My Success: finding a doctor who provides treatments based on how my body responds, not just lab results.
As a result, my depression is gone, gone, gone! I've come to accept that my hair is thin. It will probably never be as thick as it was before. I've accepted that. I don't just understand it but still hope for it....I've *accepted* it, and do what I can with what I've got. That's my biggest success. My hair loss was really traumatic for me, and now I'm able to get past it. Yeah, I would love to have thick hair....but I no longer stare at my scalp and cry. It's totally liberating to not be controlled by my hair anymore.
And, of course, after I stopped obsessing I noticed that my hair was starting to grow back in a bit. Not enough to look "normal" yet, but still an improvement! (I think it's the cytomel at work.)
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-diagnosed October 2002
-Meds: Alesse, metformin, Cytomel, Wellbutrin
-light therapy with a goLITE for seasonal depression
-yoga & meditation almost daily, because it makes me feel good
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