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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 49 and still do this. The only thing that stops me from picking at myself is when I'm on Ritalin for my ADHD then all desire to pick disappears. NOTHING anyone has ever said has made me stop. I use to pick at all my cuticles and bite my nails. By the end of high school, I stopped biting my nails except for both thumbs. By 30, I had weaned off my right thumb and only bite and pick on my left thumb. Unfortunately, in my teens I had also discovered picking at my scalp and still do this intermittently depending on stress level. My niece has trichotillomania (and ADHD) and like my skin picking, it ebs and flow. I don't think there is a permanent cure just management, drugs, therapy, etc.[/quote] My niece, 17, tells me that her compulsion to pull out her hair disappears on Abilify. Psychotherapy nothing although therapy makes her feel better and less stressed.[/quote]
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