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Suggest Treatment For Depression

hi i am a 32 year old female. i am 126 pnds. and am 5ft 2 in. i recently was told that i may be suffering from depresion but i think it is more along the line of anxiety. i worry alot and cannot seem to focus on daily activity. i also believe that i am a hypercodiac because i seem ti find things wrong with myself when no one else can. i was prescribed celexa but it gives me really bad headaches
Thu, 24 Jul 2014
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Hi, thanks for the query. Based on the symptoms you have described here; you are apparently suffering from depressive episode. Many a times, depressive illness masquerades under garb of anxiety, stress, too many vague body symptoms etc. & hence remains untreated; at present how is your mood, energy levels, enjoyment, sleep quality, appetite (rate out of 10 & compare with when you used to be better)? I guess you will know that you might be having depression after answering these questions. Celexa (citalopram) is SSRI type drug which is usually used to treat depression. If you are unable to tolerate celexa; there are many other safer options lke Escitalopram, setaline, fluoxetine, paroxetine; a novel drug called agomelatine, tyneptine etc. Based on your clinical profile; you can try one of these. Your doctor can add short term (2-4 weeks) clonazepam (benzodizepine) to help you tolerate potential side effects of these drugs. Also try doing 30 minutes daily physical exercise, yoga, pranayma to increase effectivness of these antidepressant medications & I am sure you shall overcome your problem very soon!! Good Luck
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Suggest Treatment For Depression

Hi, thanks for the query. Based on the symptoms you have described here; you are apparently suffering from depressive episode. Many a times, depressive illness masquerades under garb of anxiety, stress, too many vague body symptoms etc. & hence remains untreated; at present how is your mood, energy levels, enjoyment, sleep quality, appetite (rate out of 10 & compare with when you used to be better)? I guess you will know that you might be having depression after answering these questions. Celexa (citalopram) is SSRI type drug which is usually used to treat depression. If you are unable to tolerate celexa; there are many other safer options lke Escitalopram, setaline, fluoxetine, paroxetine; a novel drug called agomelatine, tyneptine etc. Based on your clinical profile; you can try one of these. Your doctor can add short term (2-4 weeks) clonazepam (benzodizepine) to help you tolerate potential side effects of these drugs. Also try doing 30 minutes daily physical exercise, yoga, pranayma to increase effectivness of these antidepressant medications & I am sure you shall overcome your problem very soon!! Good Luck