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Suggest Treatment For Introverted Personality With Mood Swings
I am concerned about my mother. Not only does she slur her speech the past year, but she also has a hard time holding a telephone conversation with me for more than four or five minutes without making an excuse to get off. She also has irratic and strange behaviour such as mood swings wherein she will take things extremely personal and cut off certain family members and then a week later it s as if she s forgotten and will act as though she loves that person immensely. She miakes inappropriate comments at times on facebook and has stopped visiting us completely. Her personality has changed and she seems to be much more introverted than usual.
Mon, 18 Aug 2014
Hi,
Thanks for writing to us,
Since you say that the problem is present from the past one year, it is unlikely to be a problem with her personality. It is more likely to be a mental illness. The history you have provided is insufficient to diagnose the problem, the possibilities could range from adjustment problems to an affective disorder. But she would require a detailed psychiatric evaluation to confirm the above.
Hope this helps,
Dr A Rao
Thanks for writing to us,
Since you say that the problem is present from the past one year, it is unlikely to be a problem with her personality. It is more likely to be a mental illness. The history you have provided is insufficient to diagnose the problem, the possibilities could range from adjustment problems to an affective disorder. But she would require a detailed psychiatric evaluation to confirm the above.
Hope this helps,
Dr A Rao
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