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Mantal health emotional trauma

I am seeking psychological help because I have experienced persistent overthinking, intrusive memories, anxiety, and emotional distress for the past 10 years. While I was asleep, my brother secretly accessed my phone, read my private chats, and viewed my personal photos without my consent. During that time, I was in an emotionally abusive relationship, and a married friend (my friend's brother) supported me in leaving it. I had shared one non-explicit photo with him, but my brother assumed we had an inappropriate relationship. Without asking me for an explanation, he told family members and relatives that I had a relationship with a married man and questioned my character. Recently, he repeated these allegations to his fiancée, showed my personal photo to others without my permission, verbally abused me, and continued making defamatory statements. Since then, I frequently relive these events, feel betrayed, anxious, and emotionally overwhelmed. what should i do.

Bipolar+ anxiety disorder

Hello, i have been diagnosed as bipolar iii+ GAD, and i am on escitalopram, lithium, lamotrigine and propranolol since 6 months, i am an mbbs doctor and i had taken escitalopram 20 mg for social anxiety issues in 2020 but then after three months i slowly quit those meds, after quitting i have developed sexual issues, physical symptoms and mood issues. Now that i am on these meds i have seen improvement in mood and social anxiety, but i still have sexual issues like low libido and possibly erectile dysfunction, also physical symptoms like fibromyalgia random muscle pain, pins and needle sensation and some ibs like symptoms. Unfortunately I cannot increase escitalopram bcz it causes me to switch and benzos like etizolam makes me drowsy. I also tried agents like tofisopam and buspirone but they didn't help. Now what should i do in such cases. Also i had really like really high Libido, also due to these meds currently i have lost that rage and motivation, is PSSD real? EMA is saying yes.

General anxiety disorder

I was on petril beta 20 for 3 months and betacap 20 for 1 months and cloba 5 mg in half for 1 months then I changed to another doctor who prescribe me pari cr12.5 mg and clonotril 0.25 mg for ten days but I was iregular in taking medicines I only took 5 tab and 1 or 2 tab of clonotril and till now its been 4 weeks  my doctor again gv me pari cr 12.5 mg and clonotril 0.25 mg and on this period my symptoms were so severe as my head was like to explode and bursts I don't know what to do as he has again prescribed me benzodiazepine..will i be able to leave benzodiazepine

Ocd related rabies fear

So recently i have been getting alot of rabies news and that has scared me alot because 2 years prior one cat claw scratched me and i didnt had the proper info for vaccination and now i keep feeling scared what if something happens. I need a nuetral doctor opinion should i go for vaccination now after 2 years or should rest thid fear

Bipolar disorder, anxiety, schizophrenia

My mother is on medication for many symptoms of mental illness like random illogical talks, bipolar disorder, anxiety and weird self talk and laugh by herself when no one is around, negative talk like harm to relatives son or daughters, sometimes feel very energetic etc . So the doctor gave her medicines - Arzu 10, d venisys, parkisys 2, safedeno 200. Attached screenshot for the same. It's almost 1 and half years since she is doing well. But we can't cut off any medicine. At that cases how long she needs medication? Like 3 years or more?

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