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...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Oct 13, 2011 | People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania
One of the things we hear most often in the clinic from people suffering from trich is that they feel very alone, very isolated and very fearful. They are usually afraid that someone will find out about their pulling and they are burdened by the stress of guilt and...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Oct 6, 2011 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes, Trichotillomania research
We talk at great length on this site about how neurotransmitter imbalance can greatly impact your urge to pull and that correcting underlying imbalances is the key for many people to stop pulling. I just came across an interesting article that may provide additional...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Sep 29, 2011 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania research
If you have symptoms of trichotillomania you have a neurotransmitter imbalance. This means that serotonin (the main inhibitory neurotransmitter) and dopamine (the main excitatory neurotransmitter) are out of balance with one another, which causes you to experience an...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Sep 22, 2011 | How to stop hair pulling, Managing Trichotillomania
A search of the internet for ‘treatments of trichotillomania’ brings back over 335,000 results. This can make the search for a viable treatment option very difficult, if not downright impossible. However, upon closer investigation, you will find that there are really...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Sep 15, 2011 | How to stop hair pulling, Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes, What is trichotillomania
I am often asked if our approach ‘cures’ trichotillomania. The simple answer is ‘it depends’. The word ‘cure’ or ‘curing’ are used and strictly protected as medical terms, only to be used by medical doctors and other health care professionals that are licensed to...
