Dr. Heller's 'Ask the Doctor'

2001 September

Questions and Answers

• Are Borderlines Unfit Parents?
• Are shock treatments appropriate for the BPD?
• Is Seroquel a good BPD drug?
• Can a child have both ADHD and the generalized anxiety disorder?
• Does my son have ADHD?
• Do I have BPD or ADHD?
• How do you get someone to seek help that you know is depressed?
• Is Paxil or BuSpar good for the GAD?
• Can menopause cause new psychiatric symptoms?
• Does Prozac cause inaccurate pregnancy tests?
• Can BPD be diagnosed in adolescence?
• Do borderlines always have all the symptoms?
• Is the GAD curable?
• Is there a correlation between anxiety and epilepsy?
• Is there ever a case where psychotherapy is better than medications?
• Is Zoloft good for DID (dissociative identity disorder, f.k.a. multiple personalities)?
• Should Tegretol use be as needed only?
• Should the BPD or substance abuse be treated first?
• What do you think of Topamax instead of Depakote?
• What's causing my memory and mood problems?
• What's wrong with my mother?
• Why does my daughter have stomach problems?
• Can one grow out of the BPD?