Etilaam Pro 0.5Mg/40Mg Tablet Health Feed

Do not worry anxiety is present in 5-18% of population and the medication given is good for short term control (1 week or so, not for this long). It is like taking treatment for any other medical problem. After some time you need ssri or tca group of medication for anxiety control, so consult a psychiatrist for proper medication. Ssri'c increase the serotonin levels which are already present in the mind (brain) for overcoming anxiety and helps on longer run, the medicine. Etilaam pro, just contr...more

Dear Ashit,
As your depression is lifted, your day time sadness will go away. You will be interested in all your daily activities. Till that time keep observing that the sadness is a passing phase. It will go away soon. It is good that your are doing jpmr daily.

Generalised anxiety disorder is commonly a long term condition requiring continuous treatment, so kindly get back to your psychiatrist and restart the treatment. You can also combine with cognitive behavior therapy for better results. Only cbt or counselling may not help. Good luck.

Some tips for sound sleep and early awaking in morning follow advises given below:

1. Strict to sleep time schedule

2. Do regular physical activity, you can go for daily morning walk

3. Regular meditation/ yoga, it will help you alot

4. Avoid tea coffee after 7 pm

5. You can take bath at bedtime

6. Avoid daytime sleep

7. You can use alarm and gradually reduce your waking time by 15 minutes

8. Avoid watching TV and r...more

Dear Yasha,
Both clonazepam and etizolam are NOT medicines for OCD. They belong to benzodiazepine group of anxiolytics. You don't gain weight by these medicines, if you maintain the usual diet and exercise schedule.

Dear Tapas,
When did you meet your doctor last? After taking these medicines did you consult her/him? These tablets take 2-3 weeks to start their action. If you follow up with the doctor, she/he will adjust the dose or add therapy.

Dear Aashi,
No drug is safe. You need to take it whenever the benefit exceeds the side effect. If you are using it without doctor's prescription, if you feel safe in storing the tablet, if you are increasing the dose over years, if your main worry is getting the tablet and if you are neglecting your responsibilities, probably you have become dependent on it.
If you are using it to reduce your anxiety, it is better that you learn a non medical method of managing your anxiety.

Doses need to be titrated as all of the anti OCD medications are also antidepressants. Apart from that you need exercise regularly so that your body also naturally tries to cope with depression by releasing endorphins during exercise. Endorphins are natural antidepressants and make mood better. Avoid caffeinated drinks as they will worsen anxiety and depression. Do some breathing exercises and relaxation techniques.

Hi lybrate-user,
you need to discuss with your psychiatrist to further optimize your classic anti-anxiety or antidepressant drugs (escitalopram dose can be further build up to 20 mg per day and if needed another medicine can be added to augment effect of escitalopram) before tapering off and stopping etizolam. It's happening because your anxiety and depression is not yet completely remitted. Whole body blood reports have to be normal before calling it anxiety disorder. Vitamin d has to be ta...more

You need to combine medication with therapy to get the maximum benefits of both. Although this is a long term disease, and you will probably remain for long on medication you must still persevere. Schizophrenia is a very complex and difficult disease to treat, even with medication. All psychotropic medicines have side-effects: that is inescapable. But I suspect that you are depending entirely on medication when in reality you need to combine it with counselings or therapy. In therapy you will le...more