Posted by med_empowered on April 13, 2006, at 16:37:48
In reply to Re: Meds for trichotillomania?, posted by Phillipa on April 13, 2006, at 15:49:28
hi! The treatments I've heard of as having success with this sort of thing vary wildly--the SRI drugs, TCAs, old-school and newer antipsychotics, the benzos...in some people where its closely related to OCD, you see improvement once the OCD gets better, which could be with any number of drugs from the antipsychotics up to Dexedrine.
Maybe upping the diazepam could help? Some people do find the benzos help, and it seems like they'd be prett well-tolerated, so at least side effects wouldn't be a problem. Topomax apparently also help some people (I imagine other mood-stabilizers would, too); that might be an option worth exploring.
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