First off your so not alone. I lose hair when I stress. Seriously am stressed about something. My little sister loses it so bad she gets bald patches and she has amazingly thick hair. Get her less stressed? no patches. Meds can do it, hormones can REALLY do it. I lost a ton of hair during menapause. Its much thinner now but 'thicker' because well as it comes in gray its a thicker strand. Ask your doc but the more you worry.. the more you lose unfortunately. Multi vitamins will not hurt. Keep those bugs farther from your doorstep if nothing else. Good luck and from someone who has had chemo etc.. its only hair. Its not who you are. Keeping it short can go a long way towards keeping it noticable only to you.