Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling) Support Group
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Hello everyone!
So I recently met with Dr. Grant and will be undergoing treatment at his U of C practice. I haven't started sessions, but I have met for an initial consultation and am very optimistic! This is the doctor who wrote the research paper about N-acetylcysteine's effectiveness toward trich and other related disorders.
I have been taking n-acetylcystein for a while but saw no improvement, and sorta thought it was more of a placebo than anything. I told this to the doctor and he asked me how much I was taking. I was taking 2 pills, 600 mg each for a total of 1200 mg a day. He informed me that when he administered this dosage to patients in his study, he also saw practically no results, but when he increased the dosage to 2400 mg a day over 50% saw improvement. I *believe* you could also take a higher dosage than that, but he suggested I try it at 2400 mg a day to start (I'm not sure if I remember correctly that more than 2400 mg a day is okay, so check first before you start taking more than that!)
He also said he has been getting very positive results with Inositol (which is a vitamin B complex). He suggested I take 1 teaspon 3 times a day.
I will also start undergoing regular treatment with one of the psychologists in his clinic, and hopefully all this together will finally help improve my hair pulling. His clinic seems to have had a lot of success with his patients, so I'm crossing my fingers!
So I recently met with Dr. Grant and will be undergoing treatment at his U of C practice. I haven't started sessions, but I have met for an initial consultation and am very optimistic! This is the doctor who wrote the research paper about N-acetylcysteine's effectiveness toward trich and other related disorders.
I have been taking n-acetylcystein for a while but saw no improvement, and sorta thought it was more of a placebo than anything. I told this to the doctor and he asked me how much I was taking. I was taking 2 pills, 600 mg each for a total of 1200 mg a day. He informed me that when he administered this dosage to patients in his study, he also saw practically no results, but when he increased the dosage to 2400 mg a day over 50% saw improvement. I *believe* you could also take a higher dosage than that, but he suggested I try it at 2400 mg a day to start (I'm not sure if I remember correctly that more than 2400 mg a day is okay, so check first before you start taking more than that!)
He also said he has been getting very positive results with Inositol (which is a vitamin B complex). He suggested I take 1 teaspon 3 times a day.
I will also start undergoing regular treatment with one of the psychologists in his clinic, and hopefully all this together will finally help improve my hair pulling. His clinic seems to have had a lot of success with his patients, so I'm crossing my fingers!
I'm glad you are doing research and educating yourself in fighting this disorder. Positive!
Hugs..
He did say it may take a couple months to notice anything. So patience! I start treatment next week, with grad school it's been tough finding time in my schedule but hopefully with therapy once a week and these supplements I can see some progress!
I am pull free for 4 months and going strong. Two things did work for me: reading the ebook for reknowed pull-free author Abby Rohrer and mixing it with CBT (just based from the internet) through self-awareness and covering up the mirror. And oh, don't forget! You have to have your biggest emotional breakdown from Trich---then that will be a good starting point to make a change.