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What Could Severe Mood Swings With Stress And Crying Bouts Indicate?

Hi, I'm a 28yr old stay at home mother of 3. Ages 7, 6 and 2. Feeling as though all life is throwing at me is getting too much. Finding myself moody and snappy, crying lots and so stressed. This has been the case for several years. but as life throws more uncontrollable things at me i am finding it harder to cope. Find it a mission to WANT to get out of bed in the morn and am moody immediately. Dont want to feel like this anymore, my family deserve a happy mummy and wife.
Wed, 30 Jul 2014
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Hello,
Looks like depression is creeping up from several years and has now become significant. Please meet a psychiatrist and strat meds. This will help you a lot and make you good and full of life once again.

For similar cases I have seen very good response with - sertraline 25-50mg, initially and then can be increased upto 100-150mg after gap of two to three weeks by monitoring the response.

There is usually a gap of a week or ten days before effect comes on mood, so dont loose heart and continue with meds.
Im sure you wil definitely get better with medicine.

Get thyroid test aand treat if there is any hypo or hyper thyroidism associated with depression.

Good luck and have a speedy recovery.
Dr. Manisha Gopal
MD Neuropsychiatry
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What Could Severe Mood Swings With Stress And Crying Bouts Indicate?

Hello, Looks like depression is creeping up from several years and has now become significant. Please meet a psychiatrist and strat meds. This will help you a lot and make you good and full of life once again. For similar cases I have seen very good response with - sertraline 25-50mg, initially and then can be increased upto 100-150mg after gap of two to three weeks by monitoring the response. There is usually a gap of a week or ten days before effect comes on mood, so dont loose heart and continue with meds. Im sure you wil definitely get better with medicine. Get thyroid test aand treat if there is any hypo or hyper thyroidism associated with depression. Good luck and have a speedy recovery. Dr. Manisha Gopal MD Neuropsychiatry