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Stopped Taking Stalopam. Feel Good Factor Vanished From Life. Always Remain Sad. Solution?

I used take stalopam plus and stalopam 5. for 4 yrs or so....,for the last 5 months stopped taking it...,,now the feel good factor has vanished from my life...I don't like anything....also just 3 months back my sister in law died who was like my mother....this death has aggravate the situation further...joy has vanished from the family..,I always wonder why this happened with us.....I can do all normal activities but there is no happiness in mind...always I am sad....I am 38...,help..
Thu, 14 Nov 2013
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welcome to health care magic!

I have gone through your question and from my clinical experience I can say that you appear to have recurrent depressive disorder. In past you used to keep good with stalopam plus, and stalopam 5 .

Had I been treating you, I would advice that you should start with stalopam once again along with some clonazepam 0.5 mg for some time to help you sleep. later, after may be two weeks or so, you may stop clonazepam and continue with stalopam. You may need to increase stalopam upto 15 - 20 mg to get a sufficient response this time as there had been a major stressful life event, death of close one. The death, along with the sudden stopping of medicine had precipitated this current episode in your case. All these symptoms of lack of interest, feeling low, lack of energy signify depression.

You can start the medicine but try to get in touch with your psychiatrist for long term benefit.

Hope you get weel soon!

feel free to ask more question.

Dr. Manisha Gopal

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Stopped Taking Stalopam. Feel Good Factor Vanished From Life. Always Remain Sad. Solution?

welcome to health care magic! I have gone through your question and from my clinical experience I can say that you appear to have recurrent depressive disorder. In past you used to keep good with stalopam plus, and stalopam 5 . Had I been treating you, I would advice that you should start with stalopam once again along with some clonazepam 0.5 mg for some time to help you sleep. later, after may be two weeks or so, you may stop clonazepam and continue with stalopam. You may need to increase stalopam upto 15 - 20 mg to get a sufficient response this time as there had been a major stressful life event, death of close one. The death, along with the sudden stopping of medicine had precipitated this current episode in your case. All these symptoms of lack of interest, feeling low, lack of energy signify depression. You can start the medicine but try to get in touch with your psychiatrist for long term benefit. Hope you get weel soon! feel free to ask more question. Dr. Manisha Gopal