Hello doctors, in jan 2021, I had anxiety issues and taken medicines 0.25 mg petril mg and 10 mg amitryn. I cured in 2 months and I left taking medicines. After few days headache started in my vertex point. Doctor said as I left medicines abruptly this problem arise. Now I do not have anxiety issue, but due to headache in my vertex point doctor advised me etizola 0.25 mg and amitryn 10 mg. It more than than 8 months my headache did not gone. Sometimes it is less, sometimes pain is high. I do not understand the reason. Doctor telling me continue the medicines it will take time to cure. Doctors pls help to know is leaving medicines abruptly cause so much problem. What can I do.

Dr. Mohd Abrar GurooPsychiatrist4yrs exp

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what is nature , pattern, duration, onset, precipitation factor of your headache. and what are other conditions associated with it.. more Information is required to advice properly to help you out.. you can consult Me online  

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Mr. Saul PereiraPsychologist50yrs exp

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Yes, stopping medication without doctor's instructions and abruptly does have some consequences. It seems like you don't want to be on medication. Which is not a bad idea. But you should never stop it on your own. Doctors usually taper off the medication over a period of time so that the brain gets used to the gradual reduction and makes up the lessened amount on its own. This is called the teaser dose. This time don't attempt that and ideally you should work with doctor when s/he thinks it is time for the dosage to be reduced. However, if you want to stop the medication over a period of time, I advise you to seek the help of a counselor to build skills, tools, and techniques to learn to handle your situation behaviorally. The headaches may have something to do with unexpressed anger whose origins may be from childhood too. Please meet with a counselor and work on your emotions, particularly anger and fear. Exercise is very important but you have to build on it developmentally. I suggest you do the opposite of what this situation makes you feel like doing (actually, not doing): you will need to fight this condition. You must become active; stay upright during the daylight time; meet people; never sleep during the day, wake up by 6 am every day, play some active games, especially contact games, do physical exercises, talk to people and join some social clubs, attend yoga classes etc. Watch sitcoms on tv or comedies and cheer yourself up. Go for excursions in groups, for outings, camps, conferences, and religious conventions. Get a pet dog and spend time training it, exercising it and relating to it. Expose yourself to some sunlight every day, at least 30 minutes but not in the scorching heat. Whatever happens, please incorporate these three important adaptations in your life: always be responsible, be respectful, and be functional. If you did these three, lots of things will go well in life. Please pray and have faith in god to alleviate your sufferings. Don?t wait for others to help. Use your own motivation, which might be at its lowest, but persevere and win this battle. Above all to be really happy, you need to live in love and for love. Learn all about emotions and how to handle them and that will get you out of the situation rather easily and quickly. A counselor is there only to facilitate you, all the hard work must come from you, and your cooperation with that person is very critical for your success. Be positive every day and learn to be content with what you have. Whatever happens please cooperate with the therapy and do not discontinue until the condition is completely resolved.  

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Ms. Rachna MishraPsychologist9yrs exp

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Let me be very clear my friend that i have gone through the same even after being a life-coach and corporate trainer(even we are humans) So, let me give you my share of tips Its ok to be in anxiety and overthinking. When we are happy we smile, when we are sad we frown, when things don?t go our way we get angry and when do not manage stress and time well, we get to this stage. You are absolutely normal like millions on this planet. 2. List down all your dreams and tasks(may be funny or weird ones) in a diary and start fulfilling them by this very moment because you need to spend time with yourself during the case of overthinking and anxiety. You need a change. Change is inevitable. 3. Go solo somewhere to the hills and start recording your fear and pain. Take them out. If you need a listener then you may talk to me. I have listened and spoken to more than 600 people here since Lockdown and they are happy. why? Because they did not want sympathy or solution, they wanted a listener. No one can give you a concrete solution to your problem. you need to figure it out yourself. 4. Try not to spoil your life. Your life has been given to you by your parents. we do not have any right to spoil it. I request you to not take any such step which i took to end my life. I realized i do not have any right. Its the time to give the same or better life to our parents which they gave to us when we were kid because as they grow older, the roles reversed 5. Pick up a sport or music. Its ok! shit happens! you are not alone. Spend your time learning some music or playing some sport. Talk to people who were depressed and came out a long way. spend sometime with them Talk to your family and/or parents. 

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Hello, the time duration for which you have to take medicine is atleast 6 months after you are symptom free. So you will have to continue with amitryn for few months.  

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