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By Kimberly Read & Marcia Purse, About.com Guides to Bipolar Disorder since 1998

Hair Loss as a Medication Side Effect

Thursday June 26, 2008
Are you losing your hair since you started on medications for bipolar disorder? Is your hair thinning as you see more stuck in your brush or clogging the drain when you wash it? Generally this problem starts three or four months after you start one of the medications which has alopecia as a side effect. Read about hair loss and medications to find out what's happening and what you can do about it.

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June 29, 2008 at 12:00 am
(1) Jim G says:

I had no idea thanks for covering this.

I have baldness on both sides of the family so my hairs’ days are numbered anyways. But I didn’t know these meds caused even more hair loss, and I did take about 4 of the ones you mention, but not for long periods of time.

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