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What Is The Treatment For Depression?

i know im not feeling good and the longer i leave it the harder and worse it seems to get. i know im depressed even though i havent seen a doctor. last january i became an amphetamine user and sadly become addicted and was abusing this drug everyday for less than a year and without any help i pulled myself out of it which was hard but i feel i have lost part of myself or feel there something missing about me. i tried explaining to my friend that i felt like a different person tryin to find my old self. i have weird thoughts goin through my mind tryin to figure out a point to life and i can sit there for hours believe me. also i know im paranoid because i find it uncomfortable around places and people i dont know and i just want to leave and aroind places that arent my usual surroundings. dont like public transport anymore and tend not to leave my street becasue of this only for work which is just down the road. since just before christmas ive started with panic attacks. i just dnt know where to start because i used to have good days and bad days and just before christmas i decided to get myslef a job in a pub to help me and im still there now but im finding it hard to work their when i should of took care of myself first by gettin help as i feel worse now and this is becomming a problem
Mon, 3 Nov 2014
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Hi dear .

I had gone through your query .

Depression plus drug abuse is very difficult to treat .
It had multi modality approach .

1st proper psychological evaluation is necessary to find underlying psychopathology .

2nd treatment of depression is must.

It can be traeted with medicine like combination of SSRI and benzodiazapine .

In SSRI sertraline / escitalopram / peroxetine will help.

Benzodiazapine can help to reduce withdrawl features of amphetamine abuse.

Amphetamine itself psycho stimulating and lead to various psychological problems .

3rd is De addiction of drug abuse.

Indoor psychiatric care is must.

Medicines /psychotherapy /councelling etc will be useful .

Consult psychiatrist and get help .

I hope I have answered your question .

Still if you have a query then feel free to ask .

Happy to help you further .

Thank you .
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What Is The Treatment For Depression?

Hi dear . I had gone through your query . Depression plus drug abuse is very difficult to treat . It had multi modality approach . 1st proper psychological evaluation is necessary to find underlying psychopathology . 2nd treatment of depression is must. It can be traeted with medicine like combination of SSRI and benzodiazapine . In SSRI sertraline / escitalopram / peroxetine will help. Benzodiazapine can help to reduce withdrawl features of amphetamine abuse. Amphetamine itself psycho stimulating and lead to various psychological problems . 3rd is De addiction of drug abuse. Indoor psychiatric care is must. Medicines /psychotherapy /councelling etc will be useful . Consult psychiatrist and get help . I hope I have answered your question . Still if you have a query then feel free to ask . Happy to help you further . Thank you .