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Depressed. Not Cured By Amigold, Skizol, Relihexy-2 And Slonol. Looking For Alternative Treatment
Question: Hello Dr.,
My younger brother is 28 years old and he went in to depression while class 10th. that is like 10+ years before from now. at that time he started avoiding going to public, interacting with the people and sometime he shown too much anger towards my parents and sometime other people.
we have been consulting a psychiatrist since then and he has continually giving the medicine. right now he is taking following medicine:
amigold 100
skizol 200
relihexy-2
slonol 20
we have been told that these medicines are required on a daily basis. there is improvement in my brother, but still he is not that normal. he still avoid much interaction with people and easily become afraid of anything like dogs etc.
this question has been bothering me and my parents from over 10 years now, we tried medicine from last 10 years but we do not want to give him medicine for all his life. is there is anything we can do to stop medicines. also what kind of approaches we need to use for him to make him like he was before?
Thanks,
My younger brother is 28 years old and he went in to depression while class 10th. that is like 10+ years before from now. at that time he started avoiding going to public, interacting with the people and sometime he shown too much anger towards my parents and sometime other people.
we have been consulting a psychiatrist since then and he has continually giving the medicine. right now he is taking following medicine:
amigold 100
skizol 200
relihexy-2
slonol 20
we have been told that these medicines are required on a daily basis. there is improvement in my brother, but still he is not that normal. he still avoid much interaction with people and easily become afraid of anything like dogs etc.
this question has been bothering me and my parents from over 10 years now, we tried medicine from last 10 years but we do not want to give him medicine for all his life. is there is anything we can do to stop medicines. also what kind of approaches we need to use for him to make him like he was before?
Thanks,
Hello XXXXXXX
Thanks for using health care magic for posting your query.
From the description that you have given, it appears that your brother is having a long term psychiatric illness of duration more than 10 years with significant change in his personality and behavior. It is unlikely for depression to persist this long and that too of such high severity.
Such significant change in the behavior lasting for this long can be explained only by having a kind of psychosis - an entity more sever than neurosis like depression.
From the list of medicines that you have given, there are two drugs - skizol and slonol, are two drugs, the brand names of which are not familiar. Probably they are of some local companies. I would we grateful if you can let me know the contents of these drugs which will be stated on the drug strip.
Such information can help me in answering your query in a much better way.
Hoping to hear from you soon.
Thanks and regards,
Dr. Srikanth Reddy
Consultant Psychiatrist.
Thanks for using health care magic for posting your query.
From the description that you have given, it appears that your brother is having a long term psychiatric illness of duration more than 10 years with significant change in his personality and behavior. It is unlikely for depression to persist this long and that too of such high severity.
Such significant change in the behavior lasting for this long can be explained only by having a kind of psychosis - an entity more sever than neurosis like depression.
From the list of medicines that you have given, there are two drugs - skizol and slonol, are two drugs, the brand names of which are not familiar. Probably they are of some local companies. I would we grateful if you can let me know the contents of these drugs which will be stated on the drug strip.
Such information can help me in answering your query in a much better way.
Hoping to hear from you soon.
Thanks and regards,
Dr. Srikanth Reddy
Consultant Psychiatrist.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Hello Dr.,
Thanks for your reply. following are the contents of the medicine:
relihexy
trihexyphenidyl
XXXXXXX tablets ip excipients
skizoril-200
clozapine usp 200mg
excipient qs
amigold 100
amisulpride bp 100 mg
excipients q.s
flonol 20
fluoxetine hydrochloride ip
eqtofluoxetine 20mg
excipient qs
Thanks,
Thanks for your reply. following are the contents of the medicine:
relihexy
trihexyphenidyl
XXXXXXX tablets ip excipients
skizoril-200
clozapine usp 200mg
excipient qs
amigold 100
amisulpride bp 100 mg
excipients q.s
flonol 20
fluoxetine hydrochloride ip
eqtofluoxetine 20mg
excipient qs
Thanks,
Hello XXXXXXX
Thanks for your prompt response for the clarifications sought from you.
In continuation to my previous response, the illness clearly appears to be more than depression and most probably is some kind of psychosis. The actual diagnosis can only be confirmed by doing a detailed mental status examination.
Your psychiatrists selection of medication suggests that he is also thinking on the similar lines but the dose of skizoril 200mg is too less a dose, especially in resistant cases. It should be gradually increased to around 400-600 mg under the supervision of your psychiatrist. The reason you need close supervision is that skizoril has agranulocytosis as one of the fatal side-effects and can only be managed by 2 times a week CBC blood test. The same needs to be done even at the current dosage of skizoril at 200mg.
I understand that you are staying in Bangalore and NIMHANS is a center of excellence of Psychiatry in India and you should approach ones the hospital for assessment and opinion.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
I would be glad if you need any further clarifications.
If not you can close the discussion and rate the answers accordingly.
Wish your brother a good health.
Thanks for your prompt response for the clarifications sought from you.
In continuation to my previous response, the illness clearly appears to be more than depression and most probably is some kind of psychosis. The actual diagnosis can only be confirmed by doing a detailed mental status examination.
Your psychiatrists selection of medication suggests that he is also thinking on the similar lines but the dose of skizoril 200mg is too less a dose, especially in resistant cases. It should be gradually increased to around 400-600 mg under the supervision of your psychiatrist. The reason you need close supervision is that skizoril has agranulocytosis as one of the fatal side-effects and can only be managed by 2 times a week CBC blood test. The same needs to be done even at the current dosage of skizoril at 200mg.
I understand that you are staying in Bangalore and NIMHANS is a center of excellence of Psychiatry in India and you should approach ones the hospital for assessment and opinion.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
I would be glad if you need any further clarifications.
If not you can close the discussion and rate the answers accordingly.
Wish your brother a good health.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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