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My mother is 62 years old. She is a patient of depression since 25 yrs. Four years back she was prescribed licab until 6 months before she severely got ill and diagnosed with ITP. The doctors zeroed on licab and stopped it. We consulted a psychiatrist and prescribed her with mirtaz 30 mg and nexito 15 mg but to no use. There has been a relapse and she is not responding to medicines for last 6 months. Whats your advice sir. Licab needs to be started or there is some alternate medicines.
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Hello dear, see first of all since as you are mentioning lithium was the predominant Medicine prescribed earlier. It could be most likely the case of Bipolar disorder.in which yes Depression occurs. But the treatment differs. I mean requirement of mood stabilizer is there. Lithium is a mood stabilizer but there are many others since your mother had problems with lithium recently. So Consult your Psychiatrist for reviewing the diagnosis. As it will be the deciding factor in the future Management. Ok.
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