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 8, 2011 | How to stop hair pulling, Managing Trichotillomania, People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania
We just did a post on Stephanie’s story with trich and how amino acid therapy helped her ‘beat trich’ in her words. I wanted to follow up with a couple points regarding Stephanie’s story to point out a few things that we see often when working with people with trich....
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Sep 1, 2011 | Managing Trichotillomania, People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania
The following is a compelling story from one of our clients: “I was diagnosed with trich in 1st grade and I’ve pulled every 1-3 days since then. By the time I found Dr. Oler I was 17 years old and had pulled out all my eyebrows, eyelashes and about 50% of the hair on...
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 28, 2011 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes
We have pointed out in a couple previous posts that high levels of stress and drinking soda can cause or create imbalances in neurotransmitter levels over time. However, there are a number of other factors that can cause imbalances in these precious chemicals. The...
