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These medicines are addictive and cause adverse side effects. Avoid sleep during daytime. Have early and light dinner so that the food is digested before you go to bed. Don’t do any concentrated mental work thereafter so that your mind is calm and quiet when you go to bed and lingering thoughts in mind don’t disturb your sleep. Keep your bed room comfortably cooler. Have a good night sleep. If you still have problem, homeopathy has very good solution. No side effects. No addiction . Please take ...more

Dear lybrate-user,
It is good that you find relief with amitriptyline for IBS. I don't know the dose that you are taking. If you increase the dose to 75 mg or more, the same drug will give relief from anxiety and depression also. You may experience some side effects, but you will tolerate them in due course with improvement of quality of life.

Hello
- lorazepam is meant to be used for short term use only. Usually not recommended to continue over 4 weeks. It needs to be gradually tapered down to prevent withdrawal effects
- have you been diagnosed with ocd? In that case you will benefit by ssri medication. I see that you are already on fluoxetine which will be helpful. Dose needs to be adjusted according to response.
- why was amitriptyline prescribed? Discuss with your doctor to see whether it can be stopped gradually
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Hi.
Vitamin b 12 deficiency is very common in india.
Usually it reverse a lot with proper treatment with adequate dosing. It is usually supplemented with vitamin d3 and calcium. To comment on exact nature of treatment in your case I need to examine you clinically and run some test like ncv and vitamin levels in your blood.
You can book an appointment if you like.

It would be wise if you discuss with your psychiatrist to consider trying gabapentin along with low dose sertraline (~25-50 mg per day).

1.Use Deep Breathing

Deep breathing is another effective way to relieve stress and anxiety. It helps you with physical symptoms such as shallow breathing and rapid heart rate, and it also helps with controlling your thoughts. When you practice deep breathing, you're forced to take your thoughts off of whatever is causing you anxiety and to focus on the breathing technique that you are using.

2.Keep A Journal

Journaling can be an effective way to deal with your anxiety ...more

It is not scientific to take multiple medicines of same class simultaneously. Better to take one in appropriate dosages. It will be wise if you discuss with your psychiatrist to consider switching to other medicines which don't have abuse or addiction potential and whose prescription can be easily procured from anywhere.

Assuming he doesn't have hypertension, and a neurologist has been consulted - the best treatment would be to go upto maximum permissible dose of the medicine (s) he had most relief with. If not, kindly refer to a neurologist for further evaluation.

Dear,
This may not be totally medically proved fact however in my alternative practice, I ha e seen complaints like these improving after aura detox meditation. We have field of energy around us which gets contaminated by negativity and adverse thought energies. Aura cleansing through guided imagery meditation technique could give you immediate benefit. No harm in trying it out.

You must have a balanced high protein diet. Increase fresh fruits and vegetables in your diet. Protein sources like egg whites and soya. However if weakness persists get your thytoid, blood sugar & vitamin d levels tested and review.