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Neurodivergent 11w
any advice on how to stop skin picking and/or hair pulling? please im desperate 🥲
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Anonymous 11w

My therapist always says that if I want to change a behavior, I have to have something to replace it with. Can you find something else to keep your hands busy?

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Anonymous 11w

if you have tried most traditional remedies antipsychotic medication may help. talk to your doctor.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 11w

…why the jump to antipsychotic meds???

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 11w

bc one would presume you would google surface-level stuff from reliable sources before asking completely unqualified strangers…?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 11w

I get that I was hoping you’d provide context. Like is that something that’s helped you in the past, did you hear about somewhere to suggest that? Or I get being vague so they can google look into it themselves, I’ve just never seen someone suggest those meds for skin/hair picking 😅

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 11w

oh yea! good idea thank youuu

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 11w

Antipsychotics are actually sometimes prescribed for skin picking if other treatments and meds don’t work! They didn’t help me but can confirm that is a thing psychiatrists sometimes try.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 11w

it is something that was tried for me but did not work, but i grew out of that behavior.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 11w

or turned out not to be necessary, to word that better

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