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How To Regain Brain Power While Taking Antidepressants?
I am Moumita. I am a 20 years old Bangladeshi girl. My height is 5 feet 2 inch. My weight is 60 kg. I have suffered from depression for 2-2.5 years due to some family problems. I took a long time to realize that I was depressed. I went to a psychiatrist about 3 months ago. He prescribed me antidepressants named Nexital-10 mg and Alzolam-0.25 mg for the first time. After a month he replaced them with Zosert-50 mg. These medicines worked but yet I haven t recovered totally. I am extremely suffering from lack of concentration. It has become too much difficult for me to read. My ability to memorize anything has reduced greatly. Now I can not remember many things. My academic performance is bad for the last 2 years. But once I was a good student. The medicines were successful to remove the sadness but it couldn t fix the problems of concentration and memory. I have heard that antidepressant has side effects. So should I stop taking the medicines? How can I regain my brain power? These problems are destroying my career. Please give me some tips(exercise/diet/medicine) to recover. I also have allergy problems. I often suffer from cough, in fact throughout the whole year. My hair is falling excessively for 3 years. I have tried many things but nothing can prevent my hair fall. Hope I shall find a solution from here.
Fri, 28 Feb 2014
Hello,
Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
From what you have stated it is quite clear that you are having a depressive episode. Depression can occur with regular stress and it can also occur biologically without any stress as well. You need proper treatment for the same. Its unfortunate that your psychiatrists has switched the drugs so rapidly. Mostly the antidepressants are safe and Zosert- sertraline is a very safe drug and you need not bother much. Aerobic exercises are good for you. The brain power will be regained ones the depression settles down. depression and There are various effective therapies for depression like fluoxetine, venlafaxine, bupropion, mirtazapine or escitalopram and they are all very effective and mostly safe. You may also require some benzodiazepines like clonazepam or lorazepam for a short period like 2-3 weeks to reduce the anxiety and help with your sleep.
If you are averse to the drug therapies then there is also an option of cognitive behavioural therapy. This therapy is taken by either a psychologist or a psychiatrist in which the therapist identifies impaired cognitions (Thoughts) and try to correct them. They are 15-20 min weekly session and there should be around 8-10 sessions to help you with your illness.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy
Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
From what you have stated it is quite clear that you are having a depressive episode. Depression can occur with regular stress and it can also occur biologically without any stress as well. You need proper treatment for the same. Its unfortunate that your psychiatrists has switched the drugs so rapidly. Mostly the antidepressants are safe and Zosert- sertraline is a very safe drug and you need not bother much. Aerobic exercises are good for you. The brain power will be regained ones the depression settles down. depression and There are various effective therapies for depression like fluoxetine, venlafaxine, bupropion, mirtazapine or escitalopram and they are all very effective and mostly safe. You may also require some benzodiazepines like clonazepam or lorazepam for a short period like 2-3 weeks to reduce the anxiety and help with your sleep.
If you are averse to the drug therapies then there is also an option of cognitive behavioural therapy. This therapy is taken by either a psychologist or a psychiatrist in which the therapist identifies impaired cognitions (Thoughts) and try to correct them. They are 15-20 min weekly session and there should be around 8-10 sessions to help you with your illness.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy
Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
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