The following questions are related to ‘Bipolar’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: I have some things going on in my life that cause me distress but which I just can’t seem to control. The main thing has to do with my parents, specifically my mom. My mom has big mood swings and will go from being nice to totally catastrophic. I mean every couple of weeks […]
Q: I am a 20-year-old male and I believe I have Borderline Personality Disorder. My first doctor just prescribed me Prozac for four weeks. It didn’t help at all. Then Anafranil (because I also have OCD) was prescribed, along with some anxiolytics. Still, there were no good results. I thought the Anafranil might help me […]
Q: My boyfriend and I have lived together for nearly five years. He doesn’t seem to fit the accepted profile of an “abuser.” He isn’t jealous and doesn’t seek to isolate me or control money. Still, he is verbally abusive, and his temper is genuinely terrifying: he throws/smashes things. He has hit me once, after […]
Q: A friend was diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) years ago. The psychiatrist treating her prescribed Zoloft. After that, she got very hyperactive, couldn’t eat or sleep, and lost TONS of weight in a short time. She also TALKED a mile a minute. She had to come off the Zoloft because her symptoms were […]
Q: I am eighteen years old and I am afraid that I might have Bipolar Disorder. I am almost always either depressed or crazy happy. When I’m depressed, I don’t want to eat or sleep or talk to anybody. I also have anger outbursts towards friends and family, and I sometimes play with the idea […]
Q: My mother-in-law is bipolar and has decided to “start over” — again! She ran away from home at 17 to be with some guy, and she’s left many relationships to be with someone else. She has been with the same guy for the 12 years that I’ve known her but only got married three […]
Q: I’ve been seeing a therapist for the past month or so for anxiety and depression and am taking Seroquel and lithium and may possibly take an antidepressant in the future. My family has a history of Bipolar Disorder. My grandfather was institutionalized for it, and my brother and sister have both been diagnosed. My […]
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