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Medical Director at The Hughes Center for Exceptional Children in Danville, VA. THC is a residential treatment facility for youths age 12-21 with an autism spectrum disorder or any other Axis I psychiatric condition with comorbid intellectual disability.
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Psychiatry
ADHD and Autism
Child Psychiatry
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A 39-year-old male asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Eat and be merry: Active culture yogurt w/ nice protein such as Greek or Aussie style. Kefir is a good choice too. You can freeze the yogurt or kefir to make a cold t... Read More
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Psychiatry 20 years experience
Daddy's baby: Let's go with the medical answer first. Aside from tears to perineum or other issues, intercourse isn't medically contraindicated. But you just had ... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Dose duration matter: Cross-tapering antidepressants is often done to prevent negative side effects from coming off a medicine. Even a medicine that isn't working well eno... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
OCD diagnosis: If you are really concerned about OCD and the impact on your life, I would recommend you consult a local psychiatrist. Here is a link to the Yale Bro... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Quetiapine for what?: Quetiapine is highly suspect as a PRN regardless of the interval. I know some physicians use it for sleep and anxiety but given the potential side ef... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Breaking the fast: Try reducing the size of your breakfast and the pace. Your stomach jsut may not be ready when you wake. A lot of people have this issue. But you shou... Read More
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A 38-year-old male asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Jittery much?: Dexedrine stimulates (hopefully) the front part of your brain by blocking the reuptake and increasing the release of norepinephrine and dopamine. Cym... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Where's the yeast?: Miconazole is 'probably' OK. We just don't have any evidence that it does anything bad during breastfeeding. But the golden rule for pregnancy and l... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Highly unlikely: The mechanism of antipsychotic-induced weight gain appears to have no connection to formulation. It's not totally clear that it's even related to dos... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Preconception meds: The research data is pretty spartan. Off the top of my head I would say methotrexate (psoriasis, cancer) and possibly because they deplete folate (fo... Read More
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A 47-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
No problem: Likely just a friction phenomenon. You can try a barrier (lotion/cream) moisturizer but the old school mantra holds . . . no pain, no itching, no dis... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Be careful: Antibiotics should only be given by a doctor for a particular person. I'm glad your brother is feeling better. The majority of infections are viral ... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
GI or water: In my experience, constipation and diarrhea are more common side effects from phentermine than water retention. Instead of adding another drug, my fi... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Sweat leads to smell: Any surface of our body that is warm, dark, and wet . . . is going to smell eventually. But there is no such thing as dry and smelly. If the typical... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Heel-toe expert only: First, you should not use meds that have not been prescribed to you for a specific condition. I don't understand what 0.25mg Xanax (alprazolam) can h... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
See your doctor NOW: You need immediate evaluation by internal medicine. Go today don't wait. Outside of maybe low dose aspirin, there is no evidence that ANY pain medica... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Evolution: Don't worry about calories. Eat 2-4 meals and 1+ snacks each day composed of fresh produce, whole grains, nuts, seeds, beans, nontoxic seafood, lean ... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Medication timing: Waldryl (diphenhydramine) is a good antihistamine but sedating and effects last a few hours. You might consider a nonsedating antihistamine such as c... Read More
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A 17-year-old male asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
ED for extraction: You need to have a doctor extract it. You can try forceful exhalation but you don't want to run the risk of having it slip farther down.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Clozapine: People that develop schizophrenia at an early age are often more difficult to treat. Clozapine remains the single most effective antipsychotic. In add... Read More
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A 24-year-old male asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
OCD go slow and high: OCD (arguably anxiety disorders in general) are notorious for requiring higher doses and longer treatment for onset of benefit as well as maximum bene... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Menorrhagia: Abnormally heavy bleeding is one the most common reasons we use oral contraceptives. You should discuss your menses with your gynecologist who might ... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Combination antihist: It is not clear that combining antihistamines produce better results. The only guarantee is usually more side effects. Cetirizine is effective at 10... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Ped dev eval: Your child needs an evaluation by a developmental behavioral pediatrician or pediatric neurologist or speech language therapist. If hearing is defini... Read More
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A 43-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Why cold turkey?: Discuss with your GYN about changing your hormone regimen. You have an interesting combination since the progesterone is likely turning down (if not ... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Need urine culture: If the infection has spread to your kidneys, you need to get SPECIFIC treatment immediately. Your doctor needs to get a urine culture to find out exa... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Anxiety driven hives: Hydroxyzine is a reasonable intervention given that it works fairly well for anxiety. There are no known drug-drug interactions between Adderall (dex... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Best stimulant featu: In single dose studies, Vyvanse did not cause any long-term side effects even at 250mg. Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine) is a pro-drug. The med you take i... Read More
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A 58-year-old male asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Opiate + benz = trou: It really is time for your PCP and specialist doctors to reconsider how they manage your pain and anxiety. Safe is a relative term. The combination ... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Olanzapine weight: Some drugs have shown efficacy preventing/reducing weight gain (metformin, amantadine) but it's been difficult to find a medicine that helps people lo... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Raspberry placebo: There really isn't any evidence that raspberry ketone provides any type of health benefit to people. Even the animal studies require doses that are 1... Read More
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Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Nature does well: Don't worry about calories. Healthy intake is 2-4 meals and 1+ snacks each day composed of fresh produce, whole grains, nuts, seeds, beans, nontoxic s... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Remember medicine: Medication needs to be a daily routine like brushing your teeth. Ideally you would synchronize your med with an activity that occurs with the same fr... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
ENT: You need to see the ear-nose-throat doctor immediately. Benign conditions would be that you are producing copious cerumen (ear wax) that is runny/cle... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Supplements: Sure but it would be best to figure out individually if either supplement works alone before combining them. The data for high quality CLA at appropri... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Stimulant nonrespons: FDA adult range goes to 72mg. I've consulted on adolescents taking up to 108mg. But I'm skeptical of high doses. Just as important are the target sy... Read More
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A 73-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Not a great combo: Arguably the most serious shared side effect is leukopenia (low white blood cell counts) which could lead to increased risk of infection. I would expe... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Too many sedatives: Without knowing the exact regimen my best comment is to note that care must be taken when using multiple medications with sedative effects. I assume ... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Stimulant tinnitus?: For better or worse, tens of millions of people have been on stimulant therapy. We've been using stimulants since the 50s for weight loss and then su... Read More
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A 16-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
NSSI SIB: Cutting is a sign of your emotional distress. It doesn't always mean you need a hospital but it does mean you need help. Trust your doctor enough to t... Read More
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Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Limited evidence: Your best bet is to continue trials including some of the older drugs like tricyclics or nonSSRI such as bupropion, mirtazapine, etc. There are some ... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Common cause is UTI: Standard urinalysis is not as useful during your period for screening for UTI. Your gynecologist can still check for common STDs. You should see the... Read More
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A 49-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
Ice, Rest and Antiinflammatories: In general if there is pain only AFTER the activity, cryotherapy (ice/cold) 10-20min for 3-4 times should help. Make sure to avoid direct skin contac... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Terrence Betheaanswered
Psychiatry 20 years experience
GYN ASAP: If you haven't changed any medications, it's likely just another cycle. If the symptoms are bothersome you should check with your gynecologist.
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Dr. Bethea is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Dr. Bethea is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thanks!! I'm scared being on so many now I can't handle anymore prob!
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thanks we certainly don't want her injure it any more. Thanks
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Your answer made me feel good! Thanks :)
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