My mother is 52 years old, she is taking fluoxetine (1) in morning and t.clomipramine (1) + fluvoxamine (1)+ lonazep 0.5 (1) at night, since 2 months, she still has disturbing thoughts, some days she think she has improved, the next day she is back to obsessive thinking, her mood is good only once or twice a week. Lately she stopped taking the lonazep 0.5 (1) in the night because her sleep has improved. But, now from some days she is having nightmares and she wakes up in the middle of the night scarred and shivering and it takes us an hour to calm her and put her to sleep. What could be the reason for this new development? Can someone explain?
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Stopping abruptly without medical supervision might have withdrawal symptoms.
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Based on the medications it seems she is suffering from OCD. there are certain adjunctive medicines which can be added to improve her persistent negative thoughts. Kindly consultant astute psychatrist. Good luck.
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For what symptoms these medications were started 2 months back needs to be understood in detail. Obsessive thinking and other symptoms may go somewhat up and down for sometime as patient recovers. Do not stop or change any dose of medication prescribed by your psychiatrist on your own. This itself can cause difficulty sleeping that she is facing. Consult your psychiatrist.
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Hey lybrate-user. This sounds very stressful and upsetting for you. While I understand what may have led to the decision of quitting lonazep 0.5, but it is a psychiatric medication and the regimen is extremely important there. We cannot choose to stop taking it at will. It maybe helpful to reach out to your psychiatrist and complete the course of the medication as prescribed. And then do a follow up with the same psychiatrist to explain what the effect of the prescription has been and discuss further course of treatment. How this helps. Take care :)
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