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Switching to homeopathy and nexito stop
I have been on nexito since 2017 with two episodes of relapse where after tapering the dosage to 5mg it was stopped but the symptoms again came back so required to take the medication again. Failing twice in withdrawal I decided to switch to homeopathy treatment where the doctor tapered my dose from 5mg to 2.5mg and gradually stopping it along with the homeopathy medicines which were started. But after 3 weeks of stopping the medication I am feeling the following symptoms again:- mood swings, appetite loss, hot and cold flashes in body, not able to sleep and a fear of having a health issue. These are the same issues which I faced when I started nexito long back. My current doctor is saying it is due the the rising temperature in north India and heat wave. But from last 5 days continuously I have been facing these issues. I switched to homeopathy due to a reason that long term use of allopathy is not good. Can someone suggest what to do should I wait or go to my previous allopathy doc
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Your take that long term allopathy is not good and alternate ones are safe itself is wrong. Any molecule which acts on a target cell or receptor can have undesired effect on other cells. It's basic common sense. Can something act in one place and not act in other places of the body. Most of the medications have tolerable or no side effects. It's your choice which stream of Medicine works for you and you wanna choose, kindly consult that specialist and take regular treatment. Good luck
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Suggest to meet a psychiatrist
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Hi. I can understand your situation must be very difficult. Having the symptoms again again is very frustrating. And upon that depending on a medicine for experiencing normalcy is very irritating. I know toh would have done everything in your capacity to get well and I appreciate your effort that you are putting for self care. In my opinion and according to the research data currently we do not have very high quality evidence whether homeopathic treatment is better or not. And I also do not have much idea what they use for treatment of depression and what are the side effects in the short term and long term of those medications. I have heard many people say that homeopathic medications have no side effects. But that is false. Even the most natural things that we consume on a daily basis have side-effects. E.g., even oxygen has side effects and so the body developed the mechanism to expel oxygen as soon as it is utilised for whatever need we have. If stored it has damaging effects on the cells that it gives nourishment to. Similarly every food has side effects consumed in large quantities. The difference is the range which we can consume before it becomes harmful. The drugs that we use for treatment also have range. They have a narrow range compared to food items for the balance of effects vs side effects. In my experience, if something is said to have no side-effects for anyone that thing also wouldn't have any effects for anyone. What you may be having are recurrent episodes of depression. But before that I would need to know, how long have you received each treatment for? Also whether you have received any psychotherapy with medications in the past or not. Research has shown that if combined together medicine and psychotherapy works better than any treatment alone. Escitalopram 5 mg is a subtherapeutic dose and if in the past it did not have any side effects on your then your tolerance for escitalopram is good and you may be able to take the medicine for longer periods. Add cognitive behavioural therapy with it and you may be able to maintain the recovery for a long time.
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consult a psychiatrist because if any medicine is not having good effects it is a good decision to go back to the previous treatment which was having good effects. I give online consultations and therapies at reasonable rates.
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combine medicine and psychotherapy (therapy can be taken only once a week) to have good effects
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Hello, you should definitely stick with Homeopathy for full recovery. I am sure, your existing homeopath has done commendable work on your case. But possibly you need a homeopath who has specialised in Homeopathy and Psychiatry with an extensive expertise on treating Anxiety and Depression like me. I have more than 13years of treating mental health patients, globally…..and within India. Since Covid I am seeing Indian mental health patients online too
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Seek for an online consult. Your 100%recovery is assured
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Holistic treatment modalities is the best, or else you will see only partial betterments
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Hello, some individuals unfortunately have Recurrent depressive disorder and need long term treat with low dose anti depressants Your treating psychiatrist had given very lose of Escitalopram 5 mg, I think you should refer back to your psychiatrist and restart the meds
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Heyy I can help you better with further treatment course needed. U can connect me via whatsapp on seven zero eight two zero two two zero six two.
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Hello, Better consult your earlier doctor.
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