Good afternoon sir, my mother is suffering from depression and due to which is not able to sleep now at present she is having tryptomer and stalopam 0.5 mg both. So can we give her sleeping pill alprax for few days n then stop use of alprax after 3-4 days if we stop it she able to sleep naturally?

Dr. Saranya DevanathanPsychiatrist48yrs exp

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Dear lybrate-user, sleep disturbance may be due to depression itself. With stalopam and tryptomer, if she comes to normal mood, she will sleep better. Alprax will not cause sleep if it is not given in high dose. Stopping it makes your mother worse. She may start demanding you to give more and more of alprax. Instead of that, please increase tryptomer and stalopam to an adequate dose to lift her depression. Consult your doctor every 2-3 weeks. She may have some other causes for her depression at this menopausal age - those can be addressed in future sessions.  

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Dr. Sushil Kumar Sompur VPsychiatrist15yrs exp

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It seems like you would like to try a medication without a doctor's prescription. However, you need affirmation from another doctor for the same. It is advisable to consult the prescribing doctor explaining what symptoms are persisting and what you would like with you mother's symptoms that need to be improved. Alternatively you can consult us for a second opinion on Lybrate. 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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