She is suffering deep depression. She always hear imaginary that someone is conspiring and wanting to make her insane. She is taking sizodon plus for last 2 years but with no results. Please suggest some medicine to help her.

Mrs. Aaradhana ReddyPsychologist4yrs exp

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Dear Lybrate user, with regard to medication, it is better to consult a psychiatrist. I will advise you to try therapy or counselling, along with medication. There are widely used proven therapies like cognitive behaviour therapy for depression. It is very effective and can go to the root of the problem. It can help with management of thoughts behind depression even in the long-term. It will help, please consult a psychologist. If you need any more help or doubts, you can contact me as well. Regards, aaradhana reddy counselling psychologist.  

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Dr. Prof. Jagadeesan M.S.Psychiatrist17yrs exp

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It is not depression, but psychosis, most likely from what you say schizophrenia. So get the diagnosis correct from your psychiatrist, so you know the treatment course how to handle her if she talks about the hallucinations and delusions. Since sizodon plus is ineffective, as you say you need to consult a psychiatrist and change the medications. But any medicine will take 2 to 8 weeks to act. I hope she took sizodon plus regularly. If there has been partial improvement the dose needs to be adjusted too. Good luck.  

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Mr. Saul PereiraPsychologist50yrs exp

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She is being treated for a more serious condition than depression. I suggest that you seek the help of a counselor too anyway. She needs this help for a long time and with her cooperation, she can recover pretty fast. She probably has a paranoid schizophrenic problem. There is no doubt that this disease is debilitating but she must persevere not only with the medication but also with counseling. The counseling gives her an avenue to work with her emotional issues and she will develop skills in coping with the everyday challenges that life throws at her. I hope her visits to the psychiatrist were regular and the medication has been frequently reviewed during these two years. She needs to be occupied, and fit into a routine of interesting activities every day. Yoga and meditation is also necessary to train her brain to be disciplined. Exercise always plays a stabilizing role and is the most holistic medicine besides. Since the paranoid mind is regularly perturbed by unreal fears, a reality check through counseling will help her discern fact from fiction. Her socializing and maintaining steady relations is the hallmark of a good recovery program. If I am to assume that there were no relapses during this period, then that is a good sign too. This means that her condition has remained stable all of these years! now go to the next level along with therapy and she can look forward to a more functional and productive lifestyle.  

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Dr. Saranya DevanathanPsychiatrist50yrs exp

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Dear lybrate-user, she may be suffering from a severe mental disorder. Please talk to her psychiatrist and find out about further treatment. May be, she needs more dose of sizodon plus or she she needs another drug or she needs psychosocial rehabilitation - you will be guided by frequent visit to the treating psychiatrist.  

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Dr. Prakhar JainPsychiatrist8yrs exp

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Hi, this is a serious mental illness, she needs to be shown to a psychiatrist at local level and the dose of medicines should be increased till she stops hearing voices or getting suspicious about others. The current dose might be not good enough and might need to be increased.  

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