Q: I have recently met a 4 ear old child who had ear infection hearing loss for over 2 years and is being given Adderall and Clonidine “to calm him down”. After 2 years of medication he is showing facial and hand twitching and is now being diagnosed as mildly retarded. I am so uncomfortable [...]

Q: I’ve been seeing a psychiatrist every few weeks for a couple of months now, but only to regulate my ADHD medication and not for any sort of therapy. I am extremely attracted to him, and I think he is too, but I know there are ethical issues with this. Is there any way I [...]

Q: Does Attention Deficit Disorder ever get worse? I struggled with ADD as a child but at age 12 it got better. I was diagnosed at age 20 with mild ADD. However, over the past several years it seems to have become worse. I now take medication and don’t function too well without it. I [...]

Q: I keep having intrusive thoughts about having sexual intercourse with my mother and younger sister. I also have the intrusive thought that I might urinate uncontrollably at any given moment. These thoughts are driving me crazy! These thoughts make me feel like a horrible perverted person. I am a 27-year-old male who was diagnosed [...]

Q: My husband has tics of mostly squinting his eyes and clearing his throat. Our two boys (8 and 10) over the last couple of years have shown mild tics that seem to come and go. I am excited now to learn that there are certain things that can trigger a tic, so I will [...]

Q: I have been married to my wife for 7 years. It is my second marriage. The events of both are strikingly similar in that both wives cannot in any way take any kind of responsibility for what has happened. Both became very child like (at least I see this now) and both are emotionally [...]

Q: My three-year-old is out of control, and sometimes I think she may have ADHD, but then there are times that she is calm and obedient and helps a lot. I had a little boy a year ago and knew she was going to be jealous, but she hurts him a lot. I caught her [...]