The following questions are related to ‘Schizophrenia’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
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Q: I need some information about psychiatric illnesses. I am 29 and have gone through substance abuse treatment and have been clean and sober for over 2 years now. I have a brother who is 33 who I thought was also alcoholic, but now I’m coming to believe he is schizophrenic. My brother claims people [...]
Q: I recently found that I have mostly likely been dealing with the effects of Asperger’s Syndrome for the last 20 years or so. Not knowing exactly what it was until within the last year, I have learned to adapt to and deal with most of the negative side effects. While I have for the [...]
Q: I am a male in my early 20s, and get risperidone for Schizophrenia. Because of this medication, my psychiatrist has sometimes ordered me to have a blood test and EKG. The worst thing isn’t the blood test, but the EKG. For some unexplained reason, I feel it is a kind of sexual abuse when [...]
Q: During the last 5 months, my wife has been having a problem she doesn’t want to discuss with a doctor. She always feels that everybody in her life is against her. She feels that my baby girl (age 4) and I are involved in a conspiracy against her. Even the TV programs and radio [...]
Q: I have a brother who recently revealed that once he started to hang around on his own he met two people, which became his ‘best’ friends. For a year or more he was in the belief that they existed, and he would talk to them and listen to their advice. He says they actually [...]
Q: My mind is playing tricks on me. I hear things, mostly whispering, but there is no one else around. I have an overwhelming feeling that someone is watching me, or that people on the street or in a store somehow know my thoughts and are talking about me. This makes it increasingly difficult to [...]
Q: OK, I’m not hearing voices exactly. I am being treated for depression (Zoloft 100 mg) and Seroquel 25 mg at night to help me sleep. I’ve been on Zoloft for 15 years and the Seroquel for about three years. For many years, however, and even before I started the above meds, when I’m lying [...]
