Your emotional and physical health, social life, and spiritual well-being are key aspects of functioning well, feeling good, and being satisfied with your life. These factors affect your ability to manage challenges -- and to enjoy yourself.
You may have concerns about what you are feeling or how well you are functioning. Perhaps you are having difficulty with relationships at home or at work. Or you may be wondering whether you are experiencing anxiety, depression, ADHD or another condition.
Feeling better starts here
When you acknowledge that you have concerns, and learn about your symptoms and the treatment available, you are on your way to make your life better. Potomac Grove Psychiatry, located in Gaithersburg, MD and Bethesda, MD, provides treatment and support for a wide variety of concerns that you may have.
You can learn more about your concerns here, and answer self-assessment questions that can show you whether you are experiencing symptoms of various conditions. Your answers can help you determine whether you would like to seek further help.
Anxiety
You know that worrying this much is not good for you or someone you care about. Worry and anxiety are interfering with the ability to enjoy life. Your attempts to distract yourself from the tension or to self medicate to stop the symptoms are not successful.
Learn more about anxiety.
Take an on-line anxiety self assessment.
Download and print an anxiety self-assessment inventory. (This is a PDF file. To view it, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. To take the inventory, print the PDF file and fill in your answers.)
Depression
You know that what you or someone you care about feels is more than sadness. Depression effects your physical well being and, over time, compromises your health. It is a disease that impacts those who care about you and, if left untreated, can severely stress relationships.
Learn more about depression.
Take an on-line depression self assessment.
Take a depression self-assessment inventory. (This is a PDF file. To view it, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. To take the inventory, print the PDF file and fill in your answers.)
Marriage, Family, and Pre-Marital Concerns
No matter what your hopes and dreams for your marriage, at times you or your partner will have feeling that could surprise you, possibly disappoint you, and even concern you. Once a couple has established a committed relationship, it is normal for issues to stir up uncomfortable feelings.
Feeling insecure, unloved, not understood, or believing that a significant issue is not resolved are signs that your relationship could be troubled. And you might be surprised to learn that if you and your partner never disagree or have conflict it is a sign that your relationshp is at risk! Without identifying and successsfully addressing your concerns, the foundation of your marriage can erode.
Situations such as blending a step-family, recovering from infidelity or suspecting an extra-marital affair, recovering from substance abuse, conflicts about parenting put the family at risk. Pre-marital counseling to anticipating the challenges in a marriage prepares the two of you to act wisely when issues come up after you are married. A couples and family therapist can help.
Learn more about couples and family concerns and preparing for marriage.
Take an online self-assessment inventory on marriage relationships
Print out a self-assessment inventory on marriage relationships. (This is a PDF file. To view it, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. To take the inventory, print the PDF file and fill in your answers.)
Stress
Life is difficult. We all have stress in our lives. Sometimes managing stress can be an insurmountable problem. It can lead to anxiety and poor health and can adversely impact work and personal relationships.
Learn more about stress.
Take an online Stress self-assessment inventory.
Take a stress self-assessment inventory. (This is a PDF file. To view it, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. To take the inventory, print the PDF file and fill in your answers.)
Insomnia and Sleep/Energy
Do you have trouble sleeping through the night? Is falling asleep difficult for you? Do you wake up more tired than when you went to bed? If your answer to these questions is "yes," you may be suffering from insomnia.
Disturbed sleep, insomnia, and fatigue are common problems facing people today. Sleep deprivation puts you at risk for depression or anxiety. It can also lead to a weakened immune system which makes you vulnerable to physical illness.
Learn more about insomnia
Take an online self-assessment inventory for insomnia
Print out a self-assessment inventory for insomnia. (This is a PDF file. To view it, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. To take the inventory, print the PDF file and fill in your answers.)
Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Being easily distracted, having trouble keeping appointments, and having difficulty starting or completing tasks is burdensome for you and those impacted by your problems with attention. These could be symptoms of ADHD.
Learn more about ADHD.
Take an online ADHD self-assessment inventory.
Download and print an ADHD self-assessment inventory. (This is a PDF file. To view it, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. To take the inventory, print the PDF file and fill in your answers.)
Anger Management
For most people, anger is a normal emotional response to threatening or frustrating events, or another person’s actions or words. When anger is expressed inappropriately, however, it may endanger your relationships, your job, and even your health. And you may have an anger management problem.
The challenge is not to deny or suppress anger but learn to recognize its warning signs, learn to calm down, and learn to deal with the situation in a positive way.
If you think managing your anger is a challenge and wonder if it could be a problem, you can learn more about yourself by taking a self-assessment inventory.
Learn more about Anger Management
Take an online self-assessment for Anger Management
Print out a self-assessment for Anger Management (This is a PDF file. To view it, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. To take the inventory, print the PDF file and fill in your answers.)
Smoking Cessation
We know that, eventually, smoking will probably make you sick. Smoking is addictive. Smoking cessation is accompanied by physical symptoms and emotional stress. To stop smoking forever requires a strategy that meets your individual physical, behavioral, and emotional needs.
Learn more about an effective smoking cessation treatment program.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Excessive preoccupation with certain thoughts and a drive to perform certain actions repeatedly are both symptoms of OCD, an anxiety disorder. OCD symptoms can be associated with minimum impairment of functioning or the symptoms can cause severe and significant disruptions in one's everyday activities.
Learn more about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Take an OCD online self-assessment inventory.
Print out an OCD self-assessment inventory. (This is a PDF file. To view it, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. To take the inventory, print the PDF file and fill in your answers.)
PreMenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
The symptoms of PMDD are more severe than PMS. Symptoms include depression and irritability and physiological concerns such as fatigue, pain, and over eating. It is fortunate that there are medications that successfully manage PMDD symptoms.
Learn more about Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder.
Take an online PMDD self-assessment inventory.
Print out a PMDD self-assessment inventory. (This is a PDF file. To view it, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. To take the inventory, print the PDF file and fill in your answers.)
Social Anxiety
Social Anxiety is characterized by fear and discomfort when in a social setting. Most people who have social anxiety are unaware and simply believe that they prefer to be alone and do not like to associate with people in the work place unless they must.
Learn more about Social Anxiety.
Take an online Social Anxiety inventory
Take a Social Anxiety self-assessment inventory. (This is a PDF file. To view it, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. To take the inventory, print the PDF file and fill in your answers.)
Alcohol and Drug Use and Abuse
When using alcohol or other mood altering substances causes trouble in your life, you have a problem. When occasional or rare use of these substances causes trouble, you have a problem. It is common to use substances to sooth or calm oneself. Often it works for a while. It is common to minimize the impact of alcohol or drugs on your work or personal relationships, your health, or your sleep. And at some point it always takes its toll.
Learn more about the use and abuse of drugs and alchohol.
Take a self-assessment inventory about you and mood altering substances. (This is a PDF file. To view it, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. To take the inventory, print the PDF file and fill in your answers.)
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