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...
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...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Jun 20, 2013 | How to stop hair pulling, Managing Trichotillomania
When we get a person’s neurotransmitter function optimized, the urges to pull are eliminated in well over 80% of the people we see (incidentally, the other 20% usually discontinue using the amino acids for some reason, so we don’t know how many of them could also...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | May 23, 2013 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania research
I am often asked why we need to complete testing to help optimize neurotransmitter levels and if we need to do testing, how many tests will be necessary to achieve success. The answer to this question isn’t as straight forward as most people would like. Here’s why....
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | May 16, 2013 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes
I have received several comments about the post on Addressing the cause of trichotillomania, most agreeing that this approach makes good sense and seems very straight forward. Why then is it so difficult for some people to obtain optimal neurotransmitter function?...
