Thanks for posting. I have had several bouts of severe depression ( extreme weight loss, lack of sleep, morbid thoughts). I am now accepting that I need to stay on medication and be grateful that it exists. I have just moved up to 225 of effexor. My doctor has been urging me too for ages saying I was taking too low a dosage. I was that reluctant. I now have to follow his advice ( he is a very caring psych).
I also know my worry about hair loss has dogged me since I was 19. Of course I don't say it carries all the blame, but when I look at what I have achieved ( good career and coming from very poor childhood) I think worries about going bald have been a constant feature. I am stupidly considering a system. I'm not suitable for a HT. The idea of shaving my top and then having a good system actually appeals very much. I will have to maintain it but given all the things I did that have now stopped working, it wont be that too disimilar. And I think it will be a relief to say to myself ' I have lost the fight against baldness. Now I will do my best to look good with a system'.
Finally, depression is an illness. Too many men take their lives. It's a hidden epidemic. Men's mental health should be a new movement in it's own right. Reach out! Don't let depression isolate you. We need the support of each other.