by Stop Pulling Hair Out | May 23, 2013 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania research
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....
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | May 16, 2013 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes
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?...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | May 9, 2013 | Trichotillomania causes
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...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | May 2, 2013 | Trichotillomania causes, Trichotillomania research
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...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Apr 25, 2013 | Trichotillomania research
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...