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Will Halcion Medicine Induce Depression?
I hope you do not judge me for this . . . I have extreme depression, thoughts of suicide, but I hide it quite well. Tomorrow morning, I have a 7 a.m. appt. Just now at 12:02 a.m. midnight, I decided to look up the drugs they want me take for my deep cleaning of my 2 quadrants. It is Halcion. I did not tell my doctor or my dentist I have extreme depression and suicidal thoughts. Now I am scared to take this medicine or go in without taking Anything. I am terrified of needles and having 4 needles in my mouth makes me want to back out of this appt. On line it says this medicine makes you get more depressed. Laughing gas made me so depressed I started crying on the last dentist chair. He had to give me something else to knock me out. I do NOT know what to do. Take only half, or do a no show of the appt. What should I do?
Tue, 4 Dec 2018
Hi,
Helicion belongs to benzodiazepines. It may have many side effects but it does not cause any significant depression by itself.
If you have an appointment tomorrow, you should openly tell your doctor about your drugs these are not going to affect your management plan. Your doctor would tell you which drugs to stop and what to continue.
For the time being, you may take the drug if you need it but do mention it to your doctor.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Mahboob Ur Rahman , General & Family Physician
Helicion belongs to benzodiazepines. It may have many side effects but it does not cause any significant depression by itself.
If you have an appointment tomorrow, you should openly tell your doctor about your drugs these are not going to affect your management plan. Your doctor would tell you which drugs to stop and what to continue.
For the time being, you may take the drug if you need it but do mention it to your doctor.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Mahboob Ur Rahman , General & Family Physician
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