by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Aug 11, 2011 | How to stop hair pulling, Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania
Trichotillomania, or ‘trich’, often shows its first signs in childhood. In fact, we see trichotillomania in children as much as in adults, and the majority of the adults we work with had their first symptoms of trich as children. It is not uncommon for...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Aug 4, 2011 | Managing Trichotillomania, People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania
I had a follow up the other day with a client that came to us with trich. She had been pulling since she was 13 years old (she was now 37) and had tried numerous techniques and treatments over those 24 years to stop pulling, including numerous medications. Here is her...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Jul 21, 2011 | Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes, Trichotillomania research
We spend a lot of time on this blog talking about the ins and outs of amino acid therapy as an effective solution to the underlying neurotransmitter imbalance(s) that often lead to trich. However, there is also a behavioral component that cannot be overlooked and must...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Jun 16, 2011 | How to stop hair pulling, Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes
Here is a story that sounds so familiar that I wanted to share it: Trichotillomania Story In it, Michelle explains that her pulling started after a severe amount of stress and that she often pulls more when she is stressed out. This is very, very common as stress is...
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...
