‘Hallucinations’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 5

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 [...]

Q: I recently dated a 28-year-old man diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. Two months into the relationship he admitted that after a night of heavy drinking he had slept with someone else. Completely remorseful, he told me that he sexually fantasises about most women that he meets. He admitted that in all previous relationships he had [...]

Q: A twelve-year old family member has been prescribed Zoloft for anxiety and OCD. Risperdal was added to counter the Zoloft side effects of paranoia and hallucinating. After six months of taking two drugs in addition to counseling, his anxiety and OCD are under control. However, he has just developed a tremor from the Risperdal. [...]

Q: My lifelong friend (33 years) is married to man who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia during the first Gulf War, apparently after having been “given a pill” by the Army. He was discharged and, according to her, became a meth addict who is now a convicted sex offender. She was aware of this prior [...]

Q: My sister is 18, soon to be 19, and has had a problem with wetting the bed her whole life. She also likes to make up stories and cuts herself. Excuses for her behaviors are always blamed on voices inside her head and they will get mad if she talks about them. We have [...]