So, im hispanic, and a lot of my family's friends or even just mexican doctors have told me that my vitiligo was triggered by a STRONG emotion. I noticed i had vit during that last days of my 4th grade year, earlier that year, my parents were going thru a VERY nasty divorce, my mother even picked up her things, her kids and moved us all 16 hours away from my dad. Growing up, my father was my everything, and still is, so that was devastating to me (I had just turned 9). thankfully my parents eventually made up and cancelled the divorce. But what i don't remember is that I went into severe deppression. I don't remember this but my family tells me that the school would call them at work to pick me up cause i would start crying uncontrollably in the middle of class. a few months later... what do you know, i have vit. Has anyone else had a strong emotional reaction before they noticed the vit??
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I agree that vitiligo's most likely caused by a combination of things. For me I'd say it was something which I was predisposed to, as since being diagnosed with vitiligo as a child both my mum and cousin have developed it, but which was triggered by a strong emotional reaction/stress. I was brought up by my dad when my parents seperated and my relationship with my mum was difficult as she wasn't around a lot. I think I was very depressed as a child and the vitiligo developed around the time that my aunt who I was very close to died after a long battle with cancer. I'm not sure that my mood/stress levels now particulalry affect my vitiligo though, as it seems to be relatively stable.
I also agree. And I truly believe that my vitiligo was triggered by my giving birth to my daughter who was a whopping 10 pounds. I had her naturally and I hemorrhaged, losing about 40% of my blood. I could have bled to death but the nurses and doctor were able to get the bleeding to stop.
I had gained 70 pounds while pregnant and was having a very difficult time losing the weight, and was later diagnosed with Hypothyroidism (slow thyroid). But when they did diagnose me, I was pregnant with my son and couldn't take anything. So I believe that my vitiligo was triggered by my hypothyroidism being untreated for almost 2 years and because of the physical trauma of my first pregnancy.
I also believe that this is a gene some of us have and that it is hereditary, as my parents divorced when I was
12 and my father remarried and had 3 sons.
My father committed suicide about 10 years ago and at that time one of my step-brother's was 5, the emotional shock of this triggered his vitiligo. And today he is 15 and is completely covered.
I seem to forget during the winter months (I live in Canada) that I suffer from vitiligo as my spots on my hands do not show, but around this time of year I am reminded that summer is around the corner and I will have to deal with it again.........
so i read on the nvfi site that many people with vit are lacking in certain vitamins. I wonder if strong emotions make us eat less than good food, thereby not getting sufficient quantities of vitamins, or if depression prohibits absorption. just some ideas...
Yeah i understand completely! I used to only have a couple of spots on my joints but during the time me and my partner separated there was alot of drama and mine spread like crazy! I now have it everywhere my hands which only had a some spots on the joints are no white! I know it was the stress of that i now try to calm down a bit more! Although with my vit how it is now sometimes i think i should just stress out really bad so i turn white LOL!
Yes, I totally agree, I actually believe my vitiligo was triggerd by my stresses, emotions, and busyness of my life!! Trying to do things that are more relaxing!!
I can't say that emotional stress triggered mines because it came at a time when I was most happiest in my life, then I started too get depressed after the Vitiligo. It's such a strange disorder because it's a mystery nobody knows what starts it, stops it, or whatever but I have decided too just live my life as it is and people are going too have to accept me the way I am and if they have a problem with it well they couldn't of never been my friend anyway, Take care and God bless you all Merry Christmas and Feliz Navidad everyone keep your head up !!!!
I'm African-American but I have noticed more people of Latino descent with Vitiligo especially people from Puerto Rico, The Domincan Republic and Costa Rico everybody I talk too from these latin countries are very familiar with it they even told me to come over too these various Latino contries for treatment because it's so popular over there that they have many many treatment clinics
MIne came on after my marriage broke up and I was diagnosed with cancer all at the same time, so maybe there is something to that. I am hispanic also, by the way, just mentioning by way of solidarity! I have not had any doctors mention the relationship between emotions and vitiligo, but then, I don't really go into it with any doctors, because all of mine have just blown the condition off. Probably because they know they can't fix it.
I know I was in a very drama filled relationship when I first noticed spots 17 years ago. I was not eating healthy and was partying a lot to escape a stressful living situation.Basically abusing my body. I did not pay too much attention to the spots and an uninformed dermatologist told me it was fungus. When I left the drama behind I didn't notice any more spots. I did develop a condition called sarcoidosis that is an auto immune condition. Now that is gone. However, In the last 5 years the vit has escalated. The strange thing is I am at the happiest and healthiest stage in my life. I retired last year which was a dream come true. I have virtually no stress and the vit has run amok. Go figure...
A lot of us feel that our vitiligo was triggered by stressful situations in our lives. Maybe, but look at all the people who don't have vitiligo and have had similar stressfult times? So how does that compute? All the world should have vitiligo then!
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I also agree. And I truly believe that my vitiligo was triggered by my giving birth to my daughter who was a whopping 10 pounds. I had her naturally and I hemorrhaged, losing about 40% of my blood. I could have bled to death but the nurses and doctor were able to get the bleeding to stop.
I had gained 70 pounds while pregnant and was having a very difficult time losing the weight, and was later diagnosed with Hypothyroidism (slow thyroid). But when they did diagnose me, I was pregnant with my son and couldn't take anything. So I believe that my vitiligo was triggered by my hypothyroidism being untreated for almost 2 years and because of the physical trauma of my first pregnancy.
I also believe that this is a gene some of us have and that it is hereditary, as my parents divorced when I was
12 and my father remarried and had 3 sons.
My father committed suicide about 10 years ago and at that time one of my step-brother's was 5, the emotional shock of this triggered his vitiligo. And today he is 15 and is completely covered.
I seem to forget during the winter months (I live in Canada) that I suffer from vitiligo as my spots on my hands do not show, but around this time of year I am reminded that summer is around the corner and I will have to deal with it again.........
I can't say that emotional stress triggered mines because it came at a time when I was most happiest in my life, then I started too get depressed after the Vitiligo. It's such a strange disorder because it's a mystery nobody knows what starts it, stops it, or whatever but I have decided too just live my life as it is and people are going too have to accept me the way I am and if they have a problem with it well they couldn't of never been my friend anyway, Take care and God bless you all Merry Christmas and Feliz Navidad everyone keep your head up !!!!
I'm African-American but I have noticed more people of Latino descent with Vitiligo especially people from Puerto Rico, The Domincan Republic and Costa Rico everybody I talk too from these latin countries are very familiar with it they even told me to come over too these various Latino contries for treatment because it's so popular over there that they have many many treatment clinics
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