Assessment and treatment of emotional and behavioural problems in elderly

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Differing behavior

Hello doctors. I have mood swings, I guess? Most of the time, I dont even realize the shift, but it definitely exists. There are days when I feel like a God, massive ego, laughing and happy for no apparent reason. Like happiness becomes my neutral mood, instead of actual neutrality. I remember saying things like "Life has no bad days, just average days" in one of these "happy" months. But then suddenly, life is the worst, I have no interest in anything, anything I pick up and pursue, I lose interest in it after a few days, I dont feel well, I get extremely low self esteem, where the smallest comment will have me crying for hours, and then thinking about it for days. How do I deal with these mood swings? Im currently going through the sadder phase of my life. A little background- I have PCOD, a general physician gave me anxiety medicines once because of my symptoms, the main symptom was constant lightheadedness. Something upsetting happened day before yesterday, I have migraines too

Anxiety disorder

I was on benzodiazepine for more than 3 months to 4 months how can I tapper or reduce the dose,first I was prescribed 20 petril beta for 3 months then I took cloba 5 mg in half for one months I am very scared I m stuck into this..can I be only on antidepressants without relying on benzodiazepine meds..

I have mental illness

I have symptoms of anxiety and dipression such as no motivation to do anything and restlessness, non stop self talking in mind and feeling disconnected from reality, racing thaughts , also my neck and head pains it , i sleep but do not wake up feeling refreshed and like normal , my behaviour has been changed , my ability to function normally has been affected very much I can't even focus on my study , also have habit to search symptoms again and again on internet for solution , But from last few months i have already started exercising so I have improved but there are still the symptoms affecting my life also i can't breath properly and I don't know the reason why this all happened but now i am exhausted and need help earlier I was happy but slowly slowly my mental health drained I don't even realised I also never had taken any meds also i can't think properly and feel little hopeless i also can't feel like my self anymore from  much time also i am fit also havedone bloodtestwas nomal

General anxiety disorder

I was on petril beta 20 for 3 months and betacap 20 for 1 months and cloba 5 mg in half for 1 months then I changed to another doctor who prescribe me pari cr12.5 mg and clonotril 0.25 mg for ten days but I was iregular in taking medicines I only took 5 tab and 1 or 2 tab of clonotril and till now its been 4 weeks  my doctor again gv me pari cr 12.5 mg and clonotril 0.25 mg and on this period my symptoms were so severe as my head was like to explode and bursts I don't know what to do as he has again prescribed me benzodiazepine..will i be able to leave benzodiazepine

Ocd related rabies fear

So recently i have been getting alot of rabies news and that has scared me alot because 2 years prior one cat claw scratched me and i didnt had the proper info for vaccination and now i keep feeling scared what if something happens. I need a nuetral doctor opinion should i go for vaccination now after 2 years or should rest thid fear

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