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Antidepressants are not helping me. Please suggest.
Query: Hello doctor,I am 65 years old, and I have seen a few psychiatrists from a young age. I have taken a lot of antidepressants. In the past, I have been on Anafranil, Zoloft, Aropax, Cymbalta, Pristiq, Lithium, Avanza, Amitryptiline, Allegron, Tofranil, and Luvox. I have not been on any antipsychotic o... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. If the testosterone levels are low, then it needs to be treated. Also, you get a thyroid profile test, and vitamin D levels as a problem in them can also present similarly. There are plenty of treatment options available. You can discuss with your treating psychiatri... Read Full »
Query: Hi doctor, I am a teenager. I have been experiencing anxiety about the most unusual things, and it is really preventing me from fully enjoying life. Let me give you a few examples: I feel anxious when specific information is missing from the internet or when there are inconsistencies. For instance,... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, I am glad you chose icliniq for your medical-related queries. I understand your concern. Based on your description, it seems like you might be dealing with ruminations or intrusive thoughts. Kindly take a self-rating test for OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder), which you can easily find ... Read Full »
I have OCD. Will smoking further aggravate it?
Query: Hello doctor, I was suffering from OCD for four years. I had taken medication Fluoxetine and Clomipramine for it. I had recently started smoking one year back and now want to quit. I just want to know that does smoking further harm OCD. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Smoking can affect your OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder). First, it can exacerbate the associated anxiety thus worsening OC symptoms. Second, it can affect the blood levels of medicines you are taking for treatment thus affecting their efficacy. The other harms of s... Read Full »
How to control overactive imagination?
Query: Hello doctor, From more than a year, I have been facing mental health issues. It started with anxiety about developing schizophrenia and feeling detached from things. Since then, I often get period of extreme anxiety, involuntary mental images of memories, imagination, dreams, and distorted memories... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. From your description, it appears that you are having OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder). Yes, all of your symptoms can be seen in it. The main problem is that you do not have control over your thoughts, that is why imagery and other ruminations occur. The extreme anx... Read Full »
My wife suffers from OCD. How to treat the condition?
Query: Hi doctor, My wife is suffering from OCD. She always washes and cleans everything, even electronic things. She will not touch anyone who come from outside. If in case she touches, then she does take bath immediately. If there is any fly at home, she will watch and wash all those things. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. From what you have described, it seems to be a case of OCD (obsessive compulsion disorder) only. One thing I want to ask is whether it causes stress to your wife or does she consider her habits as alright. In case, we finally came to a diagnosis of OCD it requires pr... Read Full »