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How To Stop Biting Nails: Some Tips To Help
If you need to know how to stop biting nails, ten to one you are a habitual nail biter. You may not want really long talons, but a decent set that are not bitten to the wick would be nice. Thankfully, there are a few things you can try.
Medications to help stop biting nails
Although it may seem odd, some anti-depressants have proven quite effective when you are trying to stop biting nails. They also work quite well if you are a compulsive hair puller (trichotillomania). These medications include fluoxetine, clomipramine, paroxetine, sertraline, fluvoxamine, escitalopram, citalopram, nefazodone and venlafaxine. Such medications are often used in conjunction with small amounts of anti-psychotics or the B vitamin inositol which increases serotonin levels in the brain to help stop nail biting.
Therapies to help stop biting nails
Behavioural therapy may also be worth trying, in particular, Habit Reversal Training (HRT) which includes four parts and intends to make you stop biting nails and hopefully, make you learn a better constructive habit. Then you would have the Stimulus Control therapy which is used to recognize and remove the stimulus for nail biting.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)