Medication

Asked for Male, 38 years

36 years old using tab olanzia on doctor's recommendation. Then doctor recommended to stop using it as soon as he stop taking olanzia suffering from sever depression n suffering from lackness of sleep. On next visit doctor again started olanzia but again after 2months he recommended to stop it n same happened again on emergency consulting doctor recommended Nassa 15mg but complain of sleepiness is still same. N doctor is not available now. Should patient starts taking olanzia other than Nassa?

Posted 6 years ago

Responses (1)

Dr. Beenish Ehsan

General Physician - Karachi

Dear Patient,

Im sorry to hear this but this isn't a medical case, its a psych case. In karachi you have PNS Shifa with 24 hour ER service and a good panel of dr. The depression will not improve till environment improves and till pateint can receive good counselling to help them cope.
Kindly meet with psychologists and psychiatrists both who can help manage this patient well. Recklessly medicating only would not be beneficial. Counselling can bring the change to help him stay better with low dose/no medication. Please write back to us if you need more help.

For further help, we recommend checking with one of the
best psychiatrists in karachi and seek a piece of in-person advice at https://oladoc.com/pakistan/karachi/psychiatrist

You can seek further professional help from the below recommended Specialists:

Brig. Dr.Zafar

General Surgeon

Lahore

Dr.Iqbal Khemane

Psychiatrist, Psychologist

Karachi

Assoc. Prof. Dr.Washdev Amar

Psychiatrist

Karachi

Assoc. Prof. Dr.Aneel Kumar Keswani

Psychiatrist

Karachi

Answered 5 years ago

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