Fantastic episode for you today. We go deep into the different types of medication for anxiety, how to know when it's time to stop taking them, and ways to cope with anxiety that you can use with or without medication.   This is the third episode taking a slightly different approach with just one question per episode, with the intention of diving deeper into topics. Now it's time to give me some feedback. If you go to the episode notes at duffthepsych.com/episode132, there will be a short survey. If you could take it, it would help me out so much!   As always if you have a question or topic that you'd live covered on the show, email me at [email protected]

In this episode, I take a question from someone about how they can help their romantic partner who is great most of the time but gets suicidal or violent every so often. How can she get him to go to therapy or recognize the that there are actual issues going on? I give my perspective on this question and also spend some time defining bipolar disorder. Enjoy!

For full episode notes, check out http://duffthepsych.com/episode131 and if you have a question or suggestion for the podcast, send it over to [email protected]

In this episode, I'm trying something slightly different. Rather than taking three questions, I'm taking one and using it as a jumping off point to go in-dept into topics related to the question. Sort of combining the deep-dive and Q&A formats. I'm going to try this for a few weeks and then ask for your opinions. Today's episode is all about C-PTSD or complex post-traumatic stress disorder.

See full show notes at http://duffthepsych.com/episode130

If you have a question that you'd like me to answer on the show, send it over to [email protected]

 

In this episode, I do a deep dive talking about a requested topic: dementia. It can be hard to find good information and advice about dementia online, so I hope that this episode can serve that function.

I go in-depth and cover the following:

• Dementia terminology
• What kinds of dementia there are
• How to get a diagnosis
• Managing difficult behaviors
• Support available for caregivers

If you have a suggestion for a future deep dive topic or have a question that you'd like me to answer, send it to [email protected]

Back to the Q&A this week. Before I answer the questions, I talk about a recent psychiatric hospitalization that I had to do with the hope of helping you understand that it's not a purely black and white situation.

Here are the questions I cover:

• How can I make friends when my depression gets in the way?
• Should I be avoiding stress rather than exposing myself?
• What advice do you have for a future therapist?

As always, you can send your questions for the show in to [email protected]

Hello! I thought it would be nice to have my wife, Joelle, back on the podcast today. She's usually a listener favorite guest and I always love talking with her, so I hope you enjoy our conversation!

We talk about all kinds of stuff including:

• Our life and recent move
• Changing psychiatric meds
• Parenting with anxiety
• How I keep work at work

As always, you can send me questions for a future episode to [email protected] 

Another round of awesome questions from you, the listeners. Here's what we cover this week:

• What can I do about the exhaustion that comes from fighting anxiety?
• How can I deal with my explosive anger?
• How can I mend the relationship with my step-daughter?

As always, you can send me your questions to [email protected]

Hello, friends! Sorry for anyone that missed last week's episode. I messed up a little with the technical side of things. We should be all back track this week. If you don't already, please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or whatever podcast player you use, so you never miss out. 

Here are the questions for this week:

• How can I get help when I can't afford therapy and I don't have insurance?
• What can I do when my emergency anxiety medication doesn't work?
• I feel pressured to have kids. What should I do about it?

As always you can send me your questions to [email protected]

Three totally different questions today ranging from relatively basic to quite intense. I hope you enjoy. Did a little something different with the format of this, please feel free to send me feedback about it.

Here are the questions:

• As a transgender male, how can I cope with my dysphoria while having sex with my partner?
• Should I increase my dose of Klonopin or change medications for my anxiety?
• I feel like I don't have any reason to live. What else can I do?

As mentioned in the podcast, check out http://hardcoreselfhelp.com for my audiobooks!

If you have a question for a future episode, send it over to [email protected]

Hello! Fantastic questions on today's Q&A episode. I am always amazed by your honesty and vulnerability when sending these in. Here's what we cover today:

• Could porn be causing my depression and lack of pleasure in life?
• How can I deal with my constant panic attacks?
• Should I talk to my therapist about new fleeting thoughts of suicide?

As always, you can send me your questions for an upcoming episode to [email protected]