The following questions are related to ‘Psychiatry’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: My wife was recently diagnosed with Schizophrenia, Undifferentiated Type. She is 27 years old. She was put on Haldol, Cogentin (for extrapyramidal symptoms) and Ativan (as needed). I am concerned that she may have been diagnosed incorrectly. She is clearly paranoid much of the time. For example, she refuses to touch the stove or […]
Q: I have been married for 3 years and 2 months. My wife and I have no children. My question is about anger issues that my wife appears to have. Just how much yelling/screaming/swearing is normal in a marriage? My parents argued, but they almost never raised their voices to one another. (I can only […]
Q: I think my wife is delusional and paranoid. She believes she is being followed by a woman (who she says is my girlfriend) as well as this woman’s friends and family. None of this is true. She also believes that these people call her a shoplifter and other derogatory things. My wife even claims […]
Q: I’m from Europe and I experienced some real problems after returning from my vacation in New York City. I had been smoking “weed”, but I think it might have been laced with PCP (phencyclidine) or something because I ended up in a mental hospital being treated for what the doctors thought was an unspecified […]
Q: I was taking Prozac for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) for about 6 months. I was on a dose of 60 mg per day for about 3 months. However, I started having “brain shivers.” I have heard that such things can happen if you change your dose, but I wasn’t lowering my dose or raising it. […]
Q: My doctor just changed my antidepressant from Wellbutrin to Zoloft because I started having side effects from the Wellbutrin. My question is is it okay for me to take Zoloft with my other medications? I take medicine for migraines. My doctors have me taking 1 x 50 mg Pamelor/Aventyl, and 3 x 20 mg […]
Q: I have an 11-year-old granddaughter who is very bright and talented but has always been fairly “hyper” and prone to temper tantrums. Her mom (my daughter) is divorced from the child’s father, is remarried and has had two more children. Because of her temper tantrums (which seemed to happen more often at home), she […]
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