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Roger Gould, M.D.  
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Specialties: Mental Health, Wellness

Nov 27, 2009 01:12PM in the Emotional Eating Expert Forum
There are several possibilities..on one hand, it may be extreme exhaustion from all the trauma's and stress of this last year. On another hand, it may be something that your mind is preoccupied with, taking you back too, but you have not yet decided to let in. Cognitive therapy will deal with the symptoms, but not necessarily get you to the cause. If you are ...
Nov 27, 2009 01:05PM in the Mental Health Expert Forum
there are two ways..one way to begin psychotherapy with a good therapist. Another is a self help way that I have just launched which deals with all of the issues you bring up. It is an educational approach to change and growth and overcoming past influences so you can live by your own intelligence...check it out at www.myvirtualshrink.com, and start building ...
Nov 27, 2009 01:01PM in the Mental Health Expert Forum
I would suggest that you and your doctor try a different approach...and that is, to go up slowly in the dosage until you find the right dose for you rather than going back to where you were......
Nov 27, 2009 12:58PM in the Mental Health Expert Forum
That is certainly a reasonable possibility to explore since it is usually recommend to stop psychotropic medications when pregnant...in order to be sure you would have to have some one dig deep into the research literature on this medication. Sorry to hear of your loss..
Nov 25, 2009 06:57PM in the Mental Health Expert Forum
there are several ways to think about this...the first is more classical, and that is what you are obsessing about is really something other than it appears, something deeper which is being masked by the more superficial. Another way is to think about this as a way of saying to yourself that you don't have complete ownership of your own life and therefore c...
Nov 25, 2009 06:52PM in the Mental Health Expert Forum
You could talk to your doctor over the phone about this, probably with no charge. In general, you should wean off this medication over a three week period...the first week cut dose down to lowest possible; the second week take that dose every second day; the third week every third day..then stop, but cover yourself with xanax for a week.