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 | 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 | Aug 18, 2011 | Managing Trichotillomania
The current medical treatments for trichotillomania typically involve the use of reuptake inhibitors. As discussed in other writings on this blog, these drugs cause further depletion of neurotransmitters in the system which makes the underlying problem worse,...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Jul 7, 2011 | How to stop hair pulling, Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania research
‘Trichy’ Drugs The Clinician’s Guide to the Treatment of Trichotillomania available through the Trichotillomania Learning Center website (www.trich.org) lists several potential medications that have been found useful for some people with trich. These include...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Jun 2, 2011 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes
Now that you have a better understanding of what we are looking for, you can quickly see that it takes a very specialized laboratory to do these measurements; it also helps you to see why the interpretation of the results isn’t quite so straightforward. We have used...
