Archive for October, 2007

She has issues with trust.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
From a college student: I have an issue with trust. I trust my boyfriend with secrets or things like that but i do not trust him with girls. I get very mad when he talks to other girls or looks at other girls. I ...
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How angry is it okay to be?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Hi, Two years ago I was living by myself 1200+ miles away from home. I was studying for a masters, but I was getting so depressed and going a little crazy by myself that I came back to live w/my family since this summer. I ...
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His girlfriend won’t get a job!

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, October 29th, 2007
My girlfriend and I have been living together for about a year with her two kids. She won't get a job because she says it will cost a lot of money to put her 4 year old in day care. She also tells me she ...
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She has trouble trusting her husband.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, October 29th, 2007
I am so confused. I do not know what to do. About a couple months back my husband lied to me about being at home. I work nights from 7p-7a and I usually call him at night around 8-9pm to say hi and check on ...
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I like a girl with paranoid schizophrenia, but should i get involved?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, October 28th, 2007
Q. In July of 2007, I spent time in a psych hospital. While I was there I met this girl. She was the most beautiful I have ever saw. I spent seven days there, and I left. Most of the days I spent in ...
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Antipsychotic medications that don’t cause diabetes type II

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Q. My son is diagnosed bipolar 2, and is currently on abilify (a specific for bipolar 1, and an increased risk for diabetes) and effexor. Can you suggest other medications specific for bipolar 2 that do not increase his diabetes risk that I might research? A. ...
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Is this post-partum depression?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Is it normal to encounter post partum depression when your baby is about 6 months old? Could this be post partum or just depression? A: Yes. It is in the normal range for a woman to develop post-partum depression up to a year after giving birth. ...
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She tells bf she wants to die to hurt him.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Whenever I am with my boyfriend we ususally have a good time, but mostly in the night time and getting ready for bed we start to fight about the most insignificant things. I get so angry with him I go nuts. I yell at him ...
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He loves her like a sister but wants to keep marriage.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
I have been married over 5 years, plus before marriage 3 years relationship but we have been living separately almost for 1year.My husband left home and he said that he loves but he is not in love with me. No exciment. After he left ...
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Friend betrayed me

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Q. Hey, I am 19 & Im writing to you cos I think im losing a really close friend, perhaps my only friend worth having & I don’t want that. Weve been friends for over a year now & shes always been there for ...
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I am scared to come out. What do you suggest?

By Holly Counts, Psy.D. on Sunday, October 21st, 2007
I am 21 and I have known I am gay for almost 6 years now but am too scared to tell anyone. The first 4 years of my questioning I was pretty much in denial. I have been raised in a Christian home where homosexuality ...
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I told my therapist I have a suicide plan.

By Holly Counts, Psy.D. on Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Q: A while back I told my therapist through email I have had a plan to kill myself since I was around 12. I am now 21. She hasn't really brought it up, and in a way I want her to. I want her ...
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