Currently, I am not taking any medication from 4-5 months, but I sometimes feel not very confident and anxiety. Fluoxetine worked wonders for me a year ago, but in later stage it stopped working. Will it boost my confidence if I start it again?

Dr. Saranya DevanathanPsychiatrist51yrs exp

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Dear Md, Fluoxetine is NOT a confidence booster. If your lack of confidence and anxiety are due to a depressive disorder, fluoxetine will be prescribed to you by your doctor. 

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It is not advisable to start any medication (not only psychiatry) without consulting your doctor. As you grow, your body changes. Your requirements may change based on your symptoms and current state of health. A doctor will be able to judge it well and discuss your options with you. Till you meet your doctor, you can try engaging in some exercise as it releases endorphins.  

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Ms. Rachna MishraPsychologist10yrs exp

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1.Use Deep Breathing Deep breathing is another effective way to relieve stress and anxiety. It helps you with physical symptoms such as shallow breathing and rapid heart rate, and it also helps with controlling your thoughts. When you practice deep breathing, you're forced to take your thoughts off of whatever is causing you anxiety and to focus on the breathing technique that you are using. 2.Keep A Journal Journaling can be an effective way to deal with your anxiety and to find relief. It helps you to take all of the things that are rolling around in your head and get them out of your head and down on paper. Sometimes seeing the things that we're worried about on paper can help us to see that they're not as big of a deal as we thought they were. It can also help us to find solutions that we have been overlooking. 3.Hang Out With Friends If you're struggling with anxiety, sometimes the last thing that you want to do is go hang out with your friends. Even if it's an activity that you enjoy with people that you like, the thought of it can be stressful. Your brain already feels overwhelmed with things that you feel you need to figure out, and it can seem like a bad use of time to do something fun. 4. Exercise, Find What Works For You : You might be tired of hearing about how great exercise is for your health. But, the reason you hear about it so much is that there's no way around it. Exercise it's good for both your physical body and for your mind.Getting regular exercise has been proven to help you sleep better at night, clear your head, and boost your mood. It's a great way to use up all that pent-up energy that you have in a way that's going to benefit you in multiple areas of your life. 

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Mr. Saul PereiraPsychologist51yrs exp

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The medication you were on is good. If you needed to stop you should have gradually reduced the medication. Anyway, you can go back to the medication but I strongly recommend that you combine the medication with therapy. Please take your parents with you to determine the possible developmental issues that may have contributed to this condition. This is a fear-based condition and for some reason you have not been dealing with this childhood fear which has now developed unto these repetitive adaptations to seem to need it for normal functioning. The behavior will then become based on magical thinking and certain rituals will become necessary to do normal things making you believe that either the frequency or the ritual is important to its success. This of course is a fallacy but there will come a time that even if told the truth, your belief will defy any logic and you will continue behaving like that even if it cripples you in your daily routines. It only appears as though some other force is behind these behaviors and that you are compelled to act in this fashion. That is obviously not true but no one can convince you of anything different. The obsession is a repeating thought pattern with no meaningful outcome; and the compulsiveness is the need to act on those obsessions also in a repeated behavior pattern as though you just cannot help yourself. This is all driven by fear and when you are frustrated with it, you will escalate anger over it. Doubt, insecurity, uncertainty, and lack of firm memory will all plague you and increase stress. There are certain behavioral techniques to be implemented and if they work you may get out of this condition rather easily. You need to be committed in therapy for it to have maximum success.  

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Dr. Mukesh JhaPsychiatrist15yrs exp

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Anxiety and depression should be treated if symptoms has occurred again after discontinuation of treatment. Specific molecule should be decided by psychiatrist.  

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