The following questions are related to ‘Medications’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: Does Attention Deficit Disorder ever get worse? I struggled with ADD as a child but at age 12 it got better. I was diagnosed at age 20 with mild ADD. However, over the past several years it seems to have become worse. I now take medication and don’t function too well without it. I […]
Q: I keep having intrusive thoughts about having sexual intercourse with my mother and younger sister. I also have the intrusive thought that I might urinate uncontrollably at any given moment. These thoughts are driving me crazy! These thoughts make me feel like a horrible perverted person. I am a 27-year-old male who was diagnosed […]
Q: I have been in a relationship with my girlfriend for over a year now. Things are going well, with the exception of her sex drive becoming non-existent about 3 months ago. I confronted her about it and she claimed the reason is because she wasn’t “as close or exposed” to me as she is […]
Q: I have a strange question/problem. Recently, I’ve been having a problem whenever I count. Whenever I get to the number twelve, instead of going on to thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, etc., I start over at one. It screws me all up, because I then have to recount, or add whatever number I get to, to […]
Q: I have been thinking about getting professional help. Twelve years ago I was physically and sexually abused by my stepfather. I still have a lot of trouble. I’ve developed epilepsy, I cry a lot, I have very low self-confidence. People are always telling me, I should have confidence, they say I’m pretty, I’m smart…but […]
Q: I’ve been on Accutane for about 6 weeks and been off it for 2 weeks. Since then I’ve had really severe depression. I’ve developed a fear of death and have been having very irrational fears. (After the pills I think about it all the time.) The anxiety and the depression are overwhelming. I was […]
Q: I suffer from Major Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). My question is I often walk leaning to one side if I come under any kind of stress or within a foot of another individual. This happens even with people I really like and trust. In hallways […]
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