I am 18 year old boy from the Georgian Republic. Since the death of my closest friend six months ago, I have been suffering from terrible and obsessive thoughts and phobias about death, suicide, cardiac attack, and so on. I also have dizziness, heart palpitations, insomnia, chest pain, sweating, chronic fatigue, and body tension.
A neurologist told me to take Valium and Lexotan, and thanks to this treatment, I am feeling better, but I atill have psychological problems: I do not know what to do, I have lost my self-confidence, and I have compulsive ideas.
I never drink, use drugs, or smoke, and none of my family members have mental disorders.
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What is happening in my mind and is it treatable?Answered by:Eric Marcus
You are having a response to the death of your friend. The anxious-depressive reaction is being helped by your medication.
There is also a psychological component. You can get a lot of help by talking to a psychologist or psychiatrist. Your feelinga about your friend, your feelings about yourself, your feelings about loss, all need to be talked about!
Eric R. Marcus, M.D.
Director, Columbia Unviersity Center for Training and Research
Eric R. Marcus, MD is Director of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research and professor of clinical psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is a training and supervising psychoanalyst.He is a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and of the American College of Psychoanalysts. His teaching awards include the Columbia University President's Teaching Award, the Roeske teaching award of the American Psychiatric Association, the Shabshin teaching award o...
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