‘Panic’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist

Q: I’ve been dealing with mild anxiety my whole life. I’ve had a couple major panic attacks, one when I was 12 and the other at age 23. I was able to overcome those, but for some reason I’m experiencing some anxiety lately that feels very different. I’ve had to deal with numerous stressful issues [...]

Q: My 12-year-old son began having panic attacks about eight weeks ago. He said he could not breath, so we took him to a pediatrician who checked out his breathing and said that he felt that he was having anxiety and put him on 25 mg of Zoloft. A few weeks went by, and he [...]

Q: I seem to have treatment-resistant Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia. I say this because, as far as I am aware, I have tried every conceivable treatment for my anxiety disorder. This long list includes: multiple SSRIs, tricyclic antidepressants, beta blockers, off-label uses of medications such as Seroquel and Neurontin, Vistaril and other antihistamines, BuSpar, various [...]

Q: I am an 18-year-old male, and about a year ago I had what I believed to be food poisoning. I threw up early in the morning, skipped breakfast because I did not really feel like eating and went to school. That whole week, whenever I ate lunch at school, I felt sick to my [...]

Q: I’m a 40-year-old female who has smoked for 25 years. Each time I’ve tried to quit, I get physical symptoms that I have read are normal and should go away. For example, I get a sore throat. For most people this lasts a couple of weeks. But mine lasts three months, which is as [...]