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Are Tricyclic Antidepressants Effective In Reducing Depression?
I have been under your treatment in 1992. I remember had prescribed me some tricyclic medicines. But I guess I was diagnosed wrongly as even after six months I did not recover. I discontinued the medicine and suffered in silence for another 6 years, scared to even talk about it. My marriage was in 1994 and in 1998 finally told my husband who took me to a psychiatrist in Delhi where he diagnosed me as suffering from depression and prescribed prodep 20mg. I started feeling better after abort three weeks and realised that there was finally a medicine that could relieve me of the symptoms of depression. However I still regret a lot and think that I unnecessarily suffered especially due to the misdiagnosis. My father was also under your treatment for alcoholism. I am definitely not trying to blame you but wonder why the tricyclic medicine you gave me did not relieve my condition. Actually I think you gave me medicine for anxiety but not depression. Please confirm so that at least I will stop repenting. Thanks.
* Many of the psychiatric conditions do present in a cluster of symptoms and merge together as the same presentation.
If the tricyclic antidepressants are not giving precise results, it would be better to discuss the change of molecule in terms of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors which will take care of both anxieties as well as depression at its best.
Do not hesitate to discuss further regarding the issue as per your need at any point of time.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon
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Are Tricyclic Antidepressants Effective In Reducing Depression?
Hello, * Many of the psychiatric conditions do present in a cluster of symptoms and merge together as the same presentation. If the tricyclic antidepressants are not giving precise results, it would be better to discuss the change of molecule in terms of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors which will take care of both anxieties as well as depression at its best. Do not hesitate to discuss further regarding the issue as per your need at any point of time. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon