You can’t just take 5-HTP – Part 3: What this means to you

by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Sep 5, 2013 | Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania

Part 1 of this series described how taking only 5-HTP can exacerbate neurotransmitter imbalance because of issues during the production of neurotransmitters. Part 2 described a similar problem that can occur during the degradation of neurotransmitters. The upshot is...

You can’t just take 5-HTP – Part 2: Problems with Neurotransmitter Degradation

by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Aug 22, 2013 | Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania

In Part 1 of this series, we discussed why taking only 5-HTP can create further neurotransmitter imbalances because of completion/inhibition in the production of neurotransmitters. This post will cover an additional issue that occurs during the degradation of...

You can’t just take 5-HTP – Part 1: Problems with Neurotransmitter Synthesis

by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Aug 8, 2013 | Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania

We routinely have people come into the clinic wanting to address one or more disorders related to neurotransmitter imbalance  including trichotillomania. When we explain our approach of using amino acid therapy, occasionally we will hear something like “I’ve tried...

Research and TLC

by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Jul 11, 2013 | Managing Trichotillomania, People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania

One of my clients and her mother just completed a seminar with Christina Pearson and mentioned our approach of using amino acid therapy to correct the underlying biochemical imbalances that leads to the urges to pull/pick in many people. For those of you that don’t...

A Work in Progress – An Update

by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Jun 6, 2013 | People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania

I had written about a client of ours named Sabrina several months ago (see A Work in Progress – Sabrina’s Story). We’ve been working with Sabrina for a couple years now for trichotillomania and OCD. Sabrina had shown dramatic improvements in OCD before the original...

Are High Achievers More Prone to Trich?

by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Apr 4, 2013 | People with trichotillomania

In talking with a colleague the other day, I was struck with a realization that I found very interesting. We have found a significant portion of the people we see with trichotillomania exhibit traits of a ‘Type A personality’ including being high-achievers. This is...