meds for impulse problem?

i can't stop nervous habits and find myself doing them without realizing it then trying to stop
is very hard and then i find myself doing it again and again

if i try to stop one habit another one pops up

they happen most when i am concentrating. reading a book or researching on the computer
its like I need to do it to keep being there
i don't want to give up reading
and I am afraid I will have a hard time in the classroom managing the stress
of concentrating without the ability to do my nervous habits

sometimes making sure that i have eaten properly makes the habits less severe, but they
have never gone away

the nervous habits I have are any of these:
biting the skin around my nails (not the nails themselves)
picking at scabs hidden under my hair or on my skin
nose picking
twisting my hair
chewing at my hair


Like I said if I try to stop one (biting the skin around my nails) I end up picking at scabs
hidden under my hair.   These habits can be very painful and even in pain I will continue.
(I don't usually like pain)

I remember I started biting my nails at 3-4 years old
I might have been copying my mother
The skin around my nails is scarred and tough
my hair is ratty with split ends below my mouth

I take 300 mg of wellbutrin a day which helps a lot with an seemingly unrelated depression problem
I had started to take 40 mg of Celexa before that which never helped depression but did curb a little
bit of anxiety.  However my complain until now hasn't been of anxiety because the depression was
so debilitating.
I tries to taper down on Celexa but at 10 mg of Celexa I ripped all the skin on my nails apart.
I am back on the 40mg but it doesn't seem to do much.

I am a 25 year old female fighting with these problems for 22 years.  I am embarassed and
really want to stop.

Can I replace Celexa?  What might help me?

[greenlydia]

Funny, but I use to have a friend who called me "Krusty." We aren't friends anymore, sadly.

To answer your question as succinctly as possible, it's my humble opinion that what might help you would be some therapy. There are medications out there for folks with OCD and it's possible they may help you with some of your nervous habits, but since I'm not a doctor, that is strictly a guess.......and I am NOT saying you have OCD. You have stated that you've been fighting these issues since you were 3 years old!? I'd say it's time you got the upper hand, girlfriend, unless you've gnawed it off.
See your doctor.
Peace
Greenlydia