by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Apr 5, 2012 | Trichotillomania research
Neurotransmitters are basically chemical messengers that help relay information throughout the body. They transmit information through nerve cells called neurons. In its most basic form a neuron has two ends (although either can have multiple branches): an axon and a...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Mar 29, 2012 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania research
This post is a little more technical; if you aren’t interested in the science, read the first and the last paragraph. For the rest of you, have at it. CysReplete is a formula that is used in conjunction with any balanced amino acid therapy. CysReplete contains only...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Mar 22, 2012 | Managing Trichotillomania
I have been reading a lot of blog posts from people that suffer with trich and although the exact reasons and situations in which they find themselves pulling are very different, many of them find that they pull more (or begin pulling again) after acute periods of...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Mar 15, 2012 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania research
Recently, we did a post on the negative impacts lack of sleep can have on increasing the symptoms of trichotillomania (see Can Skimping on Sleep make Trichotillomania Worse?). This happens due to the relationship between sleep and neurotransmitter levels – if you...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Mar 8, 2012 | Managing Trichotillomania
Very few of us like to be told what or how to eat. Luckily, when it comes to improving your sleep, the list of “do’s and don’ts” is pretty short. However, just because this list is short doesn’t mean it’s not important. If you want to eliminate the urge to pull, you...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Mar 1, 2012 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes
You have the urge to pull. You can resist the urge, but it can take a lot of effort to do so. If you give in, you may or may not like what you feel after you pull (exhilaration, pleasure), but you probably don’t like how you feel (guilt, shame, despair) or the end...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Feb 23, 2012 | Managing Trichotillomania, People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania
I recently had an initial consultation with a woman – let’s call her Mary – that had been suffering from trichotillomania for 34 years. Mary had tried “everything” to get her urges to pull under control, including many different medications, various forms...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Feb 16, 2012 | How to stop hair pulling, Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania
“I started following my program and I’m pulling MORE – what’s going on?!” The urge to pull that is so prevalent in trichotillomania is caused (in most people) by an imbalance in neurotransmitter function. To correct this imbalance, we have found a...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Feb 9, 2012 | Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes
We have covered a number of ways that different environmental and genetic factors could adversely affect trichotillomania in this blog. This post will focus on another common biological cause for neurotransmitter imbalance that can exacerbate or cause...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Feb 2, 2012 | How to stop hair pulling, Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes
As you read through the numerous articles and research on this blog you will quickly see that we have found that imbalances with certain neurotransmitters (which are brain chemicals that control most of the body’s functions) can lead to a great many disorders,...
