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If you are having problems with anxiety and depression and a doctor you have consulted has given you medications, you should take those medications as suggested. If you are worried about a certain or a set of certain problems that are adverse side effects of the medications on your health, you should talk to your doctor about them. If you have questions or concerns that can be addressed online we will make necessary suggestions.
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Please do not change your medicine without asking your doctor esp in depression go through your doctor and tell him about your comllain he might b change or continue it. But do not interfere your self. And go through some yoga and meditation nd homeopathic doctor it will more supportive in depression
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If you have been on antidepressants for 4 years continuously and for the previous times you have had four different episodes it seems like you have depression with dysthymia. We call it double depression and it needs treatment on a long term basis. You also mention that you have had ect. However you do not mention how many treatments you received and what was their outcome. If you want to go off of antidepressants you might need to gradually taper them off, while being on a different kind of the...more
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Dear lybrate-user,
adding another antidepressant is warranted in certain cases. There are guidelines for its addition. One can not load himself with antidepressants however chronic it is. Please consult your psychiatrist about it. Since he is following you up for many years, he may add venlafaxine or a mood stabiliser ot therapy for psychosocial issues keeping the depression for a long time. It depends on the diagnosis.
adding another antidepressant is warranted in certain cases. There are guidelines for its addition. One can not load himself with antidepressants however chronic it is. Please consult your psychiatrist about it. Since he is following you up for many years, he may add venlafaxine or a mood stabiliser ot therapy for psychosocial issues keeping the depression for a long time. It depends on the diagnosis.
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Serotonin syndrome is a possibility only at high dose with medications that act on the serotonin receptor level making increasing amounts of serotonin levels available for chemical action. However it is safe to take medications under the supervision of a psychiatrist.
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