The following questions are related to ‘ADHD’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
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Q: I have three children, ages three, 21 months and seven and half months. I am writing about my 21-month old. I had a normal pregnancy, I did not smoke, I had a C-section birth — no complications. I took my prenatal vitamins regularly and also Prozac during the last three months of the pregnancy. [...]
Q: I been tossing around the idea of having my 7-year-old see a psych. He is still using the bathroom on himself and is diagnosed SLD. He was previously diagnosed PDD and now it is SLD. I am an ESE teacher and I teach children with varying exceptionalities, and I have seen a lot of [...]
Q: Hey I got a question for you guys and gals! I think I might be bipolar… well it’s funny how this whole thing started up, I was at work and one of the cooks was talking about being bipolar and one of my other co-workers was kinda joking and she was like “I bet [...]
Q: I have a son that from time to time gets extremely angry for almost anything. Like if you question him about something he does not want to talk about or if you tell him to do something a certain way and he feels he should not have to do it that way. Most of [...]
Q: I am currently taking Cymbalta and Concerta (1 month) for my depression but I still have problems with insomnia, followed by daytime sleepiness. I am taking Xanax for insomnia. However, my quality of sleep is unrefreshing, and it is difficult getting up in the morning. What should I do? Thank you very much. A: [...]
Q: I have a question about my 3-year-old son. He is a very defiant, temperamental, aggressive toddler. He has been throwing tantrums for 1 1/2 years, and they haven’t improved. The last two weeks, he’s thrown between 2-3 tantrums per day; for each one, I put him in his room, give him a few minutes [...]
Q: If an adult of 30 yrs. had Asperger’s with a lot of pain. would Ritalin help? I read that with this disorder they had less beta endorphins. Please help! A: Ritalin, Concerta, and other ADHD-stimulant medications have been successfully used to treat the inattention, inability to focus, and concentration problems associated with Asperger’s. In [...]
