u/flibbyflobbyfloop

Hi everyone. Since I started methotrexate + folic acid a month ago, I have started noticing a lot of hair growth - I thought I was just experiencing age-related hair thinning, but maybe not? near my hairline at my widow's peak area, and all areas up close to my hairline are starting to have all these sprouty little hairs (that are starting to make my ponytails look very chaotic lol), and I was wondering, has this happened to anyone else? I haven't changed anything else about my diet, supplements, or anything.

FWIW, I also *might* have psoriatic arthritis, not RA, my rheum is calling it RA for now until we know more, but I have had a lot of scalp issues/flakies that have also calmed down since starting the meds. So maybe that being calmer has been what has helped, idk. Just wanting to know if this has happened to anyone else, as I understood it, one of methotrexate's side effects might be hair loss.

I am hoping you all could help me brainstorm some possible RA-friendly team sports I could join once this flare is under control. I have been mostly sedentary for some years and now that I am diagnosed and on the road to increased mobility I am hoping to once again join a team sport because I really miss it. I used to play hockey and soccer and softball. Soccer is no longer doable for me because of the high impact and all the running (my RA attacks my knees the most) and hockey is just overall too much because of the risk of injury. Softball - maybe? I was thinking something like... cricket? I don't know much about it though. I basically need low-impact on the knees, something with minimal running, my hands aren't that much of an issue yet but I do need to avoid things that require high amounts of dexterity in the hands as I also have chronic de quervain's. I would appreciate any thoughts!