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If you are now better as per your depression diagnosis if it was MDD
THEN ONLY aripiprazole AND LAMOTRIGINE CAN BE TAPPERED GRADUALY. If it is bipolar depression then stratigy can be different.there is no long acting combination for more then a day preparation.OD ONCE ADAY IS AVAILABLE.
GRADUAL TAPERING DOWN ONLY TO ADEQUATE DOSE OF venlafaxine od 150 mg or 225 mg may be possible.
I dont advise to do it own your own because self medication can be dangerous.
Better go to your psy...more

Depression can be treated with medicines, psychotherapy or both, depending upon your preference and severity of symptoms. A lot depends on whether you have had previous episodes and additional history of other medical problems, bipolar disorder in yourself or family and other medical problems. Since you are reporting symptoms for a long time, it is imperative that you get a proper consultation and treatment. I can straightaway suggest a few antidepressants here like escitalopram, sertraline, flu...more

This, at the face of it, seems like depression. A detailed evaluation will be needed to evaluate the exact diagnosis. But it appears that this should respond well to treatment. In order to help you better, we will need certain more details like: similar episodes in the past, any other psychological problems in the past, any other medical illnesses and medicines that you may be on. Please get a complete hemogram, TSH and vitamin B12 levels done. Medicines such as fluoxetine or venlafaxine could w...more

Believe at age above 60, even systolic blood pressure till 150 is acceptable. Once in a week bp monitoring, mild reduction in salt intake (after monitoring electrolytes balance), and then periodic review with your doctor should help. If you have been using propranolol fro some time, then it is clinical judgement, but pls don't suddenly start it at 80 mg/day, as it can cause sudden fall in blood pressure.

Dear Lybrate customer, Ventab 50 dxt is known drug for depression. Loss of libido is one of the side effects, now you are feeling this may be a cummilative effect. Check your life style during therapy and now that also affect sexual life. Ventab 50 dxt are having other side effects also, better to have safe ayurveda herbal medicine.

These medications that you mention, i.e. Venlafaxine, lithium and escitalopram that you have been prescribed can be taken simultaneously without any serious side effects. However, it seems like you have a specific question about contraindication. To answer this question, we will need more information from you to determine if it is so. Kindly consult us for a second opinion.
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Dear lybrate-user, why do you want to stop venlafaxine before you are relieved of your anxiety and depression. Good that you have not used ativan. Alprazolam also is a similar drug. Use it only when it is absolutely necessary (you need to do your routine work with all these symptoms). Paracetamol may relieve you temporarily - but in the long run, it damages your kidneys. It is not aimed to treat your depression. Most of your symptoms looks like that of depressive disorder. Still many hormonal, m...more

Dose of venlafaxine is very less and it needs to be increased. Once you are on higher dose of venlafaxine then olanzapine can be stopped.
You require a detailed assessment.

Praxotine is a ssri, it will not make sense to add another ssri. Have you tried snri such as venlafaxine. Switching to snri is potential option. Depending on other symptoms such as level of anxiety, adding bupropion is a good option (unless you have anxiety). Trial of small dose of tricyclic or mood stabilizer are also options.

Hi lybrate-user
based on the limited information provided by you, it is not clear whether mirtazapine was the first medicine given to you after you were diagnosed with ocd or it was started after trial of other medications. How were you doing/improvement over mirtazapine? It's always best to cross taper a psychotropic medication rather than stopping abruptly which may otherwise lead to drug withdrawal/loss of effect. It's possible for mirtazapine withdrawal to continue up to 6-8 weeks. For t...more