I am 35 years old I have been suffering from depression since 10 years. I am eating now fluvoxin CR100. But due to my bike accident I did stop this medicine since 2 month. With out medicine I feel good. Weather this will continue or not.
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There's no surety that you will continue to feel good after stopping the medicine. Many people recover from depression because they do all the right things which keeps depression at bay. Some others, have a relapse because they didn't do those things which keeps depression away. Since you didn't mention the source of your depression and what keeps you going without medicine, I am mentioning a few points which can help you to keep away depression. 1. Counselling helps to manage the rumination a d negative thoughts associated with depression. 2. Eating a healthy and we'll balanced diet which is especially brain healthy as well is recommended. Please keep your vit b 12 and vit d3 levels within the normal range. Eat lean proteins in all your meals as this is brain food. So are eggs, fish, walnuts. 3. Exercising regularly helps keep depression away as natural neurotransmitters are released in the brain. Feel good hormones epinephrine and endorphins are released to uplift your mood and mix with people. 4. Be social and meet like minded and progressive people. Be a problem solver and future oriented person as well. Live in the present rather than past or future. 5. Have a hobby which relaxes you and gives you a sense of achievement. Look at life with some humor so that you can manage daily stressful events well.
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Madam, eventhough you may be better as of now, relapse of depression can occur. The medicines help maintain the neurotransmitter balance in the brain. If your history of depression is long, it is advisable to keep meeting your psychiatrist regularly and continue medicine as per instructions. Feeling right now and having a worse episode later may be catastrophic. Its just like immunisation. You can choose not to get vaccine of a certain illness by avoiding the injection but later the consequences are severe.
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