The following questions are related to ‘OCD’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: Sorry to bother you, but I hope you can give me an answer. I have been diagnosed with OCD and every time I have sex (not very often due to this problem), even if I have used a condom and the pill, I worry that I’m pregnant even from the next day. I then [...]
Q: I have recently met a 4 ear old child who had ear infection hearing loss for over 2 years and is being given Adderall and Clonidine “to calm him down”. After 2 years of medication he is showing facial and hand twitching and is now being diagnosed as mildly retarded. I am so uncomfortable [...]
Q: My 14-year-old son has been diagnosed with OCD and GAD along with some paranoia. He actually goes a week or two without any paranoid episodes. Is that common? It seems that if he was paranoid, he’d always be paranoid. A: Great question! In clinical practice we encounter various types of paranoia and at different [...]
Q: I am a lady, 51 years old. I have suffered from the following symptoms since 17 years old, but felt not able to share my symptoms with anyone as I thought I was going MAD. I experience a voice in my head saying that people don’t like me. This voice is very believable and [...]
Q: I have recurring thoughts throughout the day. Usually these thoughts are questions that need to be answered, and these questions are highly sensitive in nature, usually about friends or family. If the questions are not answered, I get highly anxious and sometimes obsessive. Then this leads to a bad and moody day. This has [...]
Q: I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety disorder at a very early age. I have seen several psychologists about these problems but there is one that always seems to be drowned out. Whenever I see a psychologist they always want to focus on my depression and why I’m depressed, my childhood and what not. [...]
Q: I’m a lady 31 years old, married for 10 years, and I have two children. I love my family so much. My problem may have started years back but now it’s becoming very obvious to me. It’s that I doubt in everything around me. I always have a very pessimistic view about all that’s [...]
