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Suggest Treatment For Anxiety,sleeplessness And Depression

Hi I have been a psycho patinet for last 7 yrs. Main symptoms include anxiety, sleepneesnes and depression. Symptoms keep changing. Six months months main propblem was depression. Taking medicine for it since then, depression controlled with medicine but now i have extreme anxiety, I have been taking Lonazep 0.5 one in night so that I can sleep, half in the morning. I gues this is an SOS tablet, but I am taking regularly for last 2 weeks, but i still have problems of anxiety suggest
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Hi dear,
first of all which medication you are on for depression?
because there are certain medication which helps both in depression and anxiety.
you need not take two different tablet.
lonazep is used for immediate controlling of anxiety and sleep.
but there are certain medication which helps you to control anxiety like venlaflaxine, desvenlaflexine, sertraline, paroxetine etc....
so kindly consult and discuss with your treating doctor about this medication.
Thank you
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Suggest Treatment For Anxiety,sleeplessness And Depression

Hi dear, first of all which medication you are on for depression? because there are certain medication which helps both in depression and anxiety. you need not take two different tablet. lonazep is used for immediate controlling of anxiety and sleep. but there are certain medication which helps you to control anxiety like venlaflaxine, desvenlaflexine, sertraline, paroxetine etc.... so kindly consult and discuss with your treating doctor about this medication. Thank you