Author Archive for Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW

Could I Be Bipolar?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, May 7th, 2012
Hi, I was wondering if I could be bipolar. All I know is, I cannot sleep. Right now it's 12 30 am, im tired and sleepy but i just don't feel like sleeping, and this happends every night. Also, i have many episodes of mood ...
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I Think I’m Schizoid — What Should I Do?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, May 6th, 2012
I've taken the "tests" and come out that I could be an intermediate schizoid. I live at home with my parents and the times I have bought it up, they avoid the question. They can't understand why I can't simply ignore it or control my ...
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Isolated and Feel Horrible Inside

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Saturday, May 5th, 2012
I feel really depressed a lot of the time sometimes I feel completely numb and empty and my I get shooting pains in my heart, and other times I feel so panicked and frustrated and my heart beets out of my chest. the problem I ...
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Obsessed with Harmful Behaviors

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, May 4th, 2012
I have a good life, job, home, family yet I think everyday about wishing i were dead. I have cut in the past which I know I am too old to do, I have the scars on my arms but still think about it ...
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Grieving Husband’s Loss

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
My husband was ill for 10 years before he died. He died 15 years ago when he was 47. I did not realize I was avoiding a lot of the pain. I had my own deals, i.e., brain surgery as a kid, legally blind from ...
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Anxiety about Schizophrenia

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
I have a question about state i am currently in. I'm 22 year old female, engineering student. 2.5 months ago my relative had a psychosis and was diagnosed schizophrenia. As i am a member of family i heard a lot of symptoms that she had ...
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Losing Touch with Reality

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
I think I'm going crazy. I feel like i have split personalities and they change back and forth between emotions. I'm seeing a therapist for anxiety. Sometimes He seems like different people,one minute I feel like he really wants to help me then the next ...
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Depression, On Meds & Still Have Issues

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, April 30th, 2012
I am a very blessed person with a great support group. I have depression and am on Celexa 20 mg 1 daily for it. I've been on it for probably 1 1/2 years. Lately I've been noticing more of my depression symptoms - lack ...
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Depression, Hallucinations & Feeling Like I’m Moving Really Fast

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, April 29th, 2012
Lately i have been feeling strange. Sometimes i can hear a bunch of voices screaming at me, but i can never make out what they're saying it just feels really loud and angry. When this happens i usually feel like i'm moving really fast, like ...
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Depressed, Suicidal & No One to Talk to

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Saturday, April 28th, 2012
hi. im 14. and to be honest, im really depressed. im suicidal almost every night, and sometimes in the daytime. im really mature for my age. i self harm a lot. i suffered for 2 years, stopped, then picked it up again. i have severe ...
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Who Can I Trust to Help?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
The hallucinations are starting up again. The more stress the more I'm declining. 2 little girls are drawing and playing on my sidewalk outside my door, and I can't stop thinking they're evil. Every little out of place noise makes me jump and my skin ...
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Schizotypal and Want to Stop My Medications

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
I was told by a psychologist that I had a paranoid personality disorder and was scizotypal. I have always struggled to be part of society and been depressed since I was a child, together with many other issues such as body dismorphia, eating disorders, social ...
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