‘Bipolar’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 4

Q: I am a 22-year-old college student. When I was 19 I was diagnosed with Dysthymic depression. The medication and counseling I received helped a lot, but there were still some issues that I was dealing with that weren’t resolved, such as an inability to focus, being easily distracted, spending hours more in the library [...]

Q: I understand that teenagers in divorced families want an opportunity to live with the other parent as they get older, I really do. But what do I do when my ex is an unmedicated manic depressive? This kid and I have been taken through the ringer over the years. Most recently was when his [...]

Q: I’ve been seeing a psychiatrist every few weeks for a couple of months now, but only to regulate my ADHD medication and not for any sort of therapy. I am extremely attracted to him, and I think he is too, but I know there are ethical issues with this. Is there any way I [...]

Q: My son is 26, and he says he “can’t” control his impulses — e.g., spending money, drinking, aggressive attitude, not going to work, etc. He believes he needs drugs to learn how to control himself. Basically, I want to know is there possibly any truth in the claim that he “can’t”.

A: This is a [...]

Q: What is an unprecedented mental urgency to leave immediately? I don’t get it! And now I am fired from a job I loved.
I was at work, minding my business, working alone; I did have a lot of personally stressing relationship issues on my mind that day, so that might have something to do [...]