Hi Ruthie,
Oh hon I can imagine how upsetting this is for you, it's like you have 2
things to deal with.
I don't know too much about Alopecia except that I remember a newsreader had
it and had to wear a wig for a while, as you say it was brought on by
stress, well, hers grew back, she learnt relaxation teqniques and stopped
worrying so much about it and it all grew back, I 'm telling you this
because I want you to see it can have a happy ending. Hugs to you sweetie,
hang in there :0)
hugs Sani
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From: <Twilight51@...>
To: <theobsessivelycleanden@...>
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [The Obsessively Clean Den] Re: Confusing diagnosis (or lackof)


> Hi,I was diagnosed in 1990 with OCD ,i have germ phobia ,checking over
> and over again and i am superstious thinking something bad is always
> going to happen i am always looking for reasurrance ,I will not leave my
> apt unless every hair is in place it takes me 4 hours to get ready ,i am
> very obsessed with my hair since i was a teenager ,last years june 2004
> i went to get my hair dyed at a beauty school and week later i felt
> these bare spots underneath in back ,i have long hair so thank goodness
> it can be hidden for now but ,i went to a Dermatolgist he told me i have
> Alopecia areata Unreal , i cryed because i have thick hair and he asked
> if i pull it out ,knowing , i have ocd i guess he thought i may have
> been doing this noway i told him ,i wish it was from that than i would
> know what caused this, he said it can come from stress which i have
> great deal of, ocd interferes with my daily life it's difficult to plan
> anything ,,this Alopecia is emotinally disturbing i keep checking and
> praying that it will fill in where it came out its over year no luck, my
> ocd has gotten worse i wake up with a dreaded feeling everyday and just
> Cry ,i take xanax for anxiety,Paxil i tryed years ago made me feel sick
> ,i even take a rubber band put it around my wrist snap it to stop the
> worried thoughts and Fear's that i have no controll over ,,works
> sometimes not always, ......they say when you have ocd you have a need
> to know WHY in this case i feel STUCK, and the dr's' aren't even sure
> why this alopecia happens ,i went to a alopecia forum ,and read posts I
> get more scared upset ,I just wanted to say i feel for everyone that
> suffer's from OCD , mine was a little under controll until this problem
> happened thank you for listening !!!! Ruthie
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