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

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 was reading up on Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) because my mother thinks I might have it. I don’t think I have ADD, but I did come across something that caught my attention and described me to an extent. The issue I stumbled across is called “hyperfocus.” I am able to focus very intently [...]

Q: My mother is 61 years old, and I consider her to be a hypochondriac. She is completely focused on mysterious health problems and sees numerous specialists for complaints that most of us believe don’t really exist. As a result, she takes a number of medications, including some very strong pain meds. My sister and [...]

Q: I am a 50-year-old male. I lost most of my vision about 11 years ago from a virus and am now legally blind. I was also diagnosed with depression 2 years ago by my doctor, and he put me on 20 mg of paroxetine per day. I have always been an “antisocial” person, but [...]

Q: I’m a 25-year-old Dutch female, and I’ve been suffering with what my psychiatrist called Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Hypochondriasis, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic attacks, and mild Depression for over a year now. I obsess over all of the symptoms that I have (along with many other things, like my love life, what the future [...]