Q: I genuinely hate people, at a core level. This creates an amount of constant anxiety which I’ve been treating with a combination of Zoloft (50mg/day) and Klonopin (2mg/day). Klonopin helps greatly with the anxiety, Zoloft helps to calm the racing thoughts I have, and then every once in a while I’ll smoke marijuana because [...]

Q: I have a very dear friend I have known for about four years now. In the past 18 months, he has lost his dad and his identical twin brother. Prior to losing his dad, he spent 15 months caring for him as he was very ill. During the time I have known him, he [...]

Q: I need help with my mother. She is 54 years old and lives alone. My father passed away a few years ago, and since then she has basically lived the same isolated life. But for a few years now she has been increasingly paranoid about where she lives. She constantly moves from apartment to [...]

Q: I’m a 22-year-old man and for most of my life I’ve been unhappy. I developed epilepsy as a kid and it has really destroyed my personality. Every day is an inner struggle. I fight with myself just to get work done, get up in the morning, or take on ANY kind of responsibility. I [...]

Q: Some nights, when I’m just about to go to sleep, I might hear a voice. It is quite clear, and I can make out that it is my girlfriend who is speaking. Upon hearing this voice, even though I’m in a state of only half-consciousness, I try to stay awake by moving around and [...]

Q: I’ve had Schizoaffective Disorder since I was 13. I think I am in need of a new psychiatrist who can give me real help and finally make me feel better. I’ve had the same psychiatrist since I was 14, and I’m still feeling regularly depressed and exhausted and I’ve gained a lot of weight. [...]

Q: I’m curious as to what the definition of mental health is or what the criteria might be. I have read the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association) and notice how its criteria for mental illnesses are merely lists of symptoms. So, I’m wondering what the standard, or model of health, [...]