Q: My significant other’s brother has been diagnosed a Delusional Schizophrenic. What I am wondering is if he abruptly stops taking his medication, what can and will most likely happen? Also was wondering if he can experience headaches? A: Under no circumstances should he abruptly stop is medication! If he stops his medication, gradually or [...]

Q: I wondered what your view was regarding hearing voices and seeing images? Is there any difference if you hear voices coming from outside, to voices which you think are occurring inside your head? From my very limited knowledge, it appears that voices that talk to you from the outside would be more likely linked [...]

Q: I have a few unanswered questions, hope you can help clarify them for me. What are the main differences between Schizotypal and Schizoid Personality Disorder? And what are the main differences between high functioning Autism and Asperger’s? How do you decipher if the person is encountering strong intrusive thoughts that they have succumbed to [...]

Q: I am suffering from serious problems. Mainly initially it used to be in sexual fantasies. Now I am feeling my eyes have become corrupt as some bad thing filled my eyes and my whole body is intoxicated (may be due to bad hormone levels) and I am frequently having bad thoughts. For some time [...]

Q: My husband stopped taking Effexor for depression about 2 months ago. He becomes agitated very easily and now thinks I want to kill him. I do not physically abuse my husband. It scares me that he thinks this. Am I safe? A: There are several issues in this brief question. First, Effexor is an [...]

Q: What do you call a person that is constantly thinking that you took something from them. Is it a disorder? A: There’s not a lot of information in your question. Took what — money, lawnmower, food, drugs, etc.? What age is the individual? What’s your relationship to them? Have you taken something from them [...]

Q: I am a third year college Mass Communication student in the Phillippines and am doing an Investigative research on exorcism. Part of this is to deeply explore “possession” as its main root. For my questions, is possession merely a case of psychological illness? Is it all about a person’s mental state and there is [...]