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Have Anxiety Issues, Sudden Fear, Restlessness After A Friend's Suicide. What Can Help?

Hi Doctor, My name is Melvin Singh (20yrs old) and i live in Delhi.I m a college student pursuing my Graduation in language.I ve had a good normal life upto 8yrs but unfortunately i witnessed one of my close cousins took his life by hanging himself to death.That deeply affected to my life, in study, in social life &....And i had also faced many problems regarding finacial, family matters,....which deeply disturbed to my psychological system, i mean i have this feelings of anxiety , sudden fear, restlessness,.. even though i try to control over myself.I have been living my life in solitary since last 5/6yrs. as i couldn t face normally to my surroundings, friends , classmates, relatives,...as i don t want to disturb them.Besides, i always feel nervous whenever i face/response people, my romance life too.So kindly give me some advice, anything that could help me out and that will be very nice of you.I spend my free hours on painting, listening to musics, writing,,,,, and please feel free to ask me anything if you need to know more about me.Thank you!!!!!:-) Your friend, Mahesh Singh (call me Melvin)
Fri, 12 Oct 2012
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Hi Melvin,
Don't be so upset because it is not only yours problem. Now Depression is the 3rd most common disorder in the world and within 2020 it will be the first.
However after knowing your problem I personally feel that to come out from this sort of frustated life you need to take a Multidisciplinary Approach which will be very helpful for you. What is it?
Let me explain.
This sort of anxiety and depression occurs due to imbalance in the Neurotransmitter (Chemicals that act on nerve and brain). Several social factor like unfortunate events, problem in relationship, history of past bad events, your surroundings as well as medical condition may contribute to this abnormality of chemicals.
1. MEDICINE- supplement those chemicals from outside actually or functionally. However in difficult cases medicine can cure upto 50 to 60 %. But you have to keep patience because for severe depression you need to take those for 9 to 12 months and that also should be ragular.
2. COUNSELING- which will change your approach to several problems in life which will help you 20 to 30%.
3. Finally your surrounding social-economical pressure, relationship, other stressful events contribute to the rest 10 to 20%. This you can not change directly but can alter to some extent by life style modification.
so if you approach in this manner it will be easy for you to get the solution quickly and then getting back to your normal healthy life will be just a matter of time.
THANK YOU. Best of luck.
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Have Anxiety Issues, Sudden Fear, Restlessness After A Friend's Suicide. What Can Help?

Hi Melvin, Don t be so upset because it is not only yours problem. Now Depression is the 3rd most common disorder in the world and within 2020 it will be the first. However after knowing your problem I personally feel that to come out from this sort of frustated life you need to take a Multidisciplinary Approach which will be very helpful for you. What is it? Let me explain. This sort of anxiety and depression occurs due to imbalance in the Neurotransmitter (Chemicals that act on nerve and brain). Several social factor like unfortunate events, problem in relationship, history of past bad events, your surroundings as well as medical condition may contribute to this abnormality of chemicals. 1. MEDICINE- supplement those chemicals from outside actually or functionally. However in difficult cases medicine can cure upto 50 to 60 %. But you have to keep patience because for severe depression you need to take those for 9 to 12 months and that also should be ragular. 2. COUNSELING- which will change your approach to several problems in life which will help you 20 to 30%. 3. Finally your surrounding social-economical pressure, relationship, other stressful events contribute to the rest 10 to 20%. This you can not change directly but can alter to some extent by life style modification. so if you approach in this manner it will be easy for you to get the solution quickly and then getting back to your normal healthy life will be just a matter of time. THANK YOU. Best of luck.