My father (age: 65) has severe depression and anxiety. He has not interest in any activity. He is taking sertagress 100, qutipin 25 at morning and lonazep 1 mg, qutipin 50 at night for the last 15 days till there is no improvement in symptoms. So in how many days he will recover from this condition?

Dr. Mahendra Singh UikeyPsychiatrist3yrs exp

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Recovery from a psychiatric illness varies. It may take 2-8 weeks to achieve a significant amount of improvement in symptoms. To see the effects of a particular antidepressant, atleast 2-4 weeks may be required. In this particular case, the doses may be increased further to look for improvement. If there is no improvement even after that, then there would a need to change the antidepressant or try another treatment modality.  

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