The following questions are related to ‘Neurology’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
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Q: I’m constantly feeling depressed. The worst part of what I’ve been going through is that my memory seriously doesn’t seem to be working at all anymore. I’m a student, and this has really become a big problem for me. My mind blanks out whenever I’m on a topic or trying to solve a problem, [...]
Q: I was reading up on Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) because my mother thinks I might have it. I don’t think I have ADD, but I did come across something that caught my attention and described me to an extent. The issue I stumbled across is called “hyperfocus.” I am able to focus very intently [...]
Q: I am 21, and for the past two weeks I’ve been feeling I’m going crazy. I’ve been having extreme racing thoughts, disturbed sleeping patterns, bouts of repeatedly screaming at the top of my lungs, hitting things when something insignificant sets me off, fast talking, pounding my thighs with my fists, rapid mood changes, and [...]
Q: I hope you can give me at least some degree of advice on a big problem. My dad is 80 years old, and my mother 76. My mom has Alzheimer’s Disease. Dad has always been a flirt, but in the past 6-12 months he has really gone out of control. He flirts with his [...]
Q: My therapist recently told me she believes she has seen me dissociate in her office. She wonders if I might have some type of a dissociative disorder in addition to my previously diagnosed Bipolar I Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Since I didn’t know anything about dissociative disorders, I went online to learn more [...]
Q: Thank you for this site. I’m sure it helps many. I have a response-question to the post My Long-Distance Relationship is Making Me Crazy. My long-time friend has just moved back into the area where we first met and for the first time in 3 years is living in close proximity to me. Now [...]
Q: I’m a 35-year-old man with a wife and two-year-old son, and my family and I have been living in a foreign country. I have been working for the same company for the past 11 years. My problem is that I have problems when speaking that I think will keep me from advancing to a [...]
