goinginsane
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I'll try and keep this short and simple. I am a chronic stresser-outer. I have CPPS - a quick Google search will inform that you that it's associated with extreme stress. About 5-6 months ago I had an extremely stressful event - I discovered a serious health risk while simultaneously almost losing my girlfriend, so if I am in fact losing my hair, it could be related to the stress.
Now I have been known to stress out and convince myself that I have certain ailments that I in fact don't - I thought I had stomach cancer, lymphoma, thyroid disease, et cetera. I was convinced I had bad breath for an entire year and even considered surgery to get my tonsils out.
However, now I think I am losing my hair - only now there seems to be actual evidence. It's just visual ... My hair seems thinner. I never remember being able to see through my hair to my scalp. When it's dry, you can only see through it under direct light, but when it's wet, my god, I get sick to my stomach. It looks like I have cancer.
I first noticed it during fall semester when I got a haircut, and I thought huh, I've never been able to see through my hair like that before. But I didn't think much of it because it was minimal. Then I got another haircut and noticed it again and started obsessing over it, now I'm convinced its worse every day.
Evidence:
- Hair looks thinner
- In the shower, running my hands through my hair returns between 1 and 8 hairs with while bulbs on the ends
I don't know what else to say, hair loss is pretty visual so pretty much the reason I think I have hair loss is because it LOOKS like I do.
However, my girlfriends says I'm insane and there's nothing wrong with my hair. The lady who cuts my hair says she hasn't noticed (I asked). My father says it seems a little thinner when I asked him. My family members on both ends have always had good hair genetics, my father is 60 (62-63ish) and has a full head of hair, it's a little thin but it's pretty impressive for his age.
I went to a general practitioner, and asked about it but he told me the only test that could be done was to count all the hairs that fall off my head that that it would be too hard. He ordered a bunch of tests (T4, TSH, liver, kindey function, etc). I want to have someone look at my head and tell me if I have hair loss or not. Where do I find a good dermatologist? I asked my father to make me an appointment and he said I would have to wait until March. I will go crazy before then.
Now I have been known to stress out and convince myself that I have certain ailments that I in fact don't - I thought I had stomach cancer, lymphoma, thyroid disease, et cetera. I was convinced I had bad breath for an entire year and even considered surgery to get my tonsils out.
However, now I think I am losing my hair - only now there seems to be actual evidence. It's just visual ... My hair seems thinner. I never remember being able to see through my hair to my scalp. When it's dry, you can only see through it under direct light, but when it's wet, my god, I get sick to my stomach. It looks like I have cancer.
I first noticed it during fall semester when I got a haircut, and I thought huh, I've never been able to see through my hair like that before. But I didn't think much of it because it was minimal. Then I got another haircut and noticed it again and started obsessing over it, now I'm convinced its worse every day.
Evidence:
- Hair looks thinner
- In the shower, running my hands through my hair returns between 1 and 8 hairs with while bulbs on the ends
I don't know what else to say, hair loss is pretty visual so pretty much the reason I think I have hair loss is because it LOOKS like I do.
However, my girlfriends says I'm insane and there's nothing wrong with my hair. The lady who cuts my hair says she hasn't noticed (I asked). My father says it seems a little thinner when I asked him. My family members on both ends have always had good hair genetics, my father is 60 (62-63ish) and has a full head of hair, it's a little thin but it's pretty impressive for his age.
I went to a general practitioner, and asked about it but he told me the only test that could be done was to count all the hairs that fall off my head that that it would be too hard. He ordered a bunch of tests (T4, TSH, liver, kindey function, etc). I want to have someone look at my head and tell me if I have hair loss or not. Where do I find a good dermatologist? I asked my father to make me an appointment and he said I would have to wait until March. I will go crazy before then.