Thanks for that link....interesting to see a new development.
Personally I really didn't want to go down the 'pill/medication' route as it seemed from researching this that it was always trial and error.
Medication for depression was the top choice but I would never have taken them...as I knew I wasn't depressed. I thought I was...but I wasn't :lol:
But if one pill helps and isn't addictive then I hope it works. It sounds interesting anyway and I would have been really interested to have took part in the trials myself.
Genetics does play a part I reckon....I have one son and one daughter who show signs of related compulsions.
I wish I could do something more to help others for this condition and other conditions related to it (I've had/got them all!!!! ).
I have had it to the extreme.....and while it is great that there are doctors/scientists etc looking into it....I think sometimes it takes someone to have really 'been there' to help others...or at least someone with knowledge and compassion towards those who suffer.
The hardest step is admitting you have 'it'.
Once you have done that you would probably go to a doctor who will more than likely be
due to it being a relatively unknown condition.
So what do you do? Go home and keep quiet.
For fear of repeating myself....it took two hairdressers to 'treat' me....one who already knew about it due to having a friend with tricho and she had done her hair for years....another who specialised in giving tricho sufferers their self esteem back by giving them beautiful hair.
But ultimately it was two people who made me feel 'normal' and not ashamed.
Not therapy, not doctors or medication....just help at the most basic level.
The rest had to come from within....and if you dig deep enough you can overcome it.
