I have been in a dating relationship with a female for ten months. After 4 months I found out she was seeing a psychologist for depression. She told me she was taking Zoloft. She has problems sleeping and she just told me that she had been hearing negative voices for a long time and they don't go away. I ask her if she had told her psychologist about the negative voices and she said she hadn't. Should I be concerned about continuing in this relationship? I am widowed and my wife passed away from cancer and I am 63 years and very healthy.

hi,
my name is XXXXXXX and i have a few questions about it. my girlfriend haven't had her period yet, it supposed to be today, but instead she bled this dark blood, and she told me that she had a stomach ache, is this alright? and can this make her feel uncomfortable? angry? change of mood?

I am almost 21 years old, weight 130, with a height of 5'5". I have noticed a pattern in changes in my body over the past year. I have had both physical and metal changes and was curious if they were connected to one another. I have had extremely irregular periods, slight abdominal pains, and a decrease in my diet that have been going on for the last three months. I do not seem to be losing weight and have never had problems with my diet before now. I have always had a big appetite up until now where I fill up after 6-7 bites. I don't crave food like before and have found myself forcing it down just to stay healthy.
I was prescribed to a birth control that has been helping control my periods over the last 3 years. I have been having regular periods for the last 2 years up until about three months ago.
At first I assumed the abdominal pains were caused by my periods but they are not cramps. They feel slightly higher and do not come and go. They also continue when I am not on my cycle as well.
Along with this I have found that I go through phases where I feel extremely down and push myself away from the people and activities that I love.
I have just assumed that this was all connected to stress and the possible genetic trait shared by my dad. My dad was diagnosed with depression a little over a year ago and is currently taking medication. I was wondering if these symptoms are something I should be concerned about and if so what are the steps I need to be taking? At this point I just feel incredibly frustrated with my body and feel as if I can not control my moods or my physical condition. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

i was recently weaning down on Zoloft but have been on the same dose now for over a month. I get these electrical shock like feelings through my body seeming to end with lip tingling. I thought at first it was from the weaning down but now I'm not sure. I seem to be ok if sitting down but as soon as I get up it starts all over again.

Hi I have severe stress at work as owner. I am feeling very lethargic and have symptoms like sweaty hands feet, thristy, headaches, ear ringing. The major thing is in meetng today i could not concentrate and at times speaking seems like a chore. can this all be caused ny stress, do i need to be checked for somehting more severe?

Is there any form of medication to make you more creative and talkative? Last year I lost my ability to have long conversations with people. It was as if there was something stopping me from being able to find topics to talk about. I'd talk to someone and quickly run out of things to talk about which is strange because I used to brilliant at conversing with people. This problem is seriously effecting my social life and I want it sorted out as soon as possible.

I have been battling a fatique and lack of appetite problem for a couple weeks now. I have been checked in an ER 4 times in the last month and all test are coming back normal. I recently started seeing a cardiologist and got an echo done and kidney arteries sonogramed. I am ready to check into a phych hospital tomorrow and was wandering if the ER's could pick up if I am in beggining stages of heart failure?

Doctor, I am suffering from depression chronically and under a supervision of a psychiatrist. I want to get rid of this depression permanently. I want to become very intelligent and very active too, and social too. Please advise on this problem and reply

my problem is I'm trying to diagnose a severe cognitive impairment, that I have always had to some extent, (potentially due to a hypoxia injury at birth,) but has grown 10 fold after a severe and lasting psychotic break in XXXXXXX of 2005. Basically, in short, I lost the ability to simply think, remember, problem solve etc. in the matter of a week, while actively psychotic. The psychosis lasted about 4 months, and since then I have struggled to get some of my cognitive abilities back...but sadly I was bed bound for almost those 4 years after the incident. I made some impressive improvements, was actively volunteering, etc. and could even do some reading and remembered what I read. But after a recent, Feb 2011, traumatic incident in a hospital, I spiraled into a delirious state, and am much lower cognitively than I was even just prior. I have read all kinds of things on the "good" medical web sites, and one said delirium can lead to also, permanent cognitive problems. Now I am scared because I'm 35 and funcitoning at such a low brain level...what will I be like in 10 years? even 1 year? Other symptoms include extreme mental fog, extreme lethargy...and a feeling like my brain has been "fried." I simply cannot remember anything long term, except foggy bits here and there. There are other symptoms as well. I got evaluated several times by neurologists and psychiatrists, and I passed the neuro tests, MRI in 09 was normal, and I'm looking here, for, a realistic idea of what you may think could happen to me with cognition over time. I have a schizoaffective diagnosis, also been told I'm bipolar. I can assure you I haven't had any positive psychosis in almost 3 years.