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Asked for male, 74 years old from Vijayawada
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Psychiatrist•Chennai
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The reason might be due to many causes. Commonest here would be a stroke involving temporal lobe, leading to aphasic speech (irrelevant), which can be confirmed by a mri scan of the brain. Second reason can be due to dementia, which happens to shrinkage of the brain affecting recent memory and which is caused/ aggravated by the sleeping pill, alprazolam. This can also be confirmed either by ct/ or mri brain scan. The third reason can be late onset psychosis, in which the scan will be normal. Kin...more
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Psychiatrist•Chennai
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Hello - you have done well in trying to taper down the clonazepam dose gradually over the past few months
- currently you are on a very low dose of 0.0625 mg-0.125 mg every second day. If you have no withdrawal symptoms at present, then just take 0.0625 mgs every other day for about 4 weeks. If no withdrawal symptoms after 4 weeks, then you can stop. If you have any symptoms, consult your doctor for additional monitoring and support. Take care.
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Psychologist•Palakkad
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common mental health problem. Symptoms typically include recurring thoughts and repetitive actions in response to the recurring thoughts. A common example is recurring thoughts about germs and dirt, with a need to wash your hands repeatedly to "clean off the germs" However, there are many other examples like sexual thoughts, counting, checking, orderliness, etc. The usual treatments are cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), a selective serotonin reuptake i...more
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Psychologist•Bangalore
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Hello friend, good day. I can understand your concerns. Be aware that medicine are just one part of your treatment. Though it will have few sides effects, it's still required to manage your emotions better. So just follow the medicine as instructed by your psychiatrist. In addition, you need to follow few non medicinal treatments like exercise routine, yoga, few lifestyle changes, dietary changes and also regular counseling support to overcome your problems permanently. Be positive. You will be ...more
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Some people see things after some reason like drinking alcohol, lack of sleep, medication that causes hallucination, parkinson disease, depression psychosis, epilepsy medication may sometime trigger hallucination other condition high fever, migraine, social isolation, seizure, deafness vision problem, terminal illness, counselings reduce anxiety, if problem consult psychiatrist.
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Yes. You seems to be under stress. Try to relax --exercise. Exercise is one of the most important things you can do to combat stress. Take a few minutes to breathe in and out in slow, deep breaths.
Reduce your caffeine intake. Write it down. Chew gum. Spend time with friends and family.
Laugh.Massage.
Eat a healthy diet.
Pursue one hobbywalk in naturemeditation.
Yoga
for details you can consult me.
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