by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Feb 24, 2011 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes, Trichotillomania research
Methods to affect Neurotransmitter Balance Reuptake Inhibitors Reuptake inhibitors (such as these) are often used in medicine to manipulate the levels of specific neurotransmitters in the brain. In fact, this is the most widely used approach used for disorders related...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Feb 17, 2011 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes, Trichotillomania research
Methods to affect Neurotransmitter Balance Amino acid therapy Treatment of depression, as well as any other monoamine neurotransmitter diseases including trichotillomania, is not possible through the direct administration of monoamine neurotransmitters (such as...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Feb 10, 2011 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes, Trichotillomania research
In the previous post, we discussed how damaged neurons can lead to neurotransmitter imbalance. A neurotransmitter imbalance can lead to symptoms such as mood swings, headaches/migraines, OCD tendencies, decreased focus/concentration, decreased memory, anxiety, sleep...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Feb 3, 2011 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes, Trichotillomania research
A Cohesive Model of Neurotransmitter Dysfunction The Bundle Damage Theory and The Monoamine Theory are not mutually exclusive of each other. Instead these two theories can be viewed a complementary in that they address different mechanisms of action leading to...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Jan 27, 2011 | Support for trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes, Trichotillomania research, What is trichotillomania
I just watched a video on YouTube titled – Trichotillomania: A True Medical Mystery – where they interviewed a medical doctor who explained that trich is baffling because so little is known about it. That was in 2008. Today, although the underlying imbalances that can...