What Causes Head Heaviness And Illness After Taking Depression Medication?

Posted on Tue, 15 Apr 2014

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Question : SIR , I HAVE ATTACHED ALL REPORT AGAIN & LATEST PRESCRIPTION OF DOCTOR. I AM TAKING DAILY 10 TABLETS IE DEPRESSION & DAIBETIS ILLNESS. DAIBETIS NOW NORMAL . BUT MEDICINE I HAVE TO TAKE MY LIFE TIME AS PER DR. NOW BECAUSE OF MEDICINE I CAN'T WALK PROPERLY ON ROAD SOME TIME & HEAD,MIND,BRAIN BECOME'S SOME TIME HEAVY . NO INTEREST IN WALKING. MY STEP SOME TIME NOT KEEP FORWARD.ALL BECAUSE OF MEDICINE EFFECT WHAT I AM TAKING NOW. KINDLY ADVICE , CAN I STOP ALL MEDICINE , ANY PROBLEM/ISSUE

Answered by Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj (3 days later)

Brief Answer: Head heaviness and stopping meds Detailed Answer: Hello again, I beleive you are right that the medications may be interfering with you energy levels. These are actually pretty well known side effects to drugs like Nexito, Voxidep and Dicorate. Technically even Buspin can cause the same. As far as suddenly stopping the, I cannot recommend that, it could be dangerous if you have been on them ling enough. Instead I would ask your doctor to put you on another med with less side effects. Sometimes i use a drug called VENLOR which works great on my patients. I do not see the need for Strocit at this point so maybe your doctor could take you off of those soon. I hope this helps. Take Care my friend. Vin

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar