Mental Health Questions

For adhd, you can take non pharmacological management, but for bipolar you will probably have to take. Also depending on individual case especially with severe adhd you will have take medication.

Dear lybrate-user,
schizophrenia has both positive symptoms (hallucinations, delusions, disorganised thoughts) and negative symptoms (tiredness, lack of interest in any goal directed activity, lack of pleasure, restricted vocabulary, apathy, etc.) probably you would have become alright because of relief from positive symptoms. The negative symptoms also need treatment (amisulpride and aripiprazole). Please don't stop these medicines. Discuss with your psychiatrist. She/he may add an antidepr...more

Dear lybrate-user,
as I have already answered, schizophrenia needs long term maintenance dose of tablets. Relapses are worse to treat. You have not had any relapse since you were continuously on tablets. Your doctor is reducing the tablets, its dose and to less powerful tablets like aripiprazole. Let your doctor decide how long you will be on 15 mg. Since you don't have much side effect with aripiprazole, why don't you take it till the doctor decides the maintenance dose and tablet.

I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
People with drug-induced bipolar disorder have similar mood shifts and symptoms as people with bipolar disorder. The difference between the two is that people with drug-induced bipolar disorder tend to have their symptoms go away after 1 month of stopping drug use.
Let's connect over a call so that we can discuss your concern in details and make a suitable treatment plan for you.

Dear lybrate-user, please discuss your problem with your treating psychiatrist. There could be many reasons for refusing sex. Your wife might be in depression where she does not enjoy sex. Citapure may cause some side effect that she doesn't like sex. She may have other social reasons for refusing. She may be even afraid of pregnancy since she is on lithosun that might sometimes harm her child in the womb.

Better skip to nature cure good for you If possible you may take hypnotheraphy at free of cost .Best wishes

Dear Thulasi,
You can take all these tablets along with acupuncture. Don't stop, especially sizopin and encorate.

First of drink lots of water. Then make sure that your aged parents consult a doctor at the earliest for an anti dot. May be a small food poison may result. Nothing more. Treatment required.

Dear Sarkar,
Please get your serum lithium level done, 12 hours after the last tablet. If it is less than 0.8 mE/l, try increasing lithosun s r to 800 mg.

Dear Pradeep,
I don't know, since how long you are taking these medicines. I don't know the diagnosis of your disorder. All these 3 medicines have been started at a low dose for you to tolerate the side effects. After 2-3 weeks, it will be increased to an effective dose. Then, there will be improvement. Please inform your doctor about the effective medicine and dose of it, in your previous episode.