What has your hair journey been like?

Hello friends, I'm just wondering what your experience has been like with your hair before, during diagnosis, and now. For background I'm 27F and of mixed Asian/White descent.

I have always had very strong thick hair. I had my symptoms begin in the early Spring of 2023. While trying to figure out what was wrong with me, a NP had prescribed me with gabapentin. The following Fall I noticed SIGNIFICANT hair loss while in the shower. It felt like I was having those emotional movie scene moments where I was in utter shock. I was not taking it for very long, and immediately stopped once I realized it could be the medication. Ever since this period, the amount of hair loss seems to be the normal regular every day shedding.

Eventually I got a referral to a Rheumatologist, and I'm now taking Methotrexate, Hydrochloroquine, and folic acid. I am feeling just about completely normal now! My hair doesn't seem brittle anymore, and ive been taking care of what I have with oils, silk wraps, etc. The problem is it feels like what I've lost isn't growing back. I have a PCP appointment coming up I can bring this up. Hair loss and regrowth wasn't something my Rheumatologist and I had discussed, but I did mention I lost a lot of hair while on gabapentin. I've just been feeling down that my hair is significantly thinner and different from what I've had my whole life.