Q: I am taking Effexor 150 mgs daily. In the long past I very much enjoyed an experience on magic mushrooms, ‘gold tops’. I would like to repeat this experience with a repeat of a very small amount of the fungi. What do you think of this? Please do not say you must not do [...]

Q: Hello: I’m 19 and just moved to California from Iowa, where I lived most of my life. During my high school years, I was never in a rush to drive or go out to parties. Whenever I heard of a party I tried to stay away from it. I also never had a job [...]

Q: When I was 6, I watched my 13-year-old sister being raped by my mother’s boyfriend. When we told my mother, she did not believe us and proceeded to whip us and called us liars. My sister was killed years later at the age of 24. My older brother who was very good at basketball [...]

Q: Hi, I am 18, and I have been diagnosed with avoidant personality disorder. I am also battling depression and am currently on an antidepressant. The biggest thing I suffer with is the fact that I have not been in any intimate relationships, and truly desire them. I hate the way I feel in social [...]

Q: Someone said something to me today that made me “stop in my tracks” if you will. What they said has been bothering me all day, but now it’s totally driving me crazy. How do I get it out of my head? A: There’s not enough information here for a complex response. We often need [...]

Q: I feel like something is wrong with me. Up until this year, I was pretty outgoing and friendly. However, this year, I feel completely insecure. I cannot talk to anyone without suspecting motives, and I just feel lonely, as though I have no one to talk to. I pick out the flaws in people, [...]

Q: I feel like something is going wrong in my head. I’m currently taking 50mg of Zoloft daily for panic attacks. I’ve been taking it for about 3 months. My family physician had me on Paxil for several months for depression and then the panic attacks started. The panic attacks seem to be among the [...]