Comment by Angie on January 17, 2011 at 6:43pm

Dont you dear give up! What if you have to grow and lose it for six times, what ever your number is. my hair looked good once and then... I'm getting on this natural eating and gluten free. Join me! Hold your head Tamara.

Comment by Diana Carter on January 17, 2011 at 7:20pm

Oh Tamara..I am so sorry...sorry for this horrible roller-coaster that is NOT FUN! Many hugs to you hon! You are beautiful. I mean that!!!

Comment by Tamera on January 17, 2011 at 7:53pm

I just had my, "To hell with all of this" moment a couple weeks ago, I think the toughest part of any and all forms of alopecia is that we aren't in control at all. You hang in there! I am thankful that I found this site and all of you guys!

Comment by Tamara on January 18, 2011 at 7:35am

Thank you everyone for the support and sadly Tanya I'm not a HUGE chocolate fan. Is stress an actual PROVEN fact with Alopecia? My stress level was mellowing out for a while, but over the past few weeks its gotten worse. Tons of family issues (extended family now living with us, with no where to go) The one man in my life thats been holding us all together (my stepdad) is going through all these test now because he might have cancer. I lost my dad in '07 and Rick has been like my rock through it all, and the thought of losing him or just him being sick like he now is KILLING me inside. So I dont want to ramble on and on about my life, but thats not even all of it. I really do think my baldness has a LOT to do with my stress, because I'm stressing so much, and the bald spots and getting worse everyday. I wish I could just say "Tamara, don't stress"

Comment by Susan P aka DGADBS on January 18, 2011 at 7:44am

Just remember you are gorgeous without your hair, but we all now how unfair this is. I do think stress is the reason I lost my hair, I'm positive divorce caused my hair loss since I never had a bald spot ever in my life until the shit hit the fan, or until I got rid of the old shit LOL But you think it would grow back than now that things are good? I guess it doesn't work that way. I'm really sorry to hear your spots are coming back, I was so happy for you and it happened so fast. Keep your chin up.

Comment by Valerie Tirro on January 18, 2011 at 8:07am

I completely understand the frustration as all of us do. I do have little hair from the Puva treatments (light box) from last year, but I stopped going. Got too expensive. However, my eyelashes are starting to come in but just in spots! What I don't understand is everyone has stress in their lives. Everyone should be bald!!! lol (gotta find humor somehow) The depression for sure can cause extreme anxiety. Fear and anxiety of going out in public, etc. There are good days and really bad days where i just want to end it all and I feel as though I am being punished. I pray to God each day that he will help me. I have not given up yet....I do have faith. Keep ur head up sweetie! Ur not alone!

Comment by Angie on January 18, 2011 at 9:58am

First I want to say Tamara, like Susan and the others said you are gorgeous! I think if a person has the gene and become stress, depending on other health issues, stress will make alophica occur. My hair started to fall out when I was very stressed out also. I was taking depression medication. I was so depressed; I could not leave my house. It was crazy from peri- menopause , quitting a good paying job, leaving grad school, medical issues which made me have to leave the new job, had open foot surgery due to all my muscles was tangled up, had to fight for my unemployment, because the job lied. (I won) my grandmother /best friend died, and then came spinal surgery in Aug of 2010. I better stop thinking about it, I feel like my head is getting warm. ( LOL.) I'm going to pray hard for Rick, I know about that rock. Hang in there, try try not to stress; you don't want Rick to see you worried. He knows you, so you won't be able to hide it, so work on it. My family knows now, I cook, clean or wash clothing if and when I want to. It's all good now, they do all the work!

Comment by Tamara on January 18, 2011 at 10:47am

Rick is the type of person that can look at me for 2 seconds and say "I know there is something wrong", and he is ALWAYS right. Hes also the one that always tells me don't listen to anyone, that I am so beautiful and I deserve the best. What I thought was my best (bf) isn't giving me the best anymore. Complete strangers telling me Im beautiful more than my own bf does. I think I might benefit from talking to a doctor, I just don't know which would be the best to go to. I dont want to go to my family doctor, I honestly dont even like him, lol.

Comment by Tamera on January 18, 2011 at 11:46am

I totally believe that stress plays a MAJOR part in my alopecia, all the way through my childhood to my married life....when my husband went on his 1st and 2nd deployments to Afghanistan my hair was gone in a matter of weeks when he left and was gone the whole time no matter what treatments I had. I would be fine as a kid and a teen until some major event or stress(going to high school, loss of a family member) then all of a sudden....poof, no more growth and handfulls upon handfulls in the shower, when I brushed, when I sneezed, you name it. It is all stress related for be for sure. I have found now on this deployment that with the kids and the farm and everything else that yoga every evening has really helped be to decompress and calm down... it is something to try!

Comment by Tamara on January 18, 2011 at 12:02pm

I lost my father in "07, the SAME day I was diagnosed with Crohn's. It took 3 years for the hair to REALLY start falling out. Now i just have a lot of family stess, and now I am SO worried about my step dad. I try to stay "stress free" but I think stress likes me way to much, it seems to follow me everywhere!!

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