The following questions are related to ‘Drug Abuse’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: My husband was prescribed Paxil for premature ejacualation (not depression or anxiety) and shortly thereafter he started abusing drugs. He was stealing my painkillers that I am on for my back problems. He said that he could not control it. When he couldn’t get the pain killers, he was snorting Sudafed. Since I caught [...]
Q: I’m sorry to bother you but I came across your web site. I did crystal meth for 2 years on and off and when I used to come down the next few days were very foggy and cloudy, but this would usually go away. But after the last 2 times I used the foggy [...]
Q: Hi, I’m 15 years old and I’m suffering from severe Anxiety/Panic Attacks. I’ve looked it all up and discovered that much, but no matter what I do, I don’t know how to quit obsessing over my anxiety. Breathing exercises don’t work…and I’m always paranoid and on edge. I’m really whiney about my anxiety and [...]
Q: I am taking Effexor 150 mgs daily. In the long past I very much enjoyed an experience on magic mushrooms, ‘gold tops’. I would like to repeat this experience with a repeat of a very small amount of the fungi. What do you think of this? Please do not say you must not do [...]
Q: How do you get someone with Histrionic Personality Disorder traits to get help or to recognize the disorder without making it worse? I have been doing a lot of reading on the subject and have become rather apathetic about the prospect of my sister ever getting help. Most of what I have read about [...]
Q: My parter has a history of heroin addiction and is bipolar. He has used twice in the past year. At first, I mistook his symptoms for mania only later to find that he had used. Lately, I have noticed a few things and I can’t determine if he is high, or manic. Heroin doesn’t [...]
Q. I am a married 30-something with two young children. My problem is with my parents. Shortly after I married, my succesful father retired from law and he and my mother moved to a rather rural city from where my mother’s family lives. Since then, my mother has taken up smoking and heavy drinking, and [...]
