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April 24, 2017 at 1:04 pm
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Penny Williams
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Hair pulling is called trichotillomania:
There has been at least one study that showed very promising results treating it with the supplement Inositol:
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01875445
It could be more of an OCD thing, than ADHD or ADHD medicine:
Penny
ADDconnect Moderator, Author & Mentor on Parenting ADHD, Mom to teen w/ ADHD, LDs, and autism