Dr. Jerald Ratner
Psychiatry
Colorado Springs, CO
53 years experience male
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Psychiatry
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United States: Colorado, Florida, New Mexico
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English
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Psychiatry 53 years experience
Check it out: I would consider an evaluation by psychiatrist and/or an endocrinologist as far as the cause of this.
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Adrenal gland: Cortisone and Epinephrine (adrenaline).
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Psychiatrist: Tx with antidepressants and psychotherapy effective.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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TNTC: Death, falls with multiple injuries, laceration of tongue.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Not sure: It may slow down development of the central nervous system.
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A 57-year-old male asked:
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Unlikely: Lexapro (escitalopram) is not considered a cause of high blood pressure. Perhaps lowering the dose may have caused increased depression/anxiety leadin... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Look up: The national association of mental illness-called nami-is a good resource which can be found on the computer for your child.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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AA: Start with a referral to alcoholics anonymous; and in addition, psychiatric treatment.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Yes: You will need to get a psychiatric evaluation so that your depression can be treated-there is no shame in depression as it is a medical disorder that ... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Concerned: Check with your private M.D. As to the reason for the high temperature.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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May be: People with adhd upon taking a stimulant may become sleepy. I would report this to the doctor who prescribed this to rule out an adverse reaction.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Hysterical and psychiatric terminology is equivalent to histrionic. This refers to overly dramatic and emotional people. The term hysterical psychoses... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Eeg is diagnosis of seizures.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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death: Ryan multiple consequences leading to increased mortality include hypokalemia or low potassium followed by cardiac arrhythmia or abnormal rhythm of th... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Build up: Of toxic substances that can impact the brain.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Not really: Both lower bp; so one needs to be cautios.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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It needs to be evalu: The lump could be carcinogenic or a lipoma-insignificant growth. Have your private M.D. Assess this.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Unknown: It depends on the individual, their health, and if any other medications are on board.
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A 62-year-old male asked:
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None: Inositol has proven to be a weak substance for the treatment of any psychiatric disorder let alone schizoaffective which is quite serious.
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Think differently.: Think of it as a positive and empowering experience that ultimately will reduce the anxiety.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Many times if the cause is emotional; if one is able to relax more with their partner it subsides.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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No: They are more effective in treating premature ejaculation.
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A 33-year-old male asked:
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Psychiatry 53 years experience
Slow titration: 15 mg first-if ineffective, different sleeping pill.
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A 48-year-old female asked:
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Stimulant: Presumably by increasing dopamine.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Nervous and vascular: The pudendal nerve associated with vasodilation in the genital area are impacted.
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Could be emotional : Emotional stress very frequently causes chest pain as well as a "hot spot" in the costochondritis cartilage of the chest wall.
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A female asked:
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Out of mind: These contradictions may be ok if they are coming from within the mind versus outside the mind = hallucinations or delusions, which will require profe... Read More
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A 40-year-old female asked:
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Psychiatry 53 years experience
Stress: Possibly a prolonged one as most panic attacks are short-lived.There is a problem emotionally;so see a psychiatriat after being evaluated by your PCP.
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A 44-year-old female asked:
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Check it out: Your symptoms could be due to an autoimmune disease, psychiatric causes, and other physical reasons. Check it out with your Primary Care Physician as ... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Psychiatry 53 years experience
Redirection: To deal with stress, the best way to deal with it is to redirect your thoughts to pleasant events or feelings. This can be facilitated by listening to... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
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Psychiatry 53 years experience
Yes: All antihypertensives may impact libido so that minoxidil may effect sexual desire.
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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Psychiatry 53 years experience
Caution: The interaction of GABA with Zoloft and Buspar (buspirone) is unknown;so you would not want to add GABA due to possible untoward effects.
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A 39-year-old female asked:
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Lexapro (escitalopram): In view of headaches,either migraine or tension or both. you might want to consider increasing dose of Lexapro (escitalopram) as it increases serotoni... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Depends: Not very serious if controlled with meds accordingly-however uncontrolled seizures can lead to death.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Could be: Consider addition of another seizure medication.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Increased blood supply to genitals may permit intercourse in stressful situations.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Not effective: There are many other behavioral approaches to psychiatric symptomatology involving behavior modification such as psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitiv... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Not sure: Usual effects of secondary smoke with inc risk of lung problems.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Yes: It can depress the central nervous system.
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A 92-year-old member asked:
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Varies.: Usually about a month is the time. For somebody to become adjusted to a nursing home. Staff does not usually deal well with individualistic people so ... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Excess versus deplet: Hypoglycemia is low blood sugar; hyperglycemia is high blood sugar.
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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Be honest: There are many treatment modalities in the psychiatric field to help treat your addictions.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Follow below: Adjust your expectations and your self-esteem which may require psychiatric intervention.
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A 50-year-old member asked:
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None: Campral has practically no interaction with alcohol; but to drink intake Campral reflects somebody who does not want to get off of alcohol.
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Patient: Patients will go a long way in solidifying the relationship in terms of her issues of working through loss.
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A 16-year-old male asked:
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Psychiatry 53 years experience
Doctor: See your primary care provider to evaluate the physical origins of this pain.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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High and low: Euphoria is excessive happiness and perhaps grandiosity; dysphoria refers to depression.
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No.: Only stopping cannabis will clear it out your system.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Diffent terminology: Near=inability to see objects in distance.
Short=attitude where the person does not consider all options.
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You are refractory: May just be a matter of using smaller doses and slow titration.
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Ratner is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Ratner is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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I too have to take 10-20mg plus the 3.5mg sublingual. Apart from Thorazine, Ambien seems to already be the strongest. Asking about CR at doc
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Thank You for your time it is greatly appreciated.
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That is what I thought. Here they discourage talking about the event.
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Medical/Graduate school
Hahnemann Medical College, PA
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