Q: I am hoping I can get a fresh opinion about my unusual Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Five years ago, a relative of mine died in a car crash. After that tragedy, I started thinking that everyone believed I was dying. So, I have been living with a constant fear of dying since I was 13; [...]

Q: I am a young stay at home mom, and my husband works at a very high pressure job. As we have a young baby, there are times when we both are tired and stressed out and so we do have fights, which I suppose is normal. We get over them fairly quickly. However, when [...]

Q: My husband was put on Cymbalta last February by a pain doctor. He started at 30 mg, but by April he was up to 120 mg. Nine days later, he had seizures. The psychiatrist on rotation whom they then had him see had him back off the dose to 60 mg for a week, [...]

Q: I’m a 19-year-old male from Australia. I am pretty sure I’m suffering from anxiety. I even think I know the cause. Whenever I am unsure about something in my relationship with my girlfriend, I start to panic. I can’t help it. It isn’t a ‘conscious’ decision, it just happens. If the unsure feeling is [...]

Q: I am 30 years old, and my life is a complete mess. I am constantly anxious and worried that something bad will happen to me or my family, and I bitterly regret that I haven’t achieved anything. I sometimes feel depressed for weeks at a time, crying myself to sleep. I procrastinate in every [...]

Q: First of all, let me say thank you. This site has really been helpful to me in the process of healing myself. I’ve found myself in a somewhat tight spot now though, and need some input. I’m presently jobless, homeless, and pregnant. But before I was any of the above, I went in to [...]

Q: I’m 16, and I feel like I am always confused about everything. I constantly feel like I can’t make my own decisions. I also feel like I think way too much about things, to the point of being very stressed out about it. I feel happy sometimes, so I don’t think it is depression, [...]