Are My Bipolar Medications Too Strong?
Q: I’ve been diagnosed with bipolar disorder for almost 2 years now. I have been prescribed Abilify 30 mg and Cymbalta 60mg. Two side effects I dislike are as follows…
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Anxiety and Bowel Urgency Help
Q: I am suffering from panic attacks at public transportation, where I feel the urgent need to use the toilet. I am taking seroxat now. Can you help me, please?
Outgrowing ADHD Medications
Q: My son is an overall good kid, but over the past year or so he has been getting into a lot of fights. It seems he is the one who starts most of them. He has done community service twice for this. He is ADHD and takes Focalin 10 mg 3 x day. He […]
Treatment for Social Anxiety Disorder
Q: I wanted to know about severe social anxiety. I had it in college, and I still continue to have problems. I don’t know where to look when talking to people. I don’t know how fast or where to walk in the mall. It’s getting to the point where I don’t really want to go […]
OCD and Medication Issues
Q: My doctor prescribed 20mg daily of paroxetine, for OCD and mild ADD. I do not suffer from depression. I have taken the drug for about 2 months now, and don’t notice any difference at all in obsessive, compulsive behaviours, or in concentration, which were not really extreme, but a little troublesome at times. I […]
Effexor and Magic Mushrooms?
Q: I am taking Effexor 150 mgs daily. In the long past I very much enjoyed an experience on magic mushrooms, ‘gold tops’. I would like to repeat this experience with a repeat of a very small amount of the fungi. What do you think of this? Please do not say you must not do […]
Up All Night, Seeing Bugs, Depressed
Q: I feel like something is going wrong in my head. I’m currently taking 50mg of Zoloft daily for panic attacks. I’ve been taking it for about 3 months. My family physician had me on Paxil for several months for depression and then the panic attacks started. The panic attacks seem to be among the […]