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My friend is facing depression and stress problems due to various problems and often taking sleeping pills she is not ready to consult a psychologist. Pls help.
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Sleeping pills are highly dangerous on longer run. Tell her it can cause early dementia, cognitive changes, personality changes, withdrawal seizures, and so on. Also apart from producing sleep t worsens depression. Ask her to consult a psychiatrist and take a course of sedative antidepressants which the psychiatrist will give based on her symptoms. This will be helpful on a longer run and not harmful. Ask her to come out of the stigma in seeking help. All the best.
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