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I've been hearing voices in my head and talking to people who I think are real for about the past six months. I didn't realize it until it was pointed out to me by a friend. I've had problems with suicide since I was 12, I'm 17 now and I can't talk to my parents about it and ask them to let me see a psychologist because I don't want them to worry or feel that anything is their fault.  I don't know what to do. I don't even know what I have. From what I've read is sounds like bipolar disorder. Any advice you could give me is better than nothing.

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Dear Joana,

I think the best you can do is discuss this with your doctor. I am sure he/she will be able to help you with this.

Jurriaan Plesman BA(Psych) Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr
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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist

Expertise

Have worked as a psychotherapist for overv twenty years, dealing with many personality disorders

Experience

I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Organizations
Editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia. Its web site is at:

http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Publications
Author of the book "Getting off the Hook", It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. Various articles in the Hypoglycemic Health Association's Newsletters

Education/Credentials
BA (Psych) (University of Sydney), Post Gad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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