by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Nov 17, 2011 | How to stop hair pulling, People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania
Lacey was at wit’s end with trichotillomania. She had pulled for 28 years, with no end in sight. She had constant, uncontrollable urges and could not stop pulling hair out. She thought she was mentally ill, and worse, she feared that she’d pass along trich...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Nov 10, 2011 | People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania
Tina came to us after her parents found this site on the internet and were intrigued by our success with trichotillomania. Tina was 11 years old and had been suffering from trich for about a year when we first met. She had been on Zoloft during that time, but as her...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Nov 3, 2011 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes, Trichotillomania research
I speak a lot about amino acid therapy and how it modifies neurotransmitter levels in the brain which helps people eliminate the urge to pull. This is a convenient way to think about the problem and the solution: low or imbalanced levels of certain neurotransmitters...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Oct 27, 2011 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes, Trichotillomania research
In a previous post we discussed the studies that have been done regarding the use of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in the treatment of trichotillomania (N-acetylcysteine and Treatment of Trichotillomania). It is known that NAC increases the concentration of glutamate (an...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Oct 20, 2011 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes, Trichotillomania research
I am periodically asked about the use of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in the treatment of trichotillomania, and have seen this subject come up on numerous occasions on the trich blogs and forums. There is some research to suggest how n-acetylcysteine works as well as how it...
