Suggest Treatment For Depression When Suffering From Chicken Pox

Posted on Mon, 6 Apr 2015

Question: sir, I am from XXXXXXX XXXXXXX 34 yrs old. Today I was diagnosed as having chickenpox. I am given augmentin pro,allegra and combiflam to continue for 5 days. rashes has just started developing from today morning. one thing that makes me discomfort is some kind of depression like feeling that keeps coming and going. while I am sleeping it is less but when I walk or stand it is more. what is that I am feeling? is it expected? to help you understand the feelibg better, this is a kind of feel one gets when he is nervous just few minutes before any written exam or test. please advice how I can get rid of this. thanks, Nivas

Answered by Dr. Tushar Kanti Biswas (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Depression during chickenpox

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thank you for your query. I can understand your concerns.

Depression like feeling is unexpected during chickenpox infection.

Depression occurring in the context of medical illness is difficult to evaluate. Depressive symptomatology may reflect the psychological stress of coping with the disease, may be caused by the disease process itself or by the medications used to treat it, or may simply coexist in time with the medical diagnosis
Virtually every class of medication includes some agent that can induce depression-even antimicrobials (augmentin) , systemic analgesics(combiflam) .

You need to see a psychiatrist for that.

Regards

Dr. T.K. Biswas M.D. XXXXXXX

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