The following questions are related to ‘Medications’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: About 18 months ago my husband began taking Paxil for social anxiety, and it has affected our lives in many positive ways. It has truly been a blessing to see how much more comfortable he is in everyday life. But recently he began to sleep walk after each night he had been drinking. It’s […]
Q: I’m a 28-year-old guy who still lives at home, has never had a steady job, with no car and no friends. Why? Because I can’t stand to be around people. I can barely go outside because all I can think about is that people are watching and judging me. I can’t have a conversation […]
Q: I cannot stand to eat around other people because I cannot stand the noise. The sound of other people’s chewing, biting, smacking just drives me nuts! I try to tune it out but end up focusing on the noise. Can you help me put a label on this condition? I have other symptoms of […]
Q: I recently found that I have mostly likely been dealing with the effects of Asperger’s Syndrome for the last 20 years or so. Not knowing exactly what it was until within the last year, I have learned to adapt to and deal with most of the negative side effects. While I have for the […]
Q: Recently I have had a lot of thoughts about dying. It has never bothered me before, and nothing has happened recently to anyone close to me. I seem to get really worried and instantly start imagining something happening such as a car wreck or another horrific event. It happens multiple times a day, and […]
Q: I was widowed after 43 years in mid-2007. Since this time I have found that I am bored, likely depressed, and feeling rather useless. My norm before this time was accomplishing things, and being busy. I find that my motivation level is almost nil and that my desire to keep things up is really […]
Q: I am a male in my early 20s, and get risperidone for Schizophrenia. Because of this medication, my psychiatrist has sometimes ordered me to have a blood test and EKG. The worst thing isn’t the blood test, but the EKG. For some unexplained reason, I feel it is a kind of sexual abuse when […]
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