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Does Social Phobia Cause Weight Loss And Loss Of Hair?

Hi Doctor, I’m 26 years old. Earlier I was diagnosed as a social phobic. In the past, I was very nervous about many things. *eating in public *talking with girls *using public transport *talking with and in front of people like (teachers / relations) *shopping * Interviews * wearing new cloths *parties etc.. After doing some research on the internet I found out that was similar to something called social phobia. Then I went to a local psychiatrist and he gave me some treatments for a few months (some drugs and training / exercise session). After those treatments I felt somewhat better. Now I can do many things I couldn’t before. Now I can eat anywhere I like without any hesitation. Shopping, wear new clothes; go to weddings and parties, talking with relations. And also I can talk with girls to some extent (but not much) and now I have some good female friends. After that I went for interviews and found a good job at a world famous IT company. Now I’m working as a software engineer. I’m really happy about above improvements in mine. But the thing is still I m single. I really need to have a girlfriend but I can t start a relationship. Always I feel like girls don’t like me. If an unknown girl looks at me, suddenly I look away. I can t smile or make eye contact. I feel very nervous. (But I m ok with my female friends) so it’s really hard me to find a girlfriend. All my friends have girlfriends and boyfriends. Everyone asks me why I’m still single. So I always worry about this. I feel so lonely sometimes. And I always worry about my future (wedding, etc.). Sometimes I fed up with my studies and works because of this reason. I can t concentrate on them. Please help me to live the life I need Note- I feel like I m losing my Weight my height is 5.6 feet and weight is 44KG. Also, my hair is falling (when I was little.. I had a thin and healthy hair). Are these things connected with above conditions?
Mon, 20 Jun 2016
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Hi
Brief answer:
Yes , social phobia can cause weight loss and loss of hair.

Detailed answer:
I had gone through the question and understand your concern.
See , social phobia is a condition where body and mind is at stress.
And in case of stress ,there are a lots of changes that body experience.
For example ,stress is most commonly associated with loss of appetite.
And with this loss of appetite , one tends to loose weight. Also there is nutritional deficiency of various vitamins and minerals . Hence , this nutritional deficiency is responsible for causing hair loss.
I would suggest you to consult a psychiatrist for your condition and also consider taking multivitamin pills for the deficiency.

I hope this information helps.
Let me know if you have any other queries.
Wish you good health.
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Does Social Phobia Cause Weight Loss And Loss Of Hair?

Hi Brief answer: Yes , social phobia can cause weight loss and loss of hair. Detailed answer: I had gone through the question and understand your concern. See , social phobia is a condition where body and mind is at stress. And in case of stress ,there are a lots of changes that body experience. For example ,stress is most commonly associated with loss of appetite. And with this loss of appetite , one tends to loose weight. Also there is nutritional deficiency of various vitamins and minerals . Hence , this nutritional deficiency is responsible for causing hair loss. I would suggest you to consult a psychiatrist for your condition and also consider taking multivitamin pills for the deficiency. I hope this information helps. Let me know if you have any other queries. Wish you good health.