I may try a multi vitamin again and see if I still have the same responds I use to which was severe vomiting very shortly after taking it.
I can't take vitamins on an empty stomach. Try taking it after (on top of) food rather than before eating, or taking it at bedtime. If it's a stomach issue, one of those might help.
I'm worried about losing hair--my hair is already thin :-(
I actually lost less hair, my husband just commented on how he has not found my long hairs on him lately, maybe it is a vitamin deficiency I take like 15 different things. I don't know what on my list has helped but I take calcium, d, Folic acid, magnesium, chlorella, spirulina, olive leaf, cayenne, chlorophyll, potassium, flax seed oil, omega red, c, vitamin e, fruit and veggie blend. I take iron like a couple times a week cause I used to test anemic in the past. Hope u remedy your problem, I know hair loss causes stress which in turn causes more hair loss.
I don't know what changed, but I was losing quite a bit of hair up until this month. I am taking biotin, but only 500mg per day. I've lost 35 pounds this month so it isn't due to a loss slow down. Maybe the primrose oil I added?
SmallSteps when I was pregnant I couldn't take the pre-natal multi-vitamin, it made me want to puke. I was pretty sure it was the high iron content in it. I took a regular multi, iron separately (as a liquid) and a folic acid only supplement and had no problems at all.
I know it will be expensive, but you might want to experiment with supplements that aren't an all-in-one. You can isolate and avoid the one or more that makes you ill.
I have never lost this much hair before when I was dieting but there is a first time for everything right?
No I do not take multi-vitamins they make me deathly ill for some unknown reason.
Do you take them with food? If I don't have food in my stomach when I take a multi, I get nauseated and very uncomfortable. You also might try taking a children's multi rather than an adult's multi. See if you can tolerate one of those.
I also agree with a previous poster who mentions eating enough protein and good fats. If you are eating very low fat, you may not be getting enough protein and fat to maintain hair growth.
I aim at 1200 calories most days, which is pretty low. But I make sure to eat at least 80 grams of protein each day. I think it helps my hair and nails. Other times when I've eaten very low fat (think Pritikin), I've definitely noticed hair loss and split nails.
I have medium length blond hair and I always start losing a lot when I go on a diet. The more rapid the weight loss, the more hair I lose. I estimate I lose 20-30 strands per day and these are long hairs from my scalp, not broken ends. Fortunately I started with very thick hair, so now (after 6 months of dieting) it looks like average thickness.
I eat the proper amount of protein. I also take a multi-vitamin every morning. (I find my stomach easily handles pills in the morning but it's more fussy later in the day.) I do take levothroxyin as I have a low thryoid but I have had that for 10 years and the hair loss is not related to that--it's definitely triggered by losing weight.
Cutting down to 1400 calories or less per day, no matter how balanced the diet, results in losing weight and losing weight = losing hair for me. I hope that when my body gets used to the lower calorie way of life, it will resume normal hair replacment. Because I'm not going back to 3,000 calories a day!
Thanks for the tip on biotin--I will research that.
The last time I lost a lot of weight quickly, I definitely noticed hair loss but ironically I didn't notice it when it was happening. I have very thick, long, curly hair. I noticed it when I went to get a haircut 4 months later and the stylist was working on my layers and noticed a new "layer." There was so much regrowth that it looked like I had a short layer put in - I like long ones only. Ick!! But, it kept growing and is normal now. So, yeah, it grows back. You just might have a new hairstyle when it does. But, getting a new haircut to go with your weight loss can be fun
*Definitely what kaplods said - it's worth it to make sure this is just related to weight loss.
