Question: When I was 13-14 years old I used to have frequent colds. My doctor used to prescribe ultragin and septran. My problem was so severe I ended up taking these medicines almost 10 months a year for 2 three years. There was no one to guide me even at that age because my mother was bed ridden (She was diabetic as now I recon from her symtomps) and my father was too busy with his business. Then I was diagnosed for left maxilliary sinusistis which I got operated. Again I continued to be very prone to cold every time I was being prescribed antibiotics. Later I developed psychetrist problems. Until 13 I had above average memory and health. I was referred to psycharist wards. They gave all kinds of medicines. I used to be hyperactive some day very depressed on other days. So much so that by the time I turned 18 I was thinking of suicide also. But I kept my will power strong. Then at 19 I read 2 books stress and stomach and one anxiety depression and your stomach. I headed straight to Gastroentrologist and he prescribed Tablet stelabid. That tablet gave me new lease of life and slowly I picked up health wise and needed no other medicines Except b complex and multivitamins.. By 32 years I had Diabetes and by 38 I had stunt in my heart 99% blockage. In 2009 Again I had severe infection in my gums (Pus formatin) except 6 teeth all other were removed. This treatment ran for almost one year and I was subjected to antibiotics for almost one year. This caused my depression to surface again I almost lost my memory and was not able to do my office work. After this treatment I am not feeling normal even till date depression wise, my memory is also bad now at times it goes very low. I am unable to concentrate on my job and frequently get diverted. Suffer from emotional disturbance as well. Kindly guide. As on date my health is good but am very prone to hyper acidity. I am taking PPZ-d twice a day. I take at least 6 cups of tea a day as my accounts work requires me to relax in between and I use tea for that. have good resistance to cold. My blood sugar usually remains in 150-199 range. I am having pain in my left shoulder doctor said it is frozen shoulder he prescribed tremsol. I took for 2-3 days but then discontinued because of paracetamol in it as it started giving me old symptoms. Second this is not frozen shoulder as it is pain in nerve much like sciatica because on applying pressure it reaches back of my arm the area between shoulder and elbow and mildly below elbow it reaches lower neck also some time. At suggestion of one friend I am taking Neorubion forte and it has alleviated it but not cured though day by day it is diminishing. Still I cannot extend my left arm on my back while bathing. I am taking Glimer 1 mg also once a day. I have discontinued taking stelabid at suggestion of my doctor he substituted it with Stalopam plus. With stlopam I would feel drowsy even by next day evening. Then he changed it to Stalopam 10, I find it also strong. In reply to my questions kindly also advise weather I need to visit gastroentrologis also can he help me in curing bad memory lack of concentration. At times I get fevers and infection requiring unavoidable use of antibiotics which becomes intolerable by my body should I be going to gastro at such occasions also.I am taking revital also but this causes my lever bloating. My doctor had prescribed recovit total but it is not available in market hence I have to stick to revital. Without multivitamins I do not feel normal. My e-mail YYYY@YYYY .

Thanks doctor for your reply.

My point is in child hood I was subjected to so much antibiotics and that caused depression ( This is my understanding) that could not be cured by medicines prescribed by psychiatrist. Thankfully after reading books I realised it may have something to do with my stomach and after taking stelabid I never needed psychiatrist medicines. I also inform that from 21 to 37 years my life was full of challenges, moneywise family situation wise I used to have depressing moments but just by will I always tried to overcome this as by now I had developed big aversion to psychiatrist medicines. Though now I understand that prolonged use of antibiotics dwindled levels of vitamins and minerals and that compounded with my life situation caused all this . Now my question is Do prolonged use of antibiotics just cause depletion of vitamins and minerals or it does cause some short of damage to intestine that also may be requiring some redressal and help me improve my depressive disorder hence a need to visit gastro. Or do you suggest sticking with present regime of stalopam and multivitamins is sufficient. I honestly admit I have been avoiding stalopam(Not Taking Regularly) because of my aversion to psychetrist medicies as I have a feeling that a gastro can do better job as it helped me earlier. Kindly also advice a good multivitamin that also amply takes care of my b complex requirement (I think I require more of it then that contained in normal multivitamin prescriptions). Regards