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I reached out to my doctor yesterday about maybe starting two new medications. One medication I want to help with my maybe hypersomnia, because I have the problem where I stay up all/most of the night sometimes and take frequent naps throughout the day. The other medication I wanna be put on is called clomipramine. It not only serves as an antidepressant, but helps with OCD tendencies as well. I don't have OCD but I have trichotillomania, and I heard clomipramine helps with that as well. My appointment with her is at the end of the month. Anyone have any advice about either medication?
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does anyone else have hair that grows back coarser, curlier, and/or darker after years of pulling in the same hot spots?
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I'm 6 days pull free but it's so hard. How do you stop? Is there medicine you can take?
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What are some of the things you have done to help deal with trich?
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Does anyone have any tips on how to stop or manage hair pulling. As well as how to regrow hair from it?
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I happen to suffer from Trichotillomania as well as Dermatillomania, which is like a double-whammy. I pick my skin, and make myself bald. I woke up one day to all of my eyelashes completely gone, as well as my eyebrows, because I pulled them out in my sleep. My mother says she can tell I'm stressed, when. she checks on me at night, and I've got my hands in my hair, or there is hair on my pillow. I ended up taking the Eminem approach, ie., shaving my hair off. It suits me way better than I expected, and I haven't had the urge to pull at my hair nearly as much, since I can't even grip it. It's just thoughts and prayers on my head now. If you are struggling with this, you should try shaving your head as well. Amazon and other places have pretty decent, realistic wigs as well, if you'd like to keep it normal looking. It might be a hard move, especially if you're emotionally attached to your hair for whatever reason it may be, but in the end, it's a fresh start! 🥰
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Hi! I was wondering how everyone's trichotillomania condition started? for me it started as a habit that happened after a traumatic event in my life that made me obsess over my hair. also how do you deal with trich on a daily basis?
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well…I did it. I buzzed my hair off. I've been excited yet dreading it, and finally it's done. maybe now I can manage my trich and not feel ashamed when going out?
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Anyone's hyperfocus also hunting and peeling split ends? I've been doing it since highschool on and off, but it has recently gotten harder to ignore the impulses. I am trying using scissors to cut the splits and then pull them apart after so it doesn't damage the full strand.
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Trichotillomania, also called hair-pulling disorder, is a mental disorder that involves persistent, powerful urges to pull out one's hair, eyebrows or other areas of your body.
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