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Dear lybrate-user,
congratulations for continuing your interest in making your life better. Ect is an option - not tried so far. But it is not a one time treatment. It has to be given under anesthesia, may be 6-12 times. Only few psychiatrists will have ect facility. Ketamine and rtms - very very few psychiatrist will have it. Ketamine will work if you are acutely suicidal. The effect lasts for lesser time than ect. Rtms may be given as outpatient since it does not need anesthesia. But the n...more

This is a troublesome question to a lot of people on medication. Bipolar 1 what you have now is a long-term recovery program. You should not rely on medication alone and must therefore combine it with some therapy too. This is the best approach. Comply with all the medical prescriptions, and work in tandem with a counselor for a long time and learn coping skills and techniques to handle the daily challenges you will face. There are certain adaptations that will suit you during the elation phase ...more

Dose can be minimised wen sx are better. It does not mean that Med to stop. So pls continue wth drs advice

mechanism of cognitive decline is entirely different in Alzheimer's and schizophrenia. Galantamine is used in Alzheimer's to slower the progression of cognitive decline rather to enhance cognition. it works by slowing the degradation of neurotransmitter acetylcholine by blocking the enzyme responsible for same, thereby increasing the relative availability of the neurotransmitter at neural synapse, whereas the mechanism for cognitive decline in schizophrenia is more complex and different compared...more

Dear sir,
I strongly advise you to discuss it with your doctor. Only the doctor who prescribed you medicines is at better judgement of dosage of change of medicines and never ever stop medicines without consulting your doctor.
Depression also needs psychotherapy along with medicines for complete cure. I advise you to consult a therapist for counseling.

Dear user if you don’t want to take medication for life time then please wake up yourself, medicines are not a perfect solution for mental health, you have to work on your own, your will power, your mind and thoughts. But due to certain reasons if you are on antidepressants you have to take some extra care of yourself. I donã¢â€â™t know what are the circumstances under which you are taking medicines, I want to know the whole details about your disorder. But I must say donã¢â€â™t depend on the ...more

How to Stop Overthinking?

Bring yourself to the present moment: In other words, each time we are overthinking we cannot be in the present moment.The reality, however, is that the present moment is usually far better than the past or future we are overthinking about.
Replace Your thoughts: Yep, you can’t control the thoughts that pass through your mind but you can replace those negative thinking with positive ones.
Make a small shift in focus: How many times have you stopped work...more

It's very much normal don't worry, do regular exercise, take high protein, maintain a healthy life, this will help, start doing meditation also.

If you want to be free of this major illness which can cause a lot of harm to you, you need to take the medicines.

Hello, occasional consumption of some amount of alcohol is almost harmless with these medicines.
But your frequency of alcohol is on a higher side, it will come under the category of alcohol misuse.
You have to reduce the frequency of alcohol otherwise you will land into problems like alcohol dependence, deterioration of mental health and other physical problems as well.