The following questions are related to ‘Bipolar’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: I have an online friend who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder a while ago, and I’m becoming increasingly concerned about her. She is quite fascinated by the Columbine shooting, watching and reading everything she can about it. She expressed to me that she has a crush on one of the shooters and that she […]
Q: In 2007, I was diagnosed with Bipolar I and PTSD from years of physical, emotional and sexual abuse in childhood and early adulthood. Today I saw a new psychiatrist and she added adult ADD/ADHD and dissociative disorder to my diagnoses. Is it possible or common for psychiatrists to miss or combine some diagnoses/symptoms in […]
Q: I’m a 16-year-old girl. I have been told my whole life that I have two personalities. Recently this has become a serious issue. People have told me I suddenly act aggressively — that I hit, swear, and throw things — then behave as if I have done nothing wrong. It’s like I am aggressive […]
Q: I was looking up various things, such as bipolar, schizophrenia, narcissism and various others out of curiosity, and came across cyclothymia and realised it’s the exact description of how I behave and think. Could you give me some advice? What should I do? I don’t feel that bad; I thought this is how everyone […]
Q: Sometimes I feel happy and good but sometimes I feel very down and depressed. Deep down I know that I’m smart and that I can accomplish things, but when I’m in a bad mood, I start doubting all that. Last year I was depressed more than I was happy. People around think I’m a […]
Q: Frequently my wife will just suddenly get angry. Something that isn’t planned or is otherwise bad usually instigates it, but the explosive bursts of anger are so out of proportion to what’s actually happening. When I tell her not to make such a big deal out of it, things will be okay, there’s no […]
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 […]
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