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Suggest Remedy For Extreme Mood Swings And Short Temper While Being On Multiple Medications

I am concern about my sister who is 34yrs. My mom went to her room and find out she had too many medications... Not just over the counter but most of them are I believe narcotics,.. Too many of different kinds of medications,like pain, allergy, insomnia,,,, she has a pharmacy in her room that my mom called it. Pls help what we do to minimize her meds, because she s starting to have a mood swing that we can t understand her, she like to argue a lot...
Mon, 28 Apr 2014
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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.
Mood swings are a common side-effect of most of the medicines and especially narcotics. Before commenting on reducing the medications, it is necessary to uderstand why she is on medicines. Its possible that she could be genuinely be requiring these medicines. We request you to provide further details regarding the indications for which she is on drugs so that we can comment on the future course.
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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Suggest Remedy For Extreme Mood Swings And Short Temper While Being On Multiple Medications

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. Mood swings are a common side-effect of most of the medicines and especially narcotics. Before commenting on reducing the medications, it is necessary to uderstand why she is on medicines. Its possible that she could be genuinely be requiring these medicines. We request you to provide further details regarding the indications for which she is on drugs so that we can comment on the future course. 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.