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Stopping medicine suddenly
My mother had a illness of fear,sadness, crying for no reason and doctor gave Petril Beta and Atevan 1 Mg it is 4 years now slowly she is recoverd not completely should she stop taking it or countinue, doctor recommended to take for next 2 years.
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You should definitely stick to your psychiatrist and take her medication slowly, not all at once, otherwise, the course will not be complete and affect will not be proper along with that. Please arrange a therapy session because she needs to clean internally, and I’ll be happy to help you all the best.
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If she is asymptomatic on the treatment for more than 6 months, you may consult a psychiatrist and give a trial of dose reduction.
Sudden changes in drug or stopping drugs may aggravate her symptoms.
With the above mentioned symptoms during her onset of illness, likely changes of anxiety and depression, given the diagnosis the drugs above mentioned may not be necessarily adequate to treat all her symptoms.
Also detailed evaluation of any neurodegenerative causes needs to be ruled out.
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During old age a careful watch for any fall with posture change or excessive sedation on the present medications should be considered.
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These two medications only. I think there must be others too. These all are only anxiolytics. Stopping them abruptly may lead to withdrawal
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You should not stop psychiatry medicines abruptly as she can have relapse. We can taper her medicine and along with that therapy should can be combined. This is gradual process so that there should be less chances of getting back illness.
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