Q: I’ve struggled with periods of depression for years. Four years ago I started receiving counseling. I was also prescribed Effexor, slow release 125 mg, and have continued to take them. I have felt great for 3 years now with no psychiatric input. But I ran out of my medicine four days ago. At first [...]
‘Therapy’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 102
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I Ran Out of Antidepressant and I’m Starting to Feel Bad
What Can I Do to Overcome My Fear of Having a Seizure?
Q: In the past year, I’ve developed a serious issue with anxiety that I feel I can no longer handle by myself. I have a seizure disorder, but it is under control with medication. Nonetheless, I constantly fear that I am going to have a seizure. The seizures can be triggered by going from one [...]
Is My Friend’s Husband Too Tied to His Mother, or is Something Else Wrong?
Q: A close friend told me she had finally found herself a good man. I was very happy for her. She said he was 55 and lived at home with his mother. He was a deacon in church, sang in the choir, and knew the Bible from beginning to end. He had just ended a [...]
Our Daughter Has Changed and is Controlling Our Lives
Q: I must be feeling desperate to go online and ask this question, but here goes. I actually had to leave my house tonight to get away. My 18-year-old daughter seems to run our lives. She is disrespectful and refuses to abide by any rules. This has actually been going on for a few years [...]
Is There Any Hope for My Son With Dissocial Personality Disorder?
Q: My son has “Dissocial Personality Disorder.” I cannot seem to find any kind of treatment, in fact I find there is no treatment. I cannot believe that there is nothing out there to help him. Please let me know if you know of anything that can be done. A: The term Dissocial Personality has [...]
Taking Xanax, and My Anxiety is Worse than Ever
Q: I am 19 years old, and I have been experiencing anxiety since I was 14, around the beginning of high school. Everything was fine for the first couple of days, but then I started feeling light headed and nauseous. My hands and neck went numb and I felt like I couldn’t move or I [...]
