Q: I’m concerned about a friend of mine. I was reading about bipolar on the net, and it sounds to me as if she has Hypomania. She does use unwise behavior, and goes on spending sprees. She can be irrational, abuses alcohol, and is always looking for men to satisfy some inner need. She talks [...]

Q: Do you think I have been diagnosed properly? I’m from Brisbane, Australia. I was diagnosed with bipolar when I was 16, although I was suspected to have had it from approximately the age of 12. I am too scared to try medication again because I tried Effexor XR and it kind of made me [...]

Q: Hi there…I have a quick question…I have recently had a relaspe in my depression/anxiety that I had about 12 yrs ago. I won’t go into details about it too much. My concern is part of my symptoms: if I “think” too much, too in-depth, I can make myself get anxiety, and I feel as [...]

Q: I’ve been diagnosed with bipolar disorder for almost 2 years now. I have been prescribed Abilify 30 mg and Cymbalta 60mg. Two side effects I dislike are as follows…

Q: I am female and nearly 21 years old. I can remember being unhappy very often when I was younger. I was bullied a lot at school and sexually abused from the age of 6-11. When I was 16 I was diagnosed with depression, and the medication worked. But around the age of 18 I [...]

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 was diagnosed with having Bipolar III in April. I have apparently stabilised from the manic psychotic episode I had and so recently started building my hours at work back up. But over the last few weeks I’ve been spending more and more time feeling disconnected from what’s going on around me. My head [...]