how will oxetol with escitalopam help headache bodyache nausea breathlessness and disturbances in sleep during severe depressive phases inrecurrebnt depressive disorder i am a 48 year old woman with a history of recurrent depressive disorder, and have been on medication for the past 12 years. as i have lived in various places,i have had to change doctors. i shifted again recently and suffered a severe depression for 6 weeks, along with severe head ache, nausea, body ache, sleep disturbance and breathlessness. my new doctor has prescribed oxetal 300 (carbamazine) (to be increased to 300bd. after10 days) along with nexito 20 mg (excitalopam). how will these new meds help?