I've been afraid for a while now that my hair was thinning but managed to convince myself it was all in my head. Today someone else pointed out they could see bits of my scalp. I'm completely devastated. I'm already overweight with significant hirtsutism from PCOS. I hate myself enough, I can't handle being bald too.

I'm on lithium, Wellbutrin, clonidine and Vyvanse; they all can cause hair loss. Problem is I know from experience I get severely depressed after just a couple of days w/o them, plus the return of intrusive thoughts about self harm after about a week. I don't want to stop them, they've helped my symptoms more than I hoped, but I can't handle the hair loss. If there wasn't a chance it'll grow back in a few months I'd kill myself tonight, I hate my life enough and permanent baldness would shatter what little hope I've managed to hold on to. I'm hoping that maybe I've actually gotten better and I'll be fine with therapy alone but somehow I doubt that.