July 2nd, 2008 by Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker (General)
Q: hi i have 2 kids 41/2 and 3 and i just recently started watching my friends 2 daughters who are 2 and 3 and i feel like im gonna go crazy,i just cant deal with the combination of the 4 kids togehtor,my son and her oldest are constantly after each other i feel bad im doing my friend a favor she has cancer and currently unable to walk well long story behind that,am i a bad person for not wanting to watch them anymore ...
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July 2nd, 2008 by Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker (General, Depression)
Q from New Zealand: Two years ago I became very anxious and suicidally depressed. I attempted suicide 3 times, the last time while hospitalised. I am 'lucky' to be alive after a fairly lethal attempt. Prior to that I had no psychiatric history.
I now realise that I was in an emotionally abusive relationship. My husband was very depressed, emotionally disturbed (I believe from some childhood experiences), and also suffered from a mild traumatic brain injury that occurred just after we were married 13 years ago.
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June 30th, 2008 by Kristina Randle, LCSW (Schizophrenia)
Q. From Southeast Asia: Hi! I would like to share my personal experience about this incurable disease and ask your opinion whether it is SCHIZOPHRENIA, or something caused by wicked negative forces known to man as evil.
I came from a family of professionals (e.g. educators, lawyers, and engineers), one of my relatives is an award-winning inventor. There is no history of mental illness in my family and I was wondering how did I get this disease. (But I still believe that I'm not ...
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June 30th, 2008 by Kristina Randle, LCSW (Depression, Therapy)
Q. Recently I was given a BDI that showed I was severely depressed. I was put back on medication: 20mg lexapro, 60 mg buspirone, .5mg clonazapam, and 100mg seroquel (to help me sleep). It's been a few weeks now of this and I've gone from no sleep (total insomnia) to just numbness. I don't feel anything. I feel as though I am outside my body looking in. I don't feel grounded. The main thing though is I'm still having thoughts of suicide. I've dreamed of ...
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June 30th, 2008 by Kristina Randle, LCSW (Anxiety, Therapy)
Q. Roughly a year ago I had an incident at a restaurant where I became physically ill after eating. I had had this problem years ago but always figured it was the food. Now I'm not so sure. I have come to a point that I get so anxious and it affects my stomach, with diarrhea and nausea. I get so anxious before going to a restaraunt that I often just don't go or get food to go. I have talked myself through a ...
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June 30th, 2008 by Kristina Randle, LCSW (Illegal drugs/alcohol abuse)
Q. For a few months now I've been considering quitting drinking. The view I'm looking at it from is that quitting can make me a healthier and happier person in the long run. Are there certain techniques or some sort of outline people use when they make this big a lifestyle change?
A. I am glad that you want to quit drinking. I am also pleased to read that you recognize that it may be difficult to stop drinking on your own and that you ...
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June 30th, 2008 by Kristina Randle, LCSW (Relationships)
Q. I have lived with my boyfriend for just about three years now. I love him very much, maybe a little too much. ok, here's the problem: He knows that he has mental health issues, but refuses help and/or treatment. I dont know what to do. His mood swings are ridiculous and they hurt me. Often i sleep in another room. When it is really bad for him, he becomes very obsessive. Mostly about what i am doing/not doing, while he’s at work. or ...
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June 29th, 2008 by Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker (General)
Q: From a Florida teen: (This is a much-edited post.)
Hey there, A couple years ago (sometime around the summer tenth or eleventh grade) I began see an advantage to an atheist life. I've never pegged myself to be a guy with mental problems-but rest assured I went quite crazy at times. The biggest turning point was when the pressure of having to do what was right according to Christiantiy's standards surrounded me, consuming everything I enjoyed sexually, or else wise. I felt this ...
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June 29th, 2008 by Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker (General, Relationships)
Q: From an American guy: I made friends with a young lady almost two years ago, we became close, I disclosed alot of personal and private information to her, she started having sex, my wife caught onto what was going on, Ive tried to end it with her over and over. A few months ago, her mother called my wife at work and spilled the beans, she told my wife I got her daughter pregnant in Nov and she is due this August, she ...
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June 29th, 2008 by Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker (General)
From an 18 year old in Poland: My last boyfriend left me over a year ago. Since then there was no one I ever liked. And now I've found someone I think I could be with. When I saw him for the first time I thought "I could be with such a man," and after some time I made up my mind and asked for his phone number. We've met each other already - there were other people too, because we went to the bar, ...
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June 29th, 2008 by Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker (General, Relationships, Sex)
Q from an American teen: I've shamefully become jealous of couples engaging in making out publicly. I'm an 18 year old, single, never had a girlfriend (that wasn't online/completely unseeable, hundreds of miles away and untouchable), never been kissed guy. One side of me says be patient and I'm too young, the other side of me remembers everyone's story about their first kiss in middle school, or how a 14 yr old (annoying)friend bragged to me about kissing, while the 17 year old me sat ...
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June 24th, 2008 by Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker (General)
Q: From American South: My wife and I have just separated. I've been sure that she was unfaithful to me, but she says no. I worry about her faithfulness, her relationship with our teenage son (too close to him), and that she has a mental issue. But after doing some reading on this site, I now wonder if its all me? She's been saying that, but I've been saying it's her.
It has come down to me being worried that she will take her relationship ...
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