Brief Answer:
withdrawal symptoms
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
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I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
I am not sure if you have stopped any of the drugs as its not helping. In such case the symptoms of anxiety dry mouth and sleep disturbance are symptoms of withdrawal from either
venlafaxine or valproates. It's a temporary phenomenon and will settle down with time. However if it is troublesome then you may take
clonazepam 0.5mg for some days which will take care of your anxiety and sleep disturbance and for dry mouth you may take some lozenges.
Further the fact that you had nausea and vomiting with valproates, as a caution you should get a
complete blood count and serum amylase and liver funtion test done done as valproates can cause
hepatotoxicity and
pancreatitis.
For bipolar
mood disorder you may now take
quetiapine or lithium instead of valproates as a future option ones your withdrawal symptoms are well controlled.
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