Anxiety and Depression Questions

Dear Aastha,
You need adjustment of dose of stalopam. Please follow up with your doctor at the earliest. Your symptoms are more of depression than of anxiety. So you can stop etizolam, if you wish. The doctor may increase the dose, or change the antidepressant or add another tablet/therapy.

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The medication you are on is pretty good for your condition. But the problem is that medication will not teach you skills to last you for a lifetime. You need to visit a counselor and get some help to learn to handle your depression and anxiety. Before it gets out of control and difficult to deal with seek help earlier, especially about this fear. If the fear is of recent origin, you could perhaps identify it and deal with it. But if it is from the long past, then much work has to be done to sor...more

Have regular meals and keep yourself hydrated. It might seem not important but sometimes being in a rush for deadline will cause you to forget your meals and making you irritated, nervous or anxious. When you feel irritable or anxious, check the time. It might be just your low blood sugar and your body needs to feed. Being dehydrated also can cause migraine. So keep a water bottle by your side and take a sip regularly. It is also a good way to take a break. (See also: Foods for Anxiety and Stres...more

Both are ssris and need to be taken after consulting a psychiatrist and not purchased over the counter as they are schedule h drugs. They need to be monitored, followed up. Both have different effects on different anxiety and depressive symptoms. Good luck.

Hi,
I would suggest taking regular counselling/therapy sessions from a professional and reducing the dependence on the medicines slowly. Also, share with your doctor about the side - effects so that they can guide you with a changed course, if required. Take care.

Hi, it's great that you are determined to work on your mental health issues. Psychotherapy along with medication, definitely helps and speeds up the process.
There are many therapists who are providing online sessions these days. Even I do and you may choose to contact me. Sorry for your past experience. You might do some trial and error before you match up with a competent therapist of your choice. Don't loose faith in therapy then, just search more because good therapy do wonders.
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The most effective solution for dealing with anxiety for me personally was waking up early. I am not a morning person but once I tried this, I was surprised how good this made me feel. It helped me find peace and calm myself down. Having so much time in my hand I could do small things that made me happy and I felt a sense of accomplishment just by waking up early. I feel the most anxious during the night- so sleeping early really helped me tackle it to a great extent.
Meditation was another ...more

I think there are other issues like obesity along with sleep issues. Obesity can lead to something called as obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (osas). It will not be benefitted by taking these above medications. Kindly consult a physician or psychiatrist and get your sleep evaluated with help of polysomnography (sleep study ). But, as a general measure I would suggest regular exercise / walking to reduce your weight and also practice sleep hygeine. Which you will get on google search. All the bes...more

The most effective solution for dealing with anxiety for me personally was waking up early. I am not a morning person but once I tried this, I was surprised how good this made me feel. It helped me find peace and calm myself down. Having so much time in my hand I could do small things that made me happy and I felt a sense of accomplishment just by waking up early. I feel the most anxious during the night- so sleeping early really helped me tackle it to a great extent.
Meditation was another ...more