My son age 21 years went to a psychiatrist where he was prescribed these 3 medicines namely:- inspiral, floxin -plus and pexup-10 .the doctor gave him these medicines for ocd where as he simply has anxiety problems. My concern is that though he took these medicines only for 2 days. He is going into depression. He read the views in google abt the side effects and now he thinks that they have affected him .he locks himself in the room and cries that he cannot connect with the outside world because of those medicines. Please tell me does these medicines have such side effects jst by taking them for 2 days or he is just over thinking. Kindly advise.
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In spiral contains methylphenidate, it is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. F luvoxin plus contains fluvoxamine and clomipramine which is used to treat ocd. Pexep contains paroxetine which is used to treat depression, an anxiety disorder. Your son is on multiple medications. His case requires diagnostic reassessment. Kindly take an appointment for online consultation, since this case requires detailed evaluation.
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Hello, I can appreciate your concern regarding potential side effects to medication. Since your son took the prescribed medicines for 2 days only, it is unlikely to have caused any long term problems or side effects. You can consult your psychiatrist to start on a low dose of a ssri medication and titrate up gradually as tolerated to manage his mood and anxiety symptoms. Also talking therapy/ cbt will be helpful to manage difficult thoughts and develop better coping strategies. Without appropriate support, your son will get better gradually.
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The medications that have been prescribed by the doctor / psychiatrist for your son are fine. Some people react differently to different medications and you might want to continue giving the medications if there are no serious side effects. The good effects of the medications take about 20-30 days for them to show up and I believe that you will be able to get over the bad effects once you start focusing on the good effects the medication is having. I also think that you should start to not read as much about the medications online as the information may not be accurate and there are many websites that are peddling allopathic or english medications as being bad and having bad effects, which is not true. If you need a second opinion, you can certainly do so online. Look forward to hearing from you. If you need help with booking an appointment online with me on this website either text, audio, or video appointment for a confidential and private consultation you may do so by contacting the help desk of Lybrate.
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