive that the thought of going bald doesn't seem as devastating as it first did. I still hope it doesn't come to that, but even if it does, I still have my kids and a wonderful loving husband. What more could one want! Thanks for reading and I hope this helps someone!!