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My sister was taking fluxanol depot, mdd xr ,dicorate for depression and schizophrenia for 1 year. She is now taking salads and mdd xr but feels better. How long should she take these medicines and when to stop?
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Medication regime which you are talking about is more likely indicative of treatment of psychotic depression having some mixed features. So in this medication needs to be continued long term. May be few years. All a psychiatrist can say is if you stop medication abruptly then subsequent episode is going to be more rapid and severe.
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