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The Value of Testing
I am often asked why we need to complete testing to help optimize neurotransmitter levels and if we need to do testing, how many tests will be necessary to achieve success. The answer to this question isn’t as straight forward as most people would like. Here’s why. more »
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The Trouble With Neurotransmitter Transmission
I have received several comments about the post on Addressing the cause of trichotillomania, most agreeing that this approach makes good sense and seems very straight forward. Why then is it so difficult for some people to obtain optimal neurotransmitter function? After all, it seems that if we give the body the amino acids and cofactors it needs, it should make the necessary neurotransmitters. more »
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Pushing the Right Button
One of the hardest things for health care professionals to do is determine how to get their patients/clients well. This may seem like a redundant statement, but think about it. A person comes in with a multitude of symptoms and/or diagnoses and they are asking you to help them feel better. Where do you start? more »
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Addressing the Cause of Trichotillomania
If you’ve been following this blog, you know that neurotransmitter imbalance is the cause of most people’s urge to pull. Since neurotransmitter imbalance is the underlying cause, a common sense approach would be to (a) determine a person’s neurotransmitter imbalance(s) and (b) correct them. more »
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Why Can’t I Find Research on Amino Acid Therapy and Trichotillomania? Part 2 of 2
The first part of this series addressed some of the possible reasons why there has been little research conducted on effective treatments for trichotillomania. In spite of having little research available, we have found that neurotransmitter imbalance is one of the major causes for the intense urge to pull, pick or bite that is experienced by those with trichotillomania. So why isn’t there more published research on using amino acid therapy in regards to trich? more »
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Why Can’t I Find Research on Amino Acid Therapy and Trichotillomania? Part 1 of 2
I have been asked this question countless times (and have posed it myself to many of my colleagues), so I wanted to address it in today’s post. In my mind, there are really two parts to this question: (1) why isn’t there more research on effective treatments for trichotillomania and (2) why isn’t there more research on amino acid therapy and trichotillomania. We’ll address the first question in today’s post and the second in a future post. more »
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Substantially Decreased Pulling and Depression – Case of 12 year old boy
Doug was a 12 year old boy that had started pulling about 1.5 years before his mom found us. It started with pulling from the top of his head, but progressed over time to pulling out his eyebrows, then eyelashes, then the hair on top of his arms. Just before Doug first started pulling, he began exhibiting symptoms of depression. Doug was also obese and said that he “was always hungry”; his weight was already causing lots of joint and muscle pain. His mom reported the Doug was also very defiant and argumentative, making it very difficult to speak with him. more »
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Are High Achievers More Prone to Trich?
In talking with a colleague the other day, I was struck with a realization that I found very interesting. We have found a significant portion of the people we see with trichotillomania exhibit traits of a ‘Type A personality’ including being high-achievers. This is especially true amongst the young women that we work with. more »
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Why is it so hard to stop pulling?
Teresa was sobbing into the phone as we talked. She was telling me about how she couldn’t stop pulling; how she often pulled and didn’t realize it until she saw the bald spots on her head getting larger and larger; how she was so sad because she felt like she was disappointing her mom and dad and how awful, shameful and depressed she was because of the endless remarks from kids at school. more »
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Why Doesn’t My Doctor Know About This?
I get asked this question a lot. I believe there are a couple reasons, although I won’t claim to know the exact cause. more »
