‘Sleep’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 3

Q: I have been on Prozac for some time, apparently without side effects. I am now 48 and menopausal and have struggled this year to find a natural or unnatural HRT (hormone replacement treatment) therapy that works for me. My doctor changed the antidepressant to Lexamil (a generic escitalopram) about a month ago, 20mg — [...]

Q: I divorced 2 years ago. I moved out from our country home with my daughter, who is a high functioning autistic person (APDD). She is 24 and has been working at retail for 6 years now. I didn’t manage to get much money from my husband because I was scared, and I am sure [...]

Q: Over the past 3 years or so I have been having some incredibly disturbing dreams about my family — in all of which one or more die from an horrific death. I’ve dreamed that my brother died in a drive-by shooting and from drowning (both separate dreams) and that my Mum died of cancer. [...]

Q: I have been married for 8 years to my wife, whom I did not know well when she got pregnant. We have a wonderful friendship, albeit with no sex or sleeping together. She has divulged to me that she suffered sexual abuse as a child. Since I work in the education field with students [...]

Q: I am a 40-year-old male from Malaysia. I have prolonged depression, currently being treated with Cymbalta, but I still find it very difficult to wake up in the morning. (I am drowsy most of the time.) It does become better when I have eaten. In many cases, I spend much of my time sleeping [...]