The following questions are related to ‘Sleep’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: I divorced 2 years ago. I moved out from our country home with my daughter, who is a high functioning autistic person (APDD). She is 24 and has been working at retail for 6 years now. I didn’t manage to get much money from my husband because I was scared, and I am sure [...]
Q: Over the past 3 years or so I have been having some incredibly disturbing dreams about my family — in all of which one or more die from an horrific death. I’ve dreamed that my brother died in a drive-by shooting and from drowning (both separate dreams) and that my Mum died of cancer. [...]
Q: I have been married for 8 years to my wife, whom I did not know well when she got pregnant. We have a wonderful friendship, albeit with no sex or sleeping together. She has divulged to me that she suffered sexual abuse as a child. Since I work in the education field with students [...]
Q: I am a 40-year-old male from Malaysia. I have prolonged depression, currently being treated with Cymbalta, but I still find it very difficult to wake up in the morning. (I am drowsy most of the time.) It does become better when I have eaten. In many cases, I spend much of my time sleeping [...]
Q: I was on Celexa before and had a manic reaction to it, so I was switched to Zoloft which I have been taking for 2 months now. Recently my Doctor upped my dosage to 100 mg due to my depression and anxiety still being present. Since the dosage change I have been experiencing odd [...]
Q: I was taking 200mg of Serzone at bedtime for 12 years. My doctors have recently taken me off and will no longer prescribe. I have tried many antidepressants and this was the only medication that seemed to agree with me, my main problems being anxiety and insomnia. Please recommend a medication that is similiar [...]
Q: I have had a problem for several months now. Ever since I was a pre-teenager, I’ve known that my mind has a lot of control over my body. For example, when I was younger, I had a fear of getting appendicitis, and this fear would often make me feel as if my stomach was [...]
