Ridon 1Mg Tablet Health Feed

Dear Sunil,
I hope that you have tried these antidepressants in maximum dose and also for at least 3-6 weeks duration. Treatment resistant depression has its own flow chart of add ons like thyroxine, samE, 5 HT and varied therapies. At times review of diagnosis, may be necessary. What antidepressant you are taking now? What is the dose? Since how long, you are on this dose?

Medications stoppage can lead to relapse if symptoms which can happen after few weeks or months. If there has been a past relapse on stopping medications it is advisable to continue the same. Initial stoppage of medications can provide a sense of well being, but on longer run can be harmful. There are various factors which need to be taken into consideration before trial stoppage of medications. Discuss with your psychiatrist. Good luck.

You should notice change after 4 to 6 weeks but full recovery may take months. After recovery you should continue to take medicines till your psychiatrist advises you to stop. Very commonly it is seen that patients stop treatment after remission and subsequently they relapse. These medicines are safe for long term use. Good luck.

Hello friend, in can understand your concerns about anxiety. Be aware that medicine are just one part of your anxiety treatment to give 50% relief. In parallel, you need to follow psychotherapy or mindset changes techniques, relaxation techniques etc to mange or control or divert your anxious thoughts. So consult a psychologist directly or online to assess your physical or mental symptoms to recommend suitable lifestyle changes, exercise routine, counseling guidance etc.
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The drug is safe in breast feeding however. Watch your baby if she or he sleeps for long time or does not feed properly. Consult a psychiatrist for expert opinion on this.

It is your risk to trust ayurvedic medicine for psychosis. Alternate medications wrongly claim they lack side effects. If a molecule (medicine) helps in one cell, in other unaffected cells they may have some unwanted effect. In allopathy in a tablet there is one molecule and side effects are less, and universally researched in all countries and approved by WHO. In alternative medication, herbal, siddha, ayurveda a single medicine mostly contains multiple molecules, poorly researched, falsely cla...more

Dear lybrate-user,
both fluoxetine and risperidone will not show up in drug screening. Drug screening is done for other addicting drugs. These 2 are not addicting drugs. They are essential drugs. All the best for upsc selection. Continue preparing.

Yes you seem to be on right path of treatment based on what you have said. But I guess the treating psychiatrist knows more than you have mentioned. So if the symptoms are under control, it is best to follow his advise. All the best.

Your doctor has advised correctly. Don't try to get rid of meds by yourself or illness may get relapsed.

There are multiple issues like ocd, depression and obesity. All these are interrelated. I would like you to add 'walking _ brisk walking'to your treatment regimen. In 2-3 months you will see a much better. Version of yourself. Regarding medications, I would like to modify few things like add on a beta blocker and ssri with better side effect profile. I think we make some small changes in your medications after knowing detailed history. Better to follow up with your psychiatrist and share your co...more