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Depression, Feel Isolated In A Crowd. Diagnosed Of Bipolar Disorder. Taking Zorfresh. Help
hi , i am suraj 35 yrs,working in a mnc software company ,i have extreme deprsesiion , i feel isolated in a crowd and also when i home,i feel deprreded or lonely.i was diaognised of bipolar disorder . i am also having obessive thoughts.kindly help me following are the medices i am taking buprioprion 150 1-0-0 macorate cr 200 0-0-1 oxetal 300 mg 1-0-1 zorfresh 0-0-1 please help me doctor to get out of this depssed feeling. thnx suraj
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Hello........
Thanks for your query. You are on a combination of magnesium valproate and oxcarbazepine, two potent mood stabilisers in addition to T.Bupropion, an anti-depressant with a favourable profile in bipolar disorder. If your depressive symtoms are still not under control inspite of compliance to above medication, kindly re-consult your psychiatrist. Your anti-depressant dosage might need to be increased or substituted with another anti-depressant after thorough evaluation of your depressive symtoms.
Regards
Dr Sundar Gnanavel
Psychiatrist
Thanks for your query. You are on a combination of magnesium valproate and oxcarbazepine, two potent mood stabilisers in addition to T.Bupropion, an anti-depressant with a favourable profile in bipolar disorder. If your depressive symtoms are still not under control inspite of compliance to above medication, kindly re-consult your psychiatrist. Your anti-depressant dosage might need to be increased or substituted with another anti-depressant after thorough evaluation of your depressive symtoms.
Regards
Dr Sundar Gnanavel
Psychiatrist
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Hello,
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From the kind of symptoms you have stated it appears that you are still having a lot of depressive symptoms. Although the regime of drugs that you have mentioned with 2 mood stabilizers and 1 anti-depressant is good and effective for many people. However if it is still not effective against you then you dont have much of an option than to increase the drug dosage or change the medication. Lamotrigin is one such drug which can be used in such a condition.
Insist you psychiatrist to start you on CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy).
Exercises and good diet will also help.
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Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your queries.
From the kind of symptoms you have stated it appears that you are still having a lot of depressive symptoms. Although the regime of drugs that you have mentioned with 2 mood stabilizers and 1 anti-depressant is good and effective for many people. However if it is still not effective against you then you dont have much of an option than to increase the drug dosage or change the medication. Lamotrigin is one such drug which can be used in such a condition.
Insist you psychiatrist to start you on CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy).
Exercises and good diet will also help.
Hope I have answered your query.
In future if you want to discuss with me directly you can use the link:
http://www.healthcaremagic.com/Funnel?page=askDoctorDirectly&docId=64634
Wish you a good health!
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Hi Suraj
Thank you for getting in touch with us. From what we see, you have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and are on few medicines. The medicines you are currently taking are very effective in the treatment of bipolar disorder. But as I see, these medicines have pushed you towards depression but cutting down on hormones. As we are not aware of your medical history, we would recommend you to get in touch with your psychiatrist. One to come out of it would be to alter the dosage of medicines you take. Your psychiatrist might also recommend you to stop taking one of these medicines and start with some other one. Hope this helps
Regards
Dr. Gagandeep Dhillon
Thank you for getting in touch with us. From what we see, you have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and are on few medicines. The medicines you are currently taking are very effective in the treatment of bipolar disorder. But as I see, these medicines have pushed you towards depression but cutting down on hormones. As we are not aware of your medical history, we would recommend you to get in touch with your psychiatrist. One to come out of it would be to alter the dosage of medicines you take. Your psychiatrist might also recommend you to stop taking one of these medicines and start with some other one. Hope this helps
Regards
Dr. Gagandeep Dhillon
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