I was suffered from depression and anxiety before 1 year. Now I am taking zaptra ,tolficalm ,talopres and voxinix. I had already tapered zapiz, ativan.with these medication I am fine but how much time it will take to recover or I have to take these lifelong.
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Usually first episode of Depression is treated for 9 months, if it relapses second episode should be treated for at least 2 years. However if it's difficult to treat or resistant kind of depression then it may needed to be treated for even longer duration. Few patients may require lifelong treatment based on their type of depression and it's impact on life. This is general statement about the duration of treatment for depression, in your case much more details needed to comment about treatment duration part.
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It's very difficult to say how long you need to take the medicines. Sometimes some people have to for best management. So many people manage their physical health condition by talking regular medicines. The goal is to lead a normal life, with or without medicines. I would also suggest you to take help from a cognitive therapist. The therapy will help you to manage your anxiety and depression and you may need small dosage of medicines or you may not even need medication after that.
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