Q: My friend told me that I might be having a disorder of the mind called Schizophrenia or Dissociative Identity Disorder, but I’m not exactly sure if I do or not because I haven’t been to see a doctor about it. I experience hallucinations which do scare me sometimes, for example I’ve seen a car [...]
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Q: What can you tell me about an experimental drug called Invega? Envega?
A: I can start off by telling you Invega is no longer “experimental”. In the United States, Invega has been approved for the treatment of Schizophrenia. While I’m not a physician or psychopharmacologist, I can give you some information about this new [...]
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Q: I can hear things that scare me. I can’t understand them. They’re just whispers when it’s quiet. My dad can hear them too. It’s stronger for him.
I know I’m not mental but it scares me. I read the characteristics of schizophrenic disorders and it doesn’t match up. Please help.
A: You are describing auditory hallucinations [...]
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Q: I was on Celexa before and had a manic reaction to it, so I was switched to Zoloft which I have been taking for 2 months now. Recently my Doctor upped my dosage to 100 mg due to my depression and anxiety still being present. Since the dosage change I have been experiencing odd [...]
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Q: What are these moods I’m experiencing? I can be fine for weeks or even months at a time acting as my normal self, just very much an introvert (that’s normal for me) but then all of a sudden something will happen or set me off. I’ll get really angry over something, so bad that [...]
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