Hi Brenda,
A couple things contributed to my hair loss. The vitamins I was taking gave me an acid-y stomach and different D symptoms (long, runny) than I had already with the IBS-D (explosive, gassy). I knew they were responsible for this change but I did not stop taking them because I listened to my doctors, who insisted I needed them. I was slightly anemic, and they thought it would be best for me.
I became very underweight as a result. This contributed even more to my hair coming out-- about 50 hairs at a time (whenever I pulled gently on my ponytail, for example). Every time I ran my fingers through my hair, I had more come out. During the time I took vitimins, I lost more weight, and constantly had hair all over the bathroom floor, my sweaters, my barettes, etc. It never came out in clumps, but it did come out, and constantly.
My hair loss stopped when I stopped taking the vitimins. So did the acid stomach feeling, and the different D symptons.
About 5 years later, I took several B vitamins including riboflavin, thyamine and niacin, and my hairbrush filled up with hair again. I recognized it right away and stopped.
Although my doctors have shaken their heads over this one, I have met several people who have encountered the same problem. My blood tests indicate I'm healthy, no iron, glucose, thyroid or liver problems. I still don't know why I react this way to vitamins, but I'd rather be perplexed and healthy.
Good luck--
~nel~
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