Scared of addiction

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Scared of addiction

Asked for Female, 31 Years

I'm 31 yr old female. 6 months back, my bro was diagnosed with epilepsy. From that day I couldn't sleep, crying often, I can't eat, I can't be normal. A general physician prescribed me Stalopam plus 10mg for 40 days. It really worked well. Then he tapered the dosage to 5mg for thirty days. But I didn't follow it after 20 days. I quit it cold turkey for 1.5 months. I frequently started crying and confused. Now again he has prescribed stalopam plus 10 mg again. I'm hesitant to take it. Shall I?

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Mr. Senthil Kumar Counselling Psychologist 7 yrs exp Bangalore Consult Now · Accepted Answer

Mr. Senthil Kumar

Counselling Psychologist 7 yrs exp Bangalore

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Hello Friend, Good that you are seeking a help here. For any emotional issues like depression, Medicine is just one part of the treatments as it just helps only in suppressing the emotion and sometimes causes side effects. So to get a complete cure, in parallel you need to follow few therapies, excersise or medication, dietary changes to accept the reality and overcome depression. So better take a psychology counselling support to start a non medicine treatment plan.

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