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My medical journal - About escitalopram - dose reduced 5mg

In this blog I have earlier mentioned about the antidepressant tablet that I am taking since 2013. Recently I tried to slowly reduce the dose myself. I had been taking Nexito 30 mg (20 after lunch and 10 after dinner) for long time.  The decision I took to reduce the dose cause I had been sweating unnaturally. After I reduced 5mg the sweating problem gone within a week.  But I didn't stop reducing the dose after 5mg. After few weeks I reduced another 5mg and started taking 20mg. I didn't notice any change for few days but after that I started having digestion problem and loose motion that I couldn't control with medicines. So I again moved to 25mg.  I was buying Nexito 20 tablets from 1mg website via paytm. I was getting some discounts sometimes.  This type of antidepressant tablets must be prescribed by a doctor because without prescription it isn't allowed to sold from a medicine store. Similarly In 1mg also I had to upload my prescription. I have uploaded my presc...

Mental sickness in winter

I recently came to know some people feel SAD in winter. I remember when I was school student then I used to feel sadness during winter. I didn't know that it is actually  Seasonal Affective Disorder . And it was not only me who feels like that. It is kind of a mood disorder also know as depression. During my HS exam doctor prescribed me anti depression tablets because that time I was suffering from depression and migraine.  Choosing the right doctor is very important for any phycological treatments. I went to doctors to doctors from general physician, psychiatrists, neurologist to neuropsychiatrist in the year of 2012 and 2013. The problem was new to me and I knew nothing about this kind of problem. I was also scared.  A general physician can't treat mental illness it is the work of psychiatrists or neuropsychiatrist. I problem was solved when I finally met one neuropsychiatrist. I was prescribed only one anti depression tablet that solve all my problems.  I was neve...