The following questions are related to ‘Sleep’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
Q: I have been diagnosed with depression, and I am currently receiving treatment for it. However, I am still having a lot of anxiety as well as problems sleeping. Is there anything that I can do to help with these these things besides just taking the medication I’ve been given? I am in a perpetually [...]
Q: How do I know if my stress is becoming a serious problem? I grew up in a very stressful home environment where all I remember is yelling and arguments between my mom and my step-dad. I am now 27 years old, and for the past 10+ years I have been on and off of [...]
Q: Ever since I was a little girl, I can remember times when I woke up not being able to remember the events of the previous day. Slowly, things would come back to me. I never forgot who I was, where I was, or anything like that, but I woke up in a state of [...]
Q: I’m a 15-year-old girl, and I am too afraid to sleep alone in my room. So, I go sleep with my mom. I know this is not normal and that I must have a problem. I’m simply too afraid to be by myself. In 3 years I’m going to be an adult. How am [...]
Q: OK, I’m not hearing voices exactly. I am being treated for depression (Zoloft 100 mg) and Seroquel 25 mg at night to help me sleep. I’ve been on Zoloft for 15 years and the Seroquel for about three years.
For many years, however, and even before I started the above meds, when I’m lying in [...]
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