Archive for March, 2007

I don’t know if I should go or stay.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, March 31st, 2007
I was married very young and have three children, one who is only 7 weeks old. I remember getting married because I had a baby with him already and felt obliged. I started getting depressed with my situation when we had our ...
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My wife had an emotional affair.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, March 31st, 2007
I recently discovered my wife was having an affair with a co-worker. She swears they did not have sex, but the day I discovered this, she was with him the entire afternoon and they had planned on meeting at a local hotel. It ...
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We need help and can’t afford it!

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, March 31st, 2007
My girlfriend was recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder by a doctor who should have retired about a hundred years ago. I myself have bipolar and I really don't think she has it, but I don't know. I know you can't diagnose a person without ...
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My 10 year old hates me.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
My 10 year old daughter tells me all the time she hates me with no remorse. From the time she is up in the morning till the time she is in bed at night she is in a bad mood. If I try to talk ...
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My brother’s personality has completely changed.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, March 26th, 2007
Good Day. My brother's personality has completely changed over the past couple of days. He has never been an extrovert at all but now it seems that he has completely closed up. We, as brothers, haven't had the greatest of childhoods but I've never blamed ...
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My life has been hell for too long.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, March 26th, 2007
My life for the past 3 years has been hell. I was married. My father was killed in a car accident. My husband was an alcoholic so I got a divorce. I met and married someone else. Now this marriage ...
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Treatment for violent night terrors

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, March 26th, 2007
Q. I fall asleep at night and wake up bruised and stiff because I punch and kick and bite in my sleep. I have no recollection except occationally waking up feeling unable to breathe, or wimpering. Sometimes I wake up crying. I never remember my ...
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How do I get the help I need?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, March 26th, 2007
Q. I have been in and out of suicidal thoughts and actions for a few years now. I have tried therapy but feel the Doctor's I've dealt with give up on me too easy. I try my hardest to move on , I don't like ...
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Why does my son refuse to talk?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, March 25th, 2007
My son is 16, nearly 17. He has developed a habit over the last 3 years of not talking. He talks when it is something he is interested in but only in very difficult to hear sentences. When he doesn't know the answer he will ...
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What do I do if I don’t agree with a diagnosis?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
In August of this year they took my Fiance off of antidepressants after an incident at work that upset him. They diagnosed his bipolar disorder. His phychitrist since August has had him on Remron, Respirdal, Seraquel. They now have him taking ...
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My wife has detached from me.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
married 24 years,2 college kids in other states,absolutely feel my wife is who I want to be with till death, she is having a "middle age crisis" with her distain for male dominance in society and how it has a affected her life...I have ...
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Is it proper for a woman to visit male friends?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Should a woman be alone in a house with 2 men she really don't know too well? Is it proper for a woman who is in a relationship to go over and visit a house that 2 men are staying in, and it is ...
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