The following questions are related to ‘Medications’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
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Q: Not sure if this is the place, but I think I need help. I have 4 children: one is going to be 13, and I have an almost 5-year-old, a 3-year-old and an 18 month old. My husband works constantly, and when he’s home he either indulges the children (lets them have snacks without [...]
Q: I have a stepson in his early teens who stays with us part time, and who was diagnosed with ODD/ADHD as a young child. He was on Strattera until the family doctor took him off of this medication approximately 6 months ago because his concentration had improved. I have seen no change in behavior [...]
Q: I think it’s time to ask the question, what exactly is going on with me? I have a lot of stress at my family owned business, due to my father’s dumping of over a million dollars into a restaurant for the son he never provided for (and now the son and our father have [...]
Q: Can you help me please? Growing up as a child from the age of 10 onwards, I was told on a regular basis that I was useless, worthless, fat, and disgusting. I was also told that I was breathing air that I didn’t deserve. No matter what I tried to do — whether it [...]
Q: I’m going to make this short. I have this problem. Five months ago my girlfriend and I broke up. It wasn’t anything that hasn’t happened to a person before, but every girlfriend I had has left me for my friend. It doesn’t really effect me, but it’s getting really annoying because this is the [...]
Q: I know most psychiatrists will blindly defend pharmceutical drugs even if they are potentially harmful. I noticed you were a psychologist and you seem to want to help people. My question is, can taking Paxil at no more than 20 mg for an estimated 3 years cause brain damage? What about Post SSRI Sexual [...]
Q: I am a 22-year-old college student. When I was 19 I was diagnosed with Dysthymic depression. The medication and counseling I received helped a lot, but there were still some issues that I was dealing with that weren’t resolved, such as an inability to focus, being easily distracted, spending hours more in the library [...]
