My wonderful 16 year old autistic son suffers with Dermatillomania. He picks at the skin on his hands, feet, chest, legs, arms and around his fingernails until they bleed. He is on Fluoxetine for anxiety which has helped a lot but he still picks, makes himself bleed and in turn is leaving scars. I have read about the benefits of Vitamin B Inositol and was wondering if anyone has tried this or has any other offers of help.
Thanks for your reply. It all started about 2 years ago with increased anxiety brought about by puberty. He's under the care of a great psychiatrist, but only recently and he is the one who prescribed the Fluoxetine. I'm very interested in your comments about that so I am going to bring that up with him.
As his anxiety has reduced, some of the picking has stopped but I think there is also an element of habit, perhaps. I don't think he would respond well to CBT because his understanding and focus isn't good enough 
I somehow need to break the cycle. Someone has suggested contacting the OCD society which sounds like a good idea.
Thanks anyway. 
Thanks for your reply. It all started about 2 years ago with increased anxiety brought about by puberty. He's under the care of a great psychiatrist, but only recently and he is the one who prescribed the Fluoxetine. I'm very interested in your comments about that so I am going to bring that up with him.
As his anxiety has reduced, some of the picking has stopped but I think there is also an element of habit, perhaps. I don't think he would respond well to CBT because his understanding and focus isn't good enough
I somehow need to break the cycle. Someone has suggested contacting the OCD society which sounds like a good idea.
Thanks anyway.
