As i sit here locked in the bedroom, while hubby watches tv, I find myself spending more and time trying to research ANYTHING that has to do with hair loss, remedies, reasons, ANYTHING that may help me help myself.

I DON'T want to become obsessed with this.  If I knew that the hairloss would ease up some, that I'll be left with some decent hair on my head, I would be able to relax a little bit.  But not knowing how much I am going to lose, how many more months or years this is going to continue, is causing me anguish.  I find myself resorting to looking for alternative treatments, such as accupuncture.   Has anyone here ever tried something like that? 

And I'm pissed that the general practictioner that I saw in December, and the dermatologist that I saw in January basically just said "use rogaine".  I don't want to use freaking rogaine.  I don't even know WHY my hair is falling out, and here they are giving the easy answer.  "rogaine, rogaine, rogaine."  I want tests!!  I so was mad when I went to the dermatologist this week,. I felt I was WAY better equipped with information than when I went to a general practioner in December.  I had visited the American Hair Loss Association, and had printed off the tests that they recommend having done.  Checking hormone levels, iron, etc, etc.  When i had barely got my butt planted on the examine table, and she said, "well I recommend rogaine", I pulled out my paper, and said,  "shouldn't I have a few tests done first?"  She says, "whose advice do you want to take?  that piece of papers, or mine?"   I was FURIOUS.  I said, "well I will continue to take the multi-vitamin and the biotin that you recommend, but I am going to hold off on the rogaine."  She said, 'well we will evaluate your situation in 3 months, and if you don't want to be proactive and start the rogaine, that is your choice." 

I feel that using rogaine is going to tie me to that freaking product for the rest of my life.  From what I have read, I will lose MORE hair the first 2 weeks, (which i do not want to do), and if I stop using that product, then I will lose any hair that I was supposed to lose while using that product.  I want tests first, to find out if anything is out of balance.  I don't think that is asking too much.

And getting appointments at least for me is NO easy task.  There is basically no one in this area, so not only am I left to travel, but a lot of the times they are not accepting new patients OR the wait list for an appt is 3 or 4 months long!!!  I feel I don't have 3 or 4 months to just wait idly by while each and every day that passes more and more hair is going down the drain.

I'm done venting for the night.  Thanks for the place to do so.