Illegal drugs/alcohol abuse Articles

Can I Go to Another Counselor?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, March 17th, 2012
I spoke with a Clinical Pyschologist around 2 yrs ago when I having trouble with what I felt was mild pyschosis from pot withdrawal. I was told that my issues were not pyschotic and more likely that I had an anxiety disorder. I nearly laughed ...
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[Video] Best Friend Hallucinates His Ex Turns Into Me

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Monday, March 12th, 2012
What does it mean when my best friend tells me he has hallucinations, when he hangs out with his ex girlfriend, where she literally turns into me for a few minutes, and then turns back into herself? I'm starting to worry about his sanity. And ...
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Looking for LGBTQ Drug Rehab

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, February 19th, 2012
Discharged from US Navy in 2001 "as a covenience to the government" and diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder w/Schizoid Features. Went home and started using meth on a regular basis, soon selling drugs to support my habit. Busted with two ounces of cocaine in 2001 ...
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Helpers Disagree on Ways to Help Me

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, February 5th, 2012
I am currently in a program called Drug Court in VA. I have been in the program for almost 3 years. I have worked on very heavily the abandonment issues from my Father. I have come to a very comfortable point of acceptance, ...
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Does Psychosis Go Away on its Own?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Saturday, February 4th, 2012
About 8mths ago, my husband woke one day and said he was hearing voice, he complained of headaches; he wasn’t sleeping and became very religious. He said my family had tried to poison him or something spiritual- he also was paranoid. He was very cold, ...
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Think I Have Mild Schizophrenia

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Okay well I'm a very paranoid person when it comes to phone calls, For example if i get a call (unknown number or known) Ill look at my phone and wont answer because i feel as if the person on the other line either knows ...
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What Is Causing Brain Fog?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, January 2nd, 2012
Like 4 years ago i was a very intelligent woman. my vocabulary was on point, was widely knowledgeable on most topics. I was very confident, i could have readily given an impromptu speech to a whole nation. TODAY???? I am this dumb 30year old who ...
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Life Is a Living Hell

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Sunday, January 1st, 2012
I’m a 20-year-old male whose life is a living hell. I can start back when I was younger at about age 7 my dad died and left me with a family of 3 girls. By 16 I was over my dads death but still was ...
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Murderous Thoughts

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Im medicated for auditory hallucinations but I have troubling thoughts about committing murder and continuing to drugs. I was diagnosed with severe depression and possible schizophrenia (my doctors aren't sure). I was prescribed Citalopram (30 mg) for the depression and Abilify (1 mg) for ...
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Anxiety & Control Issues

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
I have been dealing with anxiety for probably 15 years. I have little or no depression associated with this. I have an extreme need to control things and fix things. I can't stand things being wrong or not done. It helps me at work ...
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Addict’s Parents Refuse To Help

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
Hi, I'm only writing this to a website because I am absolutely at a loss. For as long as I can remember, my best friend has been dealing with her two brothers being drug addicts. One doesn't live at home with her and ...
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Separation Anxiety Disorder

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
I'm 18 years old and I was home schooled until my sophomore year in high school. When I was in second grade my parents had to pull me out of school and home school me because I would throw up everyday before school and I ...
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