I was wondering if anyone else here actually has this compulsive hair-pulling disorder. I've had this since I was about 8 or 9 years old. I used to place the hairs against the mirror as I plucked them out, never putting the hairs to my mouth or eating them. I still place them on the wall or mirror sometimes. Mostly I pluck my eyebrows and I've now had them tattooed on so I have SOME expression. I also pluck my arm hair somewhat frequently and my eyelashes, primarily the top ones. Basically, I suppose I have plucked everywhere there is to pluck and I also have a problem with leaving even the smallest of blemishes alone. I've also got a few OCD symptoms like eating even numbers or chewing evenly, not liking to step on cracks, and other little odd habits...but that's beside the point, I suppose. I have tried therapy and tried prescription medications...what's terrible is that the only medications that really seemed to work were ADD-related meds like Adderal , Effexor (depression) and Neurontin to even things out a bit...but then my clinical depression got out of hand or I felt jittery.
If anyone else has trichtotillomania and has had meds that have worked...let me know what they were so I can ask my doctor about them and whether she thinks they'd work better with my depression.
