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Suggest Therapy For Depression And Problem With Sleeping
Dear Sir/Madam, I had a little depression and problem with my sleeping .I used Prestiq 50 for 2 weeks. After 2 weeks my GP told me it is better that I use 100mg because I could not sleep during this time my problem did not get better then I went to another doctor which is and He told me it is better do not use prestiq and i started Herb medicine and I got better but when I decrease the dosage of prestiq to 50(100 cut in half) i found sleeping problem again.My question is how can i stop prestiq because not only it could not to solve my sleeping problem it made my another problem in my sex drive. I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible. Regards, Alireza
Tue, 23 Dec 2014
Dear User,
Going by the description of your problem, if I were to treat your depression I would have advised you to continue Prestiq for 6 months because if we stop antidepressants early then the risk of relapse of depression is very high.
Dr. Sudhir Mahajan
Going by the description of your problem, if I were to treat your depression I would have advised you to continue Prestiq for 6 months because if we stop antidepressants early then the risk of relapse of depression is very high.
Dr. Sudhir Mahajan
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