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Need Medication For Depression Due To Intake Of Lexapro

Hi! My name is Daisy Perez and I suffer from severe depression since I was 7-8 years old. It has been the worst journey anyone can live thru my father trying to kill me when I was 3-4 years old. My mom move to n.y Brooklyn when I was 6 years old and it cause me so much trauma missing the nine siblings and missing my father and grandfather. After we moved to queens and my mom met a man that was on heroin and other drugs and also was beating my mom and breaking the stuff in my moms china cabin spitting at her and me and my little sister when with this for over 10 years watching my mom getting beat up all those years until I became 16 years old and I jump him because I wanted it to stop before he end up killing her or us after that night he moved back to his mother and then I lived with my daughters father for 18 years getting abuse every year until I was strong enough to pack up and move without him knowing. Now I been taking lexapro for over three years on and off and lately I been taken them daily but I have my one only daughter has sle lupus that s hurting her mentally and physically. I reaching out tonight because I am starting to lose hope and I need someone with expertise to help me with my problems and depression that s beating my strength to move on. Thank you P.s I hope you can read it and give me some great advice.
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I think, you have dysthumia. In that case, better to take antidepressant for rest of your life. You have take antidepressant in combination like lexapro with mirtazapine or venlafaxine with mirtazapine etc. That would give you better response. In case, you need more help, you can ask.

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Dr. Abhishek Kapoor
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Need Medication For Depression Due To Intake Of Lexapro

Hi Thanks for using healthcare magic I think, you have dysthumia. In that case, better to take antidepressant for rest of your life. You have take antidepressant in combination like lexapro with mirtazapine or venlafaxine with mirtazapine etc. That would give you better response. In case, you need more help, you can ask. Regards Dr. Abhishek Kapoor