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Suggest Medication For Depression?

Hello iam 39 years old I have 3 kids very healthy beside that 10 years I was diagnose with deprassion I suffer from at for 3 years until they told me that it s biopoler , they gave me litium and celexa and after few week I got better, I took at for 3 years , and then I got preagnant with my baby , we stop the medication , I felt great now after so long everything came back iam feeling very bad , I went to my famliy doctor and he gave me the litium and the celexa again but it s not helping , iam very upset I went to the emergency room last week , I didn t sleep for weeks , they check my litium level and they say it s very low 0.5 my doctor say it s not make different and this not why I don t feel better do u think if the litium level low the deprassion can go away ? They had me now another medic ion the name is lamictal , I am very depressed and very worry , I don t know what should I do
Thu, 30 Jan 2014
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You are chronic case of depression. In that case you have to take medicine regularly. If you are not pregnant, in that case you can again start with lithium and any antidepressant. Blood level of lithium should be between 0.6 to 1.1meq/dl. Below that level, it would not show any effect. You should consult a psychiatrist to optimized your dose, so that you could get better response. In case you need our help, you can connect us.

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Dr. Abhishek Kapoor
Psychiatrist
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Suggest Medication For Depression?

Hi Thanks for using healthcare magic You are chronic case of depression. In that case you have to take medicine regularly. If you are not pregnant, in that case you can again start with lithium and any antidepressant. Blood level of lithium should be between 0.6 to 1.1meq/dl. Below that level, it would not show any effect. You should consult a psychiatrist to optimized your dose, so that you could get better response. In case you need our help, you can connect us. Regards Dr. Abhishek Kapoor Psychiatrist