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Trichotillomania : The Glucose Connection
Trichotillomania sufferers may have difficulty in metabolising glucose.
In 1990, Zametkin discovered that the people with A.D.D metabolised glucose at rates 8% lower than those without ADD. There strong associations between A.D.D. and trichotillomania lead us to believe the same is likely to be true of trichsters.
The areas most affected by delayed metabolism in Zametkin's tests, were the regions which control cognitive behaviour, enable the control of IMPULSES, forward planning, action and attention : which may well explain why we have a strong tendency to procrastinate and have problems with planning.
Some might say that trich is stress related. We do know there are emotional and therepeutic factors which need to be addressed before a person can become pull free. Stress might increase, though, when the body is struggling to metabolise something, such as glucose.
If you think this is all nonsense, take 3 tablespoons of glucose and observe what happens to your hair. If it drives you crazy with an urge to pull within about an hour, as it does for me, STEER CLEAR OF GLUCOSE in your diet.
One of my biggest problems has always been a complete lack of energy. It would take me all day to wake up and by the only time I really felt alert it was the middle of the night!!! I would often pull as a method of causing sensation to stay awake. I couldn't take naps in the day because I'd wake up feeling even worse. Last year, as a new year’s resolution, I gave up chocolate completely. I decided I didn’t know anybody who had managed a year chocolate free and I wanted to see if I could do it. I managed it, and then by the end of the year I was looking forward to eating chocolate on 1st January. Except then I remembered, I don’t do ANYTHING by halves, so I decided not to start eating chocolate again. I also decided that this year’s New Year’s Resolution would be not to eat ANYTHING with artificial sugars in. Bizarrely, even after just a few days, I found I would wake up alert. There’s no question in my mind, that I have a brain allergy to sugar, although I've been tested many times for diabetes and found that I don't have it. The zone-out pulling just doesn't happen any more! I'm FREE! |
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