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This is a disorder, what is the recommended course of action and how effective is it in treating this disorder?

• AstralStorm 8y ago
  Go visit a psychiatrist. This thing is a symptom of a few disorders and probably shouldn't be treated alone.
• joecool1029 8y ago
  Aside from visiting a psychiatrist, N-acetylcysteine supplementation seems promising: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3500061/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3500061/
• rhcom2 8y ago
  Replacements are helpful, try a bunch of different things to see if you can find something that soothes you in the same way. I tried silly puddy, pulling the bristles on a brush, stress balls, many different types of "fidget toys" that snap together or you can manipulate. My biggest problem was boredom while driving and the thing that felt the best to me was pulling apart a certain type of sponge. I make a little mess on long car rides but it's better then hurting myself.
• jetti 8y ago
  I have been recommended Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) to treat my trich. I'm also on prozac but no matter the dose it doesn't really seem to help as much. I haven't made my first appointment with my therapist yet so I don't know how well CBT will help me personally, but I have heard that it helps with things like trich as well as OCD (which I have as well)