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Young teen is perplexed by up-and-down disposition
Dear Abby
Buren
your parents and discuss your
mood swings with them. From my to him about it, but he gets defen-
DEAR ABBY: My husband,
Depressed mother needs to speak with qualified psychiatrist
Ask Dr. Gott
Dr.
Peter Newsletter, P.O. Box 167,
nerve to stand up and say I struggling with depression.
taking a first step and writ- scribe an anti-depressant,
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could consider, he or she
may not feel comfortable
treating your depression,
one reason being that there
ply an "emotional" condi-
tion. It is due to an imbal-
ance of chemicals within
perspective, they are definitely a
part of growing up. But if they
continue to trouble you, an
appointment with your family
doctor should be scheduled.
“Mack,” and 1 have seven chil-
dren. 1 was a stay-at-home mom
while they were growing up.
Mack worked in the oil fields. An
accident in the fields put him in a
wheelchair and now 1 work while
he stays home.
Mack was told he would never
again feel anything from the waist
Emotional Illness." Other
readers who would like a
copy should send a long,
self-addressed, stamped
envelope and $2 to
give him a list of the things that
need to be done around the house.
It’s a lot more helpful than giving
him an argument later.
ist. Most cases of vertigo
result from tiny flakes of
calcium that float in the
fluid of the inner ear and
DEAR FEELS: Watch out for
wily Wylie. If he denies to others
that your engagement is for real, it
isn’t. Only a cad would behave ■
that way.
Write Dear Abby at
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69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. •
the brain that can be suc-
cessfully treated with med-
ication. You have already
found the nerve to ask for
help; now take the next
step toward your goal of
good health.
To give you related
information, I am sending
you a copy of my Health
Report "Mental and
step? My life is totally dis- I
rupted; I no longer can
drive.
DEAR READER: Your
doctor has appropriately
sive. He says I don’t tell him what
needs to be done so he doesn’t do
it. I feel he should look around
and do what he knows needs to be
done. How do 1 get him to cooper-
ate? — STUCK IN TEXAS
DEAR STUCK: Before your
Wickliffe. OH 44092. Be
sure to mention the title.
DEAR DR. GOTT: For
the past few' months, I have
experienced attacks of sud-
den and prolonged vertigo
that occur without warning
or pattern. My doctor
ordered a stress test and a
cardiac ultrasound exam,
both normal. Last week, I
had a normal CT scan of
my head. What is my next
DEAR ABBY: I have been dat-
ing “Wylie” for 32 years. Eight
weeks ago, he gave me an engage-
need help?
DEAR READER: This
can be a daunting task for
anybody, especially a
young mother who is
expected to be perfect.
However, you have
shown great courage by
Gott
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DEAR ABBY: I am in my
early teens and have mood
swings. I assume everybody has
them, but I have had mine nearly
every day for the past five
months. One minute I will be
laughing about something, the
next minute I get “down in the
dumps.” I can feel happy and sad
at the same time.
1 haven’t told anybody about
how 1 feel — not even my par-
ents. I need to know if this is a
real problem, or if this is a part of
“growing up.” Please help. —
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sober up. Please encourage him to the other hand, has told no one
addressed this serious prob- occasionally irritate the
lem by testing you for a car- nerves in that area, leading
diac disorder and a brain to vertigo.
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need to be examined by an be able to help you control
ear, nose and throat special- your attacks by using head-
DEAR DR. GOTT: I'm are about two dozen anti-
a sad mommy with two depression drugs now
young children. As long as available and the choice of
I can remember, I've been which one to use can be
depressed. I feel worth- challenging.
less, yet I cover up quite Likewise, you could
well. I'd bring this up with investigate counseling ser-
my family physician, but 1 vices in your community.
about our engagement.
One of the people 1 told went to
Wylie and said, “I heard you’re
getting married.” (He was going
to congratulate him.) Wylie
responded, “No. Maybe later.”
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