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Psychiatrist•Bangalore
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Dear Parveen,
It is nice to know that you don't have any further episode with regular oxcarbazepine. As age advances, clonazepam and lorazepam (ativan) interferes with your memory and does not give any added benefits for your mood. So please reduce one by one slowly. Start with ativan 0.5 mg for 2 weeks and stop. Then clonazepam also 0.5 mg for 2 weeks and stop. You can use etizolam if anxiety or sleep becomes a problem temporarily for next 1 month. Please continue your mood stabilisers.
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I am male 46 years old suffering from major depressive since last 22 years. The first episode was very very severe with severe numbness and sleepy throughout the day, complete impairment in memory, thinking n thought processing tried different kinds of depression medications flunil 40, sertraline,veniz 40 etc, even though flunil helped me to some extent but my psychosomatic symptoms like body pains constant fatigue never gone away and also memory impairment n executive n thought processing capabilities not improved much even after medication for 22 years. Cognition n memory impairment was my biggest problem. One year back lamictal 200 introduced along with antidepressant lamictal helped me to a great deal in restoring my subnormal n below baselevel depressive mood lifted to certain extent far better than antidepressant alone. My main concern now is improvement in mood to further extent by using another suitable mood stabilizer along with lamictal n my grave concern of cognition and memory improvement which never returned back .I used to be with excellent n sharp memory and was topper through out my studies until this depression episode occurred. Please suggest add on medication for moodlift and memory problems.

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Psychiatrist•Panchkula
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Hello
I can understand the problem you are facing from such a long time. 22 year of long illness without recovery even when you are compliant with medication. What I suggest is to rule out other possibility causing depression such as thyroid or having bipolar mood disorder. Sometimes we miss out hypomania episode as depression covers it. A mood chart will benefit you in that. Adding a mood stabilizer like lithium will cover your bipolar illness and augment your antidepressant treatment as we...more
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Psychiatrist•Nadiad
Endogenous depression .best treatment avialble is Ultra Brief Pulse therapy. Total 6=8 times - with a gap of 2-3 days - recover completely for details of this therapy google it. We are having it.
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M.Phil - Clinical Psychology, M.Sc - Ne...read more

Psychologist•Zirakpur
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Depression can have an effect on our concentration which interferes with learning and recall of information. Although a healthy nutritious diet is important, here are some tips which might be useful:
1. Reduce distractions and focus on the task. Try not to think about other things when you are trying to get something done. 2. Write the information that you want to remember
3. Group large amount of information into small chunks which can easily be recalled. E.g. A 9 digit number is easier...more
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Psychiatrist•Chennai
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Paroxetine belongs to ssri group of medications which though are good antidepressants cause sexual dysfunction commonly. But not to worry, they are reversible and you need to consult your psychiatrist and get your prescription revised for control of your depression as well as improvement in your sexual performance do not take these on your own for many years, then the problem becomes much more difficult to handle. Good luck.
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M.A.(H)Psychology, PG Diploma in Child G...read more

Psychologist•Noida
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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
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