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Question from a reader:

I can’t stop drinking and need help. How do hospitals help alcoholics to detox? Anyone have any experience to share? What should I expect if I try to use one of their programs?

Question from a reader:

I just quit smoking a couple of days ago and want to detox my body to feel better. Any suggestion?

Question from a reader:

I have had bipolar disorder since my late teens. I have been on lithium for a year and a half now. Tried a host of other drugs before that to no avail. But now I am stable and functioning well. Do you think it could come back if I stick with treatment?

Question from a reader who has bipolar disorder. He asks if it affects sexual desire:

I have had bipolar disorder for five years and now I’m seeing that I don’t have the push to have sex with women. I did for the past few years but over the past year, my drive is down. I am currently 24 years old.

Question from a reader who has taken marijuana and wants to remove all traces of it from his body:

My parents are making me take a drug test before I get my car back. Until then I am unable to leave the house. I want to buy a detox kit, but it has to be somewhat cheap and I have to be able to buy it at a store. Do they even really work?
Whats the best kind and where do I get it?

Question sent in from a reader:

I’m writing a book. Anyone have any experience with living with a parent/loved one with bipolar disorder? I’m particularly interested in the mania stage of the disease. The mother in my book has it and rarely, if ever (I’m in planning stages) goes through the depressive stage. Mainly just mania. Any comments/anything I need to know?

I may describe the depressive side, but it isn’t actually required to have the disorder. I do know a little bit of what’s required for diagnosis, but I don’t know what it’s like to be around someone who has the disorder.