I pull my hair out- is there treatment?


Question:
Ive pulled my hair out for about five years now- it gets worse when i am stressed. Does anyone know of treatment for this?

Answers:
It's a form of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). I know a person that went through the same thing. Talk to your doctor. Most of the time they will prescribe something like an anti-depressant which has been known to help. In the meantime, keep your hands busy doing something else. Put oil on your fingers to make it more difficult to pull out the strands of hair. Put band-aids on your fingers. something to make you stop and think and hopefully prevent you from doing it. good luck to you!

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Psychotropic drugs
Yeah, stop it!
It's known as Trichotillomania.
http://www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/92.cfm

http://www.trich.org/
Get Help!! You need a doctor or something!!
Do you eat it? The symptom for eating none nutritional things is called pica. From a bird with a large stomach.


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