http://www.sanitywarp.org My ongoing battle with Trich Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:06:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My ears have been ringing off and on since Thursday.  They seem to be much more sensitive now.  Another reported side effect.... weird.. http://www.sanitywarp.org/archives/106 it feels at the moment almost like I'm even more anxious than before.  Small things are setting me off and making my heart pound.  Getting irritated this morning over something was suddenly feeling very extreme. something frightening happened on my way to work in the afternoon.  A friend was driving me, ... http://www.sanitywarp.org/archives/105 Yesterday, while I was at work, for a couple of hours I started feeling VERY strange.  Disoriented... and weird. I guess other people could notice too, because my co-workers kept commenting on how I wasn't smiling, looked tired, one jokingly said I was walking around like a zombie.  I just ... http://www.sanitywarp.org/archives/104 Don't know why, but today was a weaker day with the bad habits.  I've been doing well up until today.  But today, while bored, I chewed several of my nails (on my right hand) down so far that they hurt.   And just now while laying here with my laptop, doing ... http://www.sanitywarp.org/archives/103 Over the last couple of weeks I've been talking with my doctor about trying medication (again) for my severe trichotillomania, which has been persisting since age 14.  (I am now about to turn 30, so this has been going on over half my life.)  In the past I tried Cymbalta, ... http://www.sanitywarp.org/archives/102