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Question: My son is 26 years old, single, has no children and is having troubles. He's going to a psychologist and has been texting me a lot lately saying its not helping, he cannot focus, wants to quit his job and says I NEED HELP. He has not threatened to hurt himself but cannot stand to feel the way he does. Can you please advise or call me. I am out of state right now and not there to help him. He is in San XXXXXXX and I'm in South XXXXXXX I am on my work computer now, email YYYY@YYYY or my personal email is " YYYY@YYYY ". Please help
Brief Answer:
Depression it is
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
From what you have stated it is quite clear that he is having a depressive episode. Depression can occur with regular stress and it can also occur biologically without any stress as well and in your sons case, there is a significant stress. You need proper treatment for the same. He is already on counselling but it seems it is not helping him. There are various effective therapies for depression like fluoxetine, venlafaxine, bupropion, mirtazapine or escitalopram and they are all very effective and mostly safe. He may also require some benzodiazepines like clonazepam or lorazepam for a short period like 2-3 weeks to reduce the anxiety and help with his sleep.
I would suggest that he should meet a doctor and get these new medicines prescribed.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for me, so that I get a good feedback.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
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Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
Depression it is
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
From what you have stated it is quite clear that he is having a depressive episode. Depression can occur with regular stress and it can also occur biologically without any stress as well and in your sons case, there is a significant stress. You need proper treatment for the same. He is already on counselling but it seems it is not helping him. There are various effective therapies for depression like fluoxetine, venlafaxine, bupropion, mirtazapine or escitalopram and they are all very effective and mostly safe. He may also require some benzodiazepines like clonazepam or lorazepam for a short period like 2-3 weeks to reduce the anxiety and help with his sleep.
I would suggest that he should meet a doctor and get these new medicines prescribed.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for me, so that I get a good feedback.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy
Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
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