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Question: yes I have always had anxiety from I was a boy now iam 64 and I still have it so can you help me please and tell me what to order from your site
Brief Answer:
drug and psychotherapy combination treatment
Detailed Answer:
Hello.
Welcome to HCM.
This is Dr. Swarnava Dattagupta answering your query.
I understand your concern.
You have said that you have anxiety since a long time. But have you taken any medicine or are you taking one? Also have you been to a doctor? Are you having social anxiety or phobia?
Kindly answer the above so that I can help you further.
Anyways, in long standing cases of anxiety, we go for a combination of drugs and psychotherapy. Among drugs, in mild cases, clonazepam, diazepam or lorazepam are quite effective. Whereas in a more severe case, fluoxetine, amitryptiline, nortryptiline, imipramine etc have proved useful.
Also, counselling or psychotherapy by a psychologist or psychiatrist should be added alongwith drugs.
You can consult the above with your family doctor or a psychiatrist for prescription and therapy; also you can get back to me with the answers.
Hope this was useful.
Regards.
drug and psychotherapy combination treatment
Detailed Answer:
Hello.
Welcome to HCM.
This is Dr. Swarnava Dattagupta answering your query.
I understand your concern.
You have said that you have anxiety since a long time. But have you taken any medicine or are you taking one? Also have you been to a doctor? Are you having social anxiety or phobia?
Kindly answer the above so that I can help you further.
Anyways, in long standing cases of anxiety, we go for a combination of drugs and psychotherapy. Among drugs, in mild cases, clonazepam, diazepam or lorazepam are quite effective. Whereas in a more severe case, fluoxetine, amitryptiline, nortryptiline, imipramine etc have proved useful.
Also, counselling or psychotherapy by a psychologist or psychiatrist should be added alongwith drugs.
You can consult the above with your family doctor or a psychiatrist for prescription and therapy; also you can get back to me with the answers.
Hope this was useful.
Regards.
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