The following questions are related to ‘Medications’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: I’ve struggled with periods of depression for years. Four years ago I started receiving counseling. I was also prescribed Effexor, slow release 125 mg, and have continued to take them. I have felt great for 3 years now with no psychiatric input. But I ran out of my medicine four days ago. At first [...]
Q: I am 19 years old, and I have been experiencing anxiety since I was 14, around the beginning of high school. Everything was fine for the first couple of days, but then I started feeling light headed and nauseous. My hands and neck went numb and I felt like I couldn’t move or I [...]
Q: I experience mood swings that I believe are much larger than a normal person would experience. I have just taken this website’s “mania” questionnaire, which advised me to seek immediate help. However, having seen a documentary on bipolar disorder, I am almost certain that I do not have it, or at least if I [...]
Q: My eleven-year-old daughter has always been slightly anxious. For the most part, however, she has been a happy child and we have been able to work through her fears in the past. One example of the type anxiety she has struggled with is that she used to fear spending the night away from home. [...]
Q: I’m an almost 18-year-old male. I’m terribly depressed and have been for a few years, and I also have a lot of anxiety problems. I’ve been smoking marijuana and drinking since I was fifteen. I recreationally tried Xanax for the first time when I was 16 with some friends, and I’ve been through heroin [...]
Q: I recently read an article on impulse control disorder. I am a compulsive gambler. I go gambling approximately once a month and spend around $1000. Trust me, I don’t have the money. If I lose, I feel this unstoppable need to steal something. It’s always small, but nonetheless, it’s stealing. I have recently attained [...]
Q: I am married to a man who 5 years ago at the age of 35 decided to try methamphetamine (“Meth”) for the first time. Over his 4-month addiction, he used nearly $10K in meth alone. It was horrifying. During that time, I became the center of his focus. According to him I was having [...]
