Archive for July, 2006
Sunday, July 30th, 2006
Q: We have been married for 7 years, My wife is 15 years younger (I"m 50) and although I believe I have a higher sex drive than she does, it is still good and healthy. I have been somewhat disturbed that when having sex she would leave her brasiere on and at times even her blouse. It has not been a major problem to me since I ask her to take it off and she does. My concern is the following; recently during "foreplay time" I was staring at her vagina and she snapped at me for the stare, and I asked her why she was upset since I enjoyed and would get aroused by looking. I have been the "Barber" for her in the ...
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Sunday, July 30th, 2006
Q: I had a huge lapse in judgement last week. I know it was wrong and i am so very sorry. i intentionally took too many sleeping pills. i wanted to end the thoughts and intense feelings. and my husband was there to witness everything. he watched them put me in an ambulance, and sat in the ER with me while I came in and out of conciousness. i really don't have much memory, it's all very fuzzy. but i hurt him bad. i don't know how to fix this. it wasn't directed at him; i only had myself in mind. i don'tknow how to make him understand and i don't know what to tell ...
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Saturday, July 22nd, 2006
Q. Hi. I just want to know if cutting and eating problems are related. You see I started cutting a little over a year ago and I was already weird about food. I had been 210 pounds and was determined to never be a fat cow like that again. I am now 141.2 pounds and I am trying to lose 20 pounds by the end of august. I have lost over 30 pounds in the last 4 months. I was really overweight. I am technically at a healthy weight but I am not happy with it. I still feel overweight and sometime obese. I jog a lot. I often get up at 5:30 in the morning to go joggin. I can no longer sleep and ...
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Saturday, July 22nd, 2006
Q. I had been on Prozac for about 15 years. After I retired, I decided I really didn't need to take this drug any longer and I tapered off it and have been totally off for several months. For the last two months, I have been very depressed. Today for the first time I was able to cry for a long period of time and I thought I would feel better since I had been blocking that for so long. I feel terrible. I do not want to start on an antidepressant again, but I also cannot go on like this. I read the book "Your Drug May be your Problem" and it was comforting to know I made a good decision to get off ...
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Saturday, July 22nd, 2006
Q. I have had alot of changes in the past year. Marriage, baby, new city, same job but different (boring) location. I inquired about post pardum depression when my baby was about a month old, but was told that it was hormones. Things haven't gotten better. I don't think about hurting my baby, I love him very much. I just don't have any patience, I'm constantly tired, I'm very irritable, bored at work (which should change in August), I cry often without a real reason & most of all have no motivation (at work or at home). I have recently realized that I am definitely depressed, just unsure if it is post pardum or not. I think that the biggest issue is the move to ...
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Saturday, July 22nd, 2006
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. I have been with a girl for last 8 months. Earlier she liked me. we Planned everything together. We shared our emotions and tried to understand each other. We laughed, cried, smile, play, eat we did everything together. It was after her exam she started going out with another guy in his class. In the mean time she kept me as a back up i guess. Now she says that you are just my friend and whenever I want to talk about the relationship with that guy she says i dont want to talk about when we are together. Now she has also started calling that new guy to our flat and i have just become a friend from boyfriend. I want her back. ...
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Saturday, July 22nd, 2006
Q. I observed a suicide approx. 2yrs ago and I just dealt with it on my own. I have had other events in my life happen that made this event take on a bigger proportion than it should have. I was stalked by a stranger for two years, and had as a result: nightmares, insomnia, ulcers, trouble eating etc. I went and talked to my family doctor who prescribed Zoloft which turned things around then the suicide occurred and brought everything back. Now I'm back on Zoloft because of recurring problems like insomnia, unable to concentrate, anti-social feelings, unable to cope with basic functions, short temper. My husband thinks I have PTSD. I would appreciate some insight.
A. I cannot say that everyone ...
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Saturday, July 22nd, 2006
Q. My 36 year old son has special needs and has been treated for biopolar for several years. He has gone through family problems including his much loved younger brother dying at 27 of a brain tumour and the father he loved leaving him to move away to another country and not allowing him to visit. The medication does nothing for his mood swings and I am having serious doubts that he does actually have biopolar. He attends a day centre and his care worker at the time when he was put on this medication told me that he didn't agree with the diagnosis or the medication. If he isn't bipolar could this medication be counterproductive? he still has mood swings and the medication doesn't ...
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Sunday, July 16th, 2006
Q: I've been depressed for 5 months already. I confessed to my boyfriend that I had cheated on him.My boyfriend doesn't believe I am depressed and I become more depressed.I have tried to commit sucuide so that I can get his attention.I don't do anything fun because he has isolated me from my friends.How can I get him to listen to me? I always throw myself on the floor and yell at him.I have also become obsessed. I cry so much that my eyes hurt and i get headaches.He doesn't talk to me when I do this.I can't break up with him because I know he is also sad that he can't help me. What can I do to stop this without having to ...
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Sunday, July 16th, 2006
Q: The advice Im seeking has to do with independence and trust. Im 19 years old and just moved to Texas due to someone breaking into my apartment and beating me up/ The person that did this was paid to break in by my dad. I have been sexual abused in my past from age 7 to 14, physically abused and verbally abused. Do to all of these events I have extreme trust issues. I hate depending on anyone else. Recently I got engaged to someone Ive been with for going on 4 years. We have a lot of trouble in our relationship because of my refusal to depend on him. I dont feel like I need to depend on him, but it makes him ...
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Sunday, July 16th, 2006
Q: In the past 5 years my wife has been violent, paranoid, over-reactive, dillusional and sexual with 6 other partners. I now although it seems too late am realizing she needs to be medicated, and from reading of disorders on-line, she seems to be symptomatic of literally several illnesses. She is currently in counceling and is considering meds (lithium and Depakote) but i am sure she is a patient whom paints a not so accurate picture of what she does to hurt others and why. Should i pity her? The youngest daughter has known me as "Daddy" for 6 of her 7 years, and i am frustrated knowing that the likelyhood of our pending healthy relationship is doomed due to her mother's repeated episodes. ...
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Sunday, July 16th, 2006
Q: I can't help but resist everything that comes my way, it's so bad I even resist my self. My boyfriend gives me everything I want and he works hard everyday to be able to do this. I don't work, and the only thing he asks of me is to keep our pad clean, do the dishes laundry etc... nothing fancy or outrageous,not spotless either, but I can't do it. I get whatever i want whenever i want it; money all the time shopping all day long, gambling at night, or whatever i so desire and all he wants from me is 1 hour tops cleaning the house and sometimes dinner when he gets home. I refuse to do it even ...
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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
-- Robert Frost
