Suggest Treatment For Severe Anxiety And Depression
Tue, 29 Jul 2014
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Tue, 19 Aug 2014
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focus on life and leave these symptoms
Detailed Answer:
Hi
You are having several body symptoms and anxiety and depressive symptoms. In medical language we say that you are having a somatoform disorder, meaning a condition characterized by multiple symptoms which are not explained by an another disorder.
People with anxiety symptoms are more likely to get this type of unexplained body symptoms.
Different doctors give different labels to this problem. Investigations will not be useful. Small doses of antidepressants or anxiolytics might help. Psychological evaluation may be needed.
It is impotent not to get preoccupied with the body symptoms. Focus more on the life work and relation than body symptoms. You may have to live with these body symptoms. When you accept the body symptoms your distress is likely to improve. Meet a psychiatrist or a psychotherapist for guidance.
Follow some lifestyle measures like during exercise, do not overexert at any single exercise. Take hygienic food and clean drinking water.
best wishes
Dr Sudhir Hebbar.
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