The following questions are related to ‘Anxiety and Stress’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: I am 43 years old and was first diagnosed with Panic and Anxiety 18 years ago. I’ve been on Cipram 20 mg for three years now for Panic and Anxiety disorder. My doctor reduced my medication 10 days ago to 10 mg and plans to eventually stop it altogether within four to six weeks. […]
Q: My daughter is 8 years old and has been refusing to attend school lately. This has surprised my wife and me because her teachers have always told us what an excellent student our daughter is. She has always received good reports in every academic field, and her teachers speak highly of her. Our daughter […]
Q: I am from Delhi, India and I am a 22-year-old computer science college student. I have had symptoms of OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) like hand-washing and performing rituals, etc. since childhood, as well as slight ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) symptoms like being unable to hold concentration on class lectures or a study task for too […]
Q: I’ve been down every road — be it a 5-year depression, paranoid thoughts, severe anxiety, to even considering shooting up my own school. I’m not depressed anymore, or angry enough to shoot up a school. And I think I’ve solved a lot of my problems. But it hasn’t been easy. All my life I’ve […]
Q: I believe that I might have an anxiety disorder. I might also have had a depression once before. The reason I think I might have anxiety is that sometimes before a big party or before a meeting with people I do not know well, my heart beats rapidly. A series of incidents have recently […]
Q: Just recently, I’ve started to cut myself — only small cuts, but they have become deeper, and I am cutting more and more every time. Please don’t become alarmed and think I’m suicidal. I definitely am not. I’ve just been feeling the urge to do this. One of my best friends has done it […]
Q: I would like to hear your comments on things I can do to help me sleep. I was given Ambien for a sleep disorder and became hooked on it for years. I have finally gotten off the Ambien after a year of intensive therapy, but I am still struggling to sleep. At times I […]
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