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My brother was diagnosed with DD last fall during a 3 day stay at a hospital. He was prescribed Risperdal but stop taking it after a couple of days because he read the one of the side effects was weight gain. He immediately left town and now has been South, North, and West Coast. He moves around alot because "they" are after him. His symptons have been and basically in this order:

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Hi every one i have posted on this forum before this is the link to it.

http://www.psychforums.com/forums/viewt ... 60f2640558

I've recently been digonased with alcohol abuse and i was wondering if this could cause the symptoms i mentioned in the pervious post.

thanks to all for your help.

Hi, this post may be long so I apologize ahead of time.

I have been with my girlfriend for 1 1/2 years. When we first got together, she mentioned to me that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She has not taken any medication since we have been together except for a few times when she was completely stressed out. I was stupid and didn't do much research on the illness and pretty much ...

I'm 19 and was diagnosed with Aspergers a year ago. I never had a girlfriend but from 13 onwards I've always seem to have an attraction for girls who look like famous pop singer Rachel Stevens

Is this normal with men who have Aspergers to only have an obession with one type of girl because I do like her very much and I get nervous around girls I think do look like her mainly if ...

Hi. I'm a sex addict, because since my youth i have been masturbating constantly everday. I cannot live without the pleasure or high derived from it. I do not feel the same high in real sex, and i watch too much porn. I don't want to lose my wife, and i can't tell her this. I don't know what to do, and i can't control my urges.

For the last few weeks, i have been having major halucinations/delussions. before it was the simple voice in the head. and jsut rapidly it grew to a very different voice ...different than my own. Let me start off, about a month ago, i went into an appointment with a therapist, i was diagnosed with manic dperession, i told her how soemtiemsi heard small quirky voices outside of me..and for split seconds seeing blurs of what ...

i have to tell someone before i lose my mind. so this is going to be long. sort of like a confession. i've been browsing this site for a while now. and over the years i have developed a variety of emotional problems, anxiety, panic attacks, agoraphobia, delusions, hellucinations, etc. but i know that the one that has complete power over all of them is my compulsive lying. even now, i can feel my forhead ...

i have to tell someone before i lose my mind. so this is going to be long. sort of like a confession. i've been browsing this site for a while now. and over the years i have developed a variety of emotional problems, anxiety, panic attacks, agoraphobia, delusions, hellucinations, etc. but i know that the one that has complete power over all of them is my compulsive lying. even now, i can feel my forhead ...

this site makes me cry. because it makes me realise how much i hurt the people around me.

i recently lost the person i love most in the world because i wasnt honest.
i'm not sure if he knows how much i lied to him but he knows it was a lot. he told me that he didnt anderstand my lying and that people were reasonable. i wanted to tell him that i was a ...

Hello, this is my first post in this forum! :D

I'll give some background info: I am a nearly 17 year old Male who has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome since the young age of about 5 in America. I have had years of therapy and medication, including (initially) Ritalin, and currently Risperdal (this helps my mood swings and moderates my emotional "rollercoasters") and Wellbutrin (it's ...