by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Jan 9, 2014 | People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania
Yesterday, I spoke with the mother of a young girl that started to aggressively pull her hair out after being treated for Lyme’s Disease. She also became very anxious at the same time. That was 8 months ago. Since that time, she had been admitted to a psychiatric...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Dec 12, 2013 | Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes
We see a lot of people with trichotillomania; in fact, we get referrals from all over the world from doctors and other health care professionals that are looking for ways to get their patients well. Every one of these referrals have the tell-tale symptoms of...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Nov 28, 2013 | Managing Trichotillomania, People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania
I have given a couple updates over the past year about a client of ours with trichotillomania named Sabrina (see A Work in Progress – An Update and A Work in Progress – Sabrina’s Story. I have spoken with Sabrina’s mom several times over the past several months and...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Nov 14, 2013 | How to stop hair pulling, Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania
I just got off the phone with a gentleman from the East Coast, we’ll call him Wayne. Wayne has been pulling out or at his hair for the past 32 years. He also suffers from chronic depression that has ebbed and flowed over his entire life, but that has gotten worse and...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Oct 31, 2013 | How to stop hair pulling, Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania
Once a person understands how and why amino acid therapy works, the next question is often “How much amino acid will I need to get better?” The truth is we don’t know, at least not until we get started. Each person with neurotransmitter imbalance comes in with unique...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Sep 19, 2013 | Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania
I get asked this question a lot, and rightly so. As a father of two young children, I want to know with a high level of certainty that anything they put into their mouths will be good for them and at the very least, not harm them in any way. That is one of the reasons...