i'm suffering from trichtotillomania and i need help!?

Answer 1

How Do People Overcome the Hair-Pulling Urge?

Because trichotillomania is a medical condition, it's not something most people can just stop doing when they feel like it. People with trichotillomania usually need help from medical experts before they can stop. With the right help, though, most people overcome their hair-pulling urges. This help may involve therapy, medication, or a combination of both.

Therapists teach people with trichotillomania special behavior techniques that help them recognize the urge to pull hair before it becomes too strong to resist. The person learns ways to resist the urge so that it eventually grows weaker and then goes away.

Because the urges behind compulsive behaviors like hair pulling are so powerful, a person may feel more tension or anxiety when first trying to resist the urge. That's why it helps to work with an expert who can offer support and practical advice about overcoming the problem. Some doctors may prescribe medications that can help the brain deal better with urges, making them easier to resist. Medication therapy can help to correct the imbalance of chemicals in the brain.

Many people find it helpful to keep their hands busy with a different activity (like squeezing a stress ball or drawing) during times when pulling is the worst. In the beginning, Daria found that knitting while watching TV helped keep her hands busy at a time when she might feel the urge to pull her hair. Homework time was harder, though. Daria worked with her therapist to realize that she tended to pull more during homework due to a combination of boredom and worrying about tests.

Everyone has his or her own individual triggers for hair pulling. There is one similarity shared by almost all people with hair-pulling compulsions, though: The hair grows back when they overcome the urge to pull it.

Also here is a link to the Trichotillomania Learning Center.
http://www.trich.org/index.asp

Answer 2

It is beyond the scope of anyone who isn't a professional in the mental health field, to adequately evaluate, diagnose, and treat your problem and other underlying problems that may be contributing to it.

My suggestion is that you go to your local mental health center for help. Many mental health centers have sliding fee scales geared to your ability to pay. You may also qualify for Medicaid or for other plans through your state or other organizations, that help pay the costs. Pharmaceutical companies often provide free or reduced cost medications, and many drugs have generic equivalents that are much cheaper.

If you have health insurance through an employer, that should help with the costs of treatment.

With all the different financial help plans available, you should be able to get professional diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment regardless of your own financial situation.

Answer 3

I also suffer from this, and no one can really understand unless they have been through it, but trichotillomania is a sort of addiction. You need to get help. If you need anything you can IM me or email me.

Answer 4

I never heard or know of someone that loves to pull hair from their body compulsively. I will suggest seeing a Psychiatrist or a Psychologist for help.

Answer 5

yea its a sucky disorder i suffered from also, it just takes will power if you dont like it so much that you are posting something on yahoo answers then just lock up the tweezers and just tell yourself NO

Answer 6

that is a form of OCD, and it can be horrible,...but taking 5-HPT ( i think that is the name)...or luvox, prescribed by a doctor, you should be alright in controlling it a bit the herbal supplement, supplys serotonin to the brain, and helps control the obsessive compulsive disorder, but the Luvox, REALLY helps. good luck

Answer 7

Hair hair everywhere! Hair over here, hair over there and hair down under there. What is there to fear?
You don't have something unique-- something that no one else has. So why are you afraid of hair?
What kinda help would you need? Only you can give the answer.

Answer 8

Ask psychiatrist for antidepressant; some have been found effective for this.

Answer 9

See http://www.angelfire.com/mt (/mt/trichpages/general.htm)