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Hi everyone,  I too experience hair loss from Lamictal and other antidepressants. It is mading, I went to the dermatologist and they told me there is nothing they can do. It seems to fall out while takeing a shower. There is something about being in the water that exacterbates the problem. I searched the internet for days for a cure and here is what I found. Your hair loss can be caused by a lack of blood flow to your scalp. I believe that the medication somehow prohibits the blood flow to your scalp. Therefore it may be beneficial to increase the blood flow in the following way. 1st I have an inversion table and I invert myself upside down. In case you don't know what and inversion table is I found a You Tube clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYbT9M6KaO0 Then I massage my scalp, you tube video below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp_97Dq5GSA I wash my hair in tepid water so as not to open up the pores and allow hair to come out in the shower, and gingerly comb it. I also take Ginkgo Biloba to help increase blood flow. My hair doesn't seem to fall out at any other time but in the shower. This system I developed seems to help. I washed my hair the other day and about 250 hairs fell out. Then in a panic I searched the internet, did the things I mentioned and washed my hait today and about 10 hairs fell out. I am no doctor and I am unsure this will help, but it seems to help me and has worked in the past with other drugs I have taken. I hope this helps, I feel your pain and can relate real time!  *The above you tube clips are ranbom and I am unassociated with the people in them
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