Re: Pulling at eyelashes

[Guest guest]

It's called 'trichotillomanie', I remember I read that somewhere. I'm sorry'I

don't know what to do about it..

Nicoline

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> My son is pulling at his eyelashes. Is there anything I can to do help him?

> Any idea why he is doing this?

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[Guest guest]

Sorry to hear it. My son did that when he was taking Lexapro, an antidepressant.

He actually ended up pulled out all of his eyelashes and half of his eyebrows.

The pediatrician said it was just the Autism, but when we stopped the

medication, the behavior ceased.

From: Helmbrecht <helmbrechtmelissa@...>

Subject: [ ] Pulling at eyelashes

Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 11:35 AM

 

My son is pulling at his eyelashes. Is there anything I can to do help him?

Any idea why he is doing this?

[Guest guest]

My son isn't on any meds.. Could a supplement cause this?

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 1:10 PM, drissia wright <ritzywright@...>wrote:

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> Sorry to hear it. My son did that when he was taking Lexapro, an

> antidepressant. He actually ended up pulled out all of his eyelashes and

> half of his eyebrows. The pediatrician said it was just the Autism, but when

> we stopped the medication, the behavior ceased.

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[Guest guest]

My ASD son has never done this ... but I have !!

Well, not the lashes, but the brows.

And if I recall correctly I generally did it as a muscular distraction for sore

or tired eyes. This generally coincided for me when I was run down and not

sleeping well.

Hope it helps

J

[Guest guest]

He sleeps pretty well, but he could be tired or stressed. He doesn't

actually pull the lashes out.. He just likes to pull the lid away from his

eye.. I don't know if that matters.

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 1:59 PM, greenrazorsharp

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> My ASD son has never done this ... but I have !!

> Well, not the lashes, but the brows.

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> And if I recall correctly I generally did it as a muscular distraction for

> sore or tired eyes. This generally coincided for me when I was run down and

> not sleeping well.

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> Hope it helps

> J

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[Guest guest]

You might google low calcium / pulling eyelashes and high oxalate / pulling

eyelashes, in some of the ASD web groups to see what you come up with.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Just wanted to chime in and tell you that my best friend's NT pre-teen did this

last year, and we finally figured out that it was stress-related for her.  She

was being bullied at school   Once the 'stressor' was removed, she stopped

pulling her eyelashes out.

One other thought...maybe totally off-base, but do you think your son's eyes

could be dry seondary to cold air and wind outdoors, and warm heat indoors?  I

wonder if the heat is causing his eyes irritation?  Maybe a vaporizer would

help...just a thought.

Blessings,

~Robin

 

FROM: Helmbrecht <helmbrechtmelissa@...>

Subject: Re: [ ] Re: Pulling at eyelashes

He sleeps pretty well, but he could be tired or stressed.  He doesn't

actually pull the lashes out.. He just likes to pull the lid away from his

eye.. I don't know if that matters.

[Guest guest]

Oh man I just feel bad.. It does seem like his eyes are bothering him. I

don't think its school, because he was doing it over the Christmas holiday.

I hope he doesn't feel lots of stress at home. We try to make it a warm and

friendly place where he is accepted and can be himself.

He recently started it.. but I don't know why.

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 2:28 PM, rbrundbaken <rbrundbaken@...>wrote:

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> Hi,

> Just wanted to chime in and tell you that my best friend's NT pre-teen did

> this last year, and we finally figured out that it was stress-related for

> her. She was being bullied at school Once the 'stressor' was removed,

> she stopped pulling her eyelashes out.

> One other thought...maybe totally off-base, but do you think your son's

> eyes could be dry seondary to cold air and wind outdoors, and warm heat

> indoors? I wonder if the heat is causing his eyes irritation? Maybe a

> vaporizer would help...just a thought.

> Blessings,

> ~Robin

>

> FROM: Helmbrecht

<helmbrechtmelissa@...<helmbrechtmelissa%40gmail.com>

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> Subject: Re: [ ] Re: Pulling at eyelashes

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> He sleeps pretty well, but he could be tired or stressed. He doesn't

> actually pull the lashes out.. He just likes to pull the lid away from his

> eye.. I don't know if that matters.

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[Guest guest]

If this is the case, look into diet, cause sore eyes = igg response.

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On Behalf Of greenrazorsharp

Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 1:59 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: Pulling at eyelashes

My ASD son has never done this ... but I have !!

Well, not the lashes, but the brows.

And if I recall correctly I generally did it as a muscular distraction for

sore or tired eyes. This generally coincided for me when I was run down and

not sleeping well.

Hope it helps

J

[Guest guest]

while look'g into other answers given...a " quick easy " to try is a wipe-down

with coffee (cold is fine, more important is strong) & see if that helps...works

here for most eye itchy/bugging ya type of stuff. elizabeth

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> My son is pulling at his eyelashes. Is there anything I can to do help him?

> Any idea why he is doing this?

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[Guest guest]

> My son is pulling at his eyelashes. Is there anything I can to do help him?

> Any idea why he is doing this?

I did this myself. I figured out that it was caused by yeast overgrowth in and

near my eyes.

Dana

[Guest guest]

Was he doing vision intensive activities (playing DS games, for example) more

than usual?

S S

Re: Pulling at eyelashes

Posted by: " Helmbrecht " helmbrechtmelissa@... helmbrechtmelissa

Tue Jan 5, 2010 2:30 pm (PST)

Oh man I just feel bad.. It does seem like his eyes are bothering him. I

don't think its school, because he was doing it over the Christmas holiday.

I hope he doesn't feel lots of stress at home. We try to make it a warm and

friendly place where he is accepted and can be himself.

He recently started it.. but I don't know why.

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[Guest guest]

My son complain a lot lately about his eyelashes.He had pull at eyelashes

sometime too.Some one posted to use  'trichotillomanie' where can I find that?

Sorry I look at the pharmacy I did not find it.

Also Dana what did you do to stop the yeast overgrowth in and near our eyes? How

did you know it was yeast?

 

Thanks!!

A.Simon,  

" I know God promises not to give me more than I can handle.

 I just wish he didn't trust me so much. " -Mother

From: danasview <danasview@...>

Subject: [ ] Re: Pulling at eyelashes

Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 9:44 AM

 

> My son is pulling at his eyelashes. Is there anything I can to do help him?

> Any idea why he is doing this?

I did this myself. I figured out that it was caused by yeast overgrowth in and

near my eyes.

Dana

[Guest guest]

Pulling eyelashes is called trichotillomanie. I am sure if you search for

trichotillomanie on Google, you'll find out if there is somethinh to do about

it.

Nicoline

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near my eyes.

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> Also Dana what did you do to stop the yeast overgrowth in and near our eyes?

How did you know it was yeast?

During the time that I was doing this, eventually I developed another issue

which was obviously a yeast issue. When I took GSE, both the other issue and

the desire to pull my eyelashes disappeared. Then when the eyelash thing came

up again, I took GSE and it went away.

Dana

[Guest guest]

Yes he got new wii games for christmas. He also got a new hand held vtech

system. He was playing a lot of video games.

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Shepard Salzer <

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> Posted by: " Helmbrecht "

helmbrechtmelissa@...<helmbrechtmelissa%40gmail.com>helmbrechtmelissa

> Tue Jan 5, 2010 2:30 pm (PST)

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> Oh man I just feel bad.. It does seem like his eyes are bothering him. I

> don't think its school, because he was doing it over the Christmas holiday.

> I hope he doesn't feel lots of stress at home. We try to make it a warm and

> friendly place where he is accepted and can be himself.

> He recently started it.. but I don't know why.

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[Guest guest]

Thanks,

He is really yeasty.. We have him on fluconazale right now. I haven't seen

him do itin the last couple of days so maybe it is helping.

On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Liz <elizabethsoliday@...> wrote:

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> A Simon, I don't know if it is related, but when I first started chelating

> myself a few months ago, I noticed that the small hairs around my face were

> very bothersome. It irritated me that they were touching my skin.

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> My son and I get strange nerve sensations in our right eye after we eat

> wheat. It sometimes causes us to rub that eye and make them red. Again,

> don't know if it's related to your issue.

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[Guest guest]

Maybe his eyes were extra tired and/or he's blinking less than usual so they're

dry. I noticed that my eyes were quite tired after playing wii fit and DS

bookworm while visiting family.

S S

Re: Pulling at eyelashes

Posted by: " Helmbrecht " helmbrechtmelissa@... helmbrechtmelissa

Thu Jan 7, 2010 7:38 am (PST)

Yes he got new wii games for christmas. He also got a new hand held vtech

system. He was playing a lot of video games.

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Also might it not be a vit a defiencey? Dry eyes are also a symptom of systemic

diseases such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, ocular rosacea or Sjogren's

syndrome (a triad of dry eyes, dry mouth and rheumatoid arthritis or lupus) I

believe those are often associated with Vit A deficiency?

Ronni

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> Maybe his eyes were extra tired and/or he's blinking less than usual so

they're dry. I noticed that my eyes were quite tired after playing wii fit and

DS bookworm while visiting family.

> S S

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> Posted by: " Helmbrecht " helmbrechtmelissa@... helmbrechtmelissa

> Thu Jan 7, 2010 7:38 am (PST)

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> Yes he got new wii games for christmas. He also got a new hand held vtech

> system. He was playing a lot of video games.

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[Guest guest]

I do this when my eyes are itchy from allergies (you said he was pulling his lid

away from the eye). Could there be a new allergen in the house? Visiting a

friend with a cat or something?

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[Guest guest]

Nothing new.. but he does seem to still have allergies because he has

circles under his eyes and I can't figure out what is causing them.

On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 4:16 AM, jazzyk298 <jazzyk298@...> wrote:

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> I do this when my eyes are itchy from allergies (you said he was pulling

> his lid away from the eye). Could there be a new allergen in the house?

> Visiting a friend with a cat or something?

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