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424 Answers
330 Agrees
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
60 years experience
Yes: I really enjoy working with children & adolescents. A good basis in child psychiatry helps me with adults too.
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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Confusing: why would someone who needs the benefit of Abilify (aripiprazole) even consider smoking weed when the Abilify (aripiprazole) is (hopefully) to increas... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Confusing: most people would rather not have diarrhea or soft stools, and constipation might mean everything from less frequent stools to inability to have a bow... Read More
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A 64-year-old female asked:
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Best move: best to wean off. stopping suddenly might precipitate a rebound reaction you wouldn't like
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A 20-year-old male asked:
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More detail: Hard to think deeply on this withut more detail. Where is the pain. What sort of pain. Did everything start at once?
You sound depressed, but picture ... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Hard to tell: if diarrhea & frequent stools were the result of stress and anxiety, the change may be a result of an antidepressant working. But ask a provider w... Read More
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A member asked:
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60 years experience
ACT ON THIS: Depression at this time will affect the optimal closeness with your baby - and that can affect your baby's development. I understand your wanting to d... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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HOW MUCH WEIGHT?: It may help you make moderate reductions in weight, but if you are markedly overweight you will want to approach it medically. At 19 years old, be ca... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
60 years experience
ALL OF THEM: Earning a medical degree does not insure you from having problems like any other human being. We can all get anything another person can.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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HOW TO: Depressions can return. If you were concerned about another chronic illness, you would find a doctor and follow your status as long as there was cause... Read More
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A 40-year-old female asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
60 years experience
CHECK: Check with your psychiatrist and see if you seem clinically ready.
If so a gradual try (checking with the dr as you go along) may be sensible. The zo... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
60 years experience
WRONG WORD.: You cure something like aninfection. This an emotional problem. It isnt forever, and if a person can be protected while the urge lasts, an understandi... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
60 years experience
YES, AND...: Your family doc can make the dx.
Hopefully the psychiatrist might know more about adhd but either could diagnose.
However, i've found straterra les... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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60 years experience
Techniques: Hypnotherapy is one of many techniques employed in paychiatry - and is adaptable to many different purposes.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
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MAYBE: Some headaches can indicate physical problems.First, an appropriate evaluation would be a good idea.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
60 years experience
JUDGMENT CALL: I expect a child to be learning all day every day - not just in school.
The mind doesn't shut off. If a child has a sufficient problem with attention... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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60 years experience
PSYCHOTHERAPY: I suggest psychotherapy to find the cause of the extreme fear. This could be several different things, and hypnosis as a blanket treatment seems inade... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Not now, if ever: If the skull were opened and the brain exposed, sometimes one could go to a particular area to find a general function - maybe. But not a "problem". T... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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TELL: Tell them you need to get your thoughts and feelings together and youre going to the hospital to pull together and get stable. It takes courage to tel... Read More
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A 24-year-old male asked:
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60 years experience
MOVING EARLY: Wat i read in professional journals is: keep your patient on whatever meds resolve his depression for 12 - 18 months after you reach a dose that stops... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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60 years experience
POSSIBLY: When a survivor is reminded that cancer is possible - and maybe again - anxiety shouldn't be a surprise. Some survivors have had such a hard time they... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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60 years experience
HELP: A psychiatrist who does psychotherapy shouold be able to help you, both with medication and sorting out the causes of the symptoms and with dealing wi... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
60 years experience
IT'S: It's recurrent. Don't wean off meds without dr's advice and continual follow-up.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
60 years experience
ANSWER: See your dr & get checked out. This could be many different things, but after evaluating it either your dr will be able to help or will refer you to s... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
60 years experience
RIGHT: When you say "how bad" you know the answer. Alcohol doesn't take weight off or put muscle on. It really isn't meant to be used for either.
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A 42-year-old female asked:
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CONFUSION: Many things may have happened including the lab mixing up your results and someone elses. Have the drs question the lab and find out. Or repeat the te... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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60 years experience
Difference: In terms of computers, mentally retarded would be a very weak chip and a small hard drive.
Mental illness would be like many programs inadequate to d... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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60 years experience
SOULD BE ABLE TO: A medical examination is a reasonable start to eliminate physical causes like hypothyroid. Once physical causes are ruled out, psychotherapy and psych... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
60 years experience
DOSE DEPENDENT: Ativan (lorazepam) usually works within half an hour to an hour if the dose is sufficient. Different people respond differently. Start with a low dose... Read More
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A 51-year-old female asked:
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60 years experience
Just started: It's possible headaches are a side effect. However, unless they are severe i'd continue for a few days and they may go away. If you stop and they pers... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
60 years experience
EVALUATE: If this is something relatively new you really want to know now. If it has been this way for years, most tumors don't wait around that long before cau... Read More
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A 23-year-old male asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
60 years experience
MORE TO THIS: 8 years! something sounds strange. Need more information about all of the problems. I think there is more because most of my patients do well with psy... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
60 years experience
BEST?: Medication to reduce intensity and frequency combined with psychotherapy that gives you security about things going out of control.
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
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Sometimes: Sometimes meds and psychotherapy really can help - and it's not an intelligent way to control weight.
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A 50-year-old female asked:
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YES.: Asprin is good, but if you don't like the hypertension and what it may do to you, you'll become significantly less obese. Years ago in medical school ... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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HOW MUCH?: They will be additive regarding sedation. That's not a good idea for driving, gutter cleaning, tree trimming and other things where you don't want to ... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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PROBABLY: Research studies suggest this is so.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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I wonder: If you take 30 mg of Abilify (aripiprazole) for insomnia, i wonder if your bipolar illness is actually under control or if you're in a hypomanic phase... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
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STRANGE QUESTION: Who or what do you love? Adhd medication and love are hard to connect after many years of working with both. Perhaps a therapist might be able to help... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
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"TESTING" ISN'T IT.: The diagnosis is made from history, observation of behavior (at home and school or work) and
observation of the patient by the doctor. Proper diagnos... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
60 years experience
THERE'S MORE: It could be physical disease, but when your pediatrician has eliminated that, time for a child psychiatrist/psychologist to investigate.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Scary: You know something's wrong but the dr says you're okay. You could see another drfor a 2nd opinion. But then again, this could have been a panic attack... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
60 years experience
Try further: There are different kinds of chest pain. We used to speak of "heartache", " " that came with acute sadness.
Re: pain. Does it occur with exercis... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
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HOW MUCH?: If it's enough alcohol to really disturb your functioning question the wisdom of your drinking. If it's one drink, why not?
Check and see what you're... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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WRONG IDEA: I do not believe they do. In general, if you reduce the intensity of depression hope is restored and the risk of suicide diminishes.
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
60 years experience
Ignore: Ptsd isn't weakness; its what remains after being hurt. Hard to fix by yourself.
Get help.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
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VARIABLE: Distinguish between severe depression and a terminal illness with pain that cannot be controlled. If symptoms caused by illness are unrelentless in sp... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
60 years experience
SURE: There are multitudes of books on thyroid problems. If you have a specific question, ask your dr.
If you're scard that there's something wrong the bes... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
60 years experience
SOMETHING: When children revert to a previous stage of development they may have encountered something they can't deal with.
That could be changes in the family... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aaron Amentanswered
60 years experience
COULD BE...: Headaches can have many causes, and stress is one. But the facts you gave are not enough to decide the cause. For instance, is this a repeat of the pa... Read More
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Nov 29, 2014
Dr. Amnet s a very knowledgeable and compassionate doctor who gives practical and sensible advice. I enjoy reading his answers. Highly recommended.
May 10, 2013
Dr Ament provides a valuable service to the public on Health Tap. His responses are informative and helpful. I recommend Dr. Ament.
Jul 6, 2013
I enjoy Dr. Ament's direct, to-the-point answers and wide breadth of knowledge. He's a great asset to the HealthTap community!
HealthTap member
This was very helpful. Thanks! Dr Ament, Thanks for taking the time to help everyone. Myself I don't remember if I took an hour ago, so I took one anyway & now I know what to expect from it just in ca...Read More
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Thanks for your quick reply! i cant message you doc...my card has other money currency and i cant pay.yes 8 years and nothing.its even worse now.thank you anyway.h n day
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This made me feel good. Thanks! I've been telling myself that I lack the motivation to get back on track with exercising and such. I just need to get up and go!
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Medical/Graduate school
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, NY
Graduated 1963MD
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Awards
Top Doctor, First Place, Takoma Park Region, MD - Summer
2013
Most Influential, Second Place, Takoma Park Region, MD - Summer
2013
Thought Leader, First Place, Takoma Park Region, MD - Summer
2013
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