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Suggest Treatment For Depression Despite Using A CPAP Machine Regularly

my husband has recently been diagnosed and put on a cpap machine, which doesn t seem to help, major depression, urinates every couple hours, the doctor ran all kinds of tests, (diabetes) etc, everything came back negative,, his one sister has diabetes, her and another sister also on cpap machines, his feet feel numb (weird feeling, ) the doctor took him off work- trying to figure out , the last couple days, his feet and calves are freezing,
Wed, 31 Jan 2018
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in my opinion it is important to check the thyroid levels , hemoglobin levels


and it would be beneficial to start on a small dose of antidepressants and low dose benzodiazepines


also cognitive behavioural therapy is useful
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Suggest Treatment For Depression Despite Using A CPAP Machine Regularly

in my opinion it is important to check the thyroid levels , hemoglobin levels and it would be beneficial to start on a small dose of antidepressants and low dose benzodiazepines also cognitive behavioural therapy is useful