Q: I am suffering from panic attacks at public transportation, where I feel the urgent need to use the toilet. I am taking seroxat now. Can you help me, please?

Q: There are a few things I’ve been noticing about myself that people find strange or bothersome. In particular, I get mad extremely easily. For example, if I ask this guy, or any friend of mine, to hang out with me and he/she says “I’ll think about it,” I take it personally and think “why [...]

Q: I am a 23-year-old male living in the Washington, D.C. area. I have noticed that in the past year or so that I have become extremely angry sometimes. I have always considered myself a happy person and have excelled at my customer service job, which requires me to be so — but I have [...]

Q: I wanted to know about severe social anxiety. I had it in college, and I still continue to have problems. I don’t know where to look when talking to people. I don’t know how fast or where to walk in the mall. It’s getting to the point where I don’t really want to go [...]

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: 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 [...]

Q: I have had some e-mail contact with Dr. Carver about the Stockholm Syndrome. I know for sure that I am dealing with that. He pointed out a few articles and I have been reading and working hard on myself to recover. I was in it for 23 years (I am 39 right now). One [...]