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Mental Health (Expert Forum)
Worried about my treatment
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD) , bipolar disorder , dementia , electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) , learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) , panic , personality disorders, phobias , post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) , schizophrenia , stress , transitions, and work problems.
Worried about my treatment
by vaibhav, Jun 06, 2007 12:00AM
I had been diagonesed as a patient of depression 4 years back and my doctor prescribed me prozac. I took it for few days and then left the treatment gradully i became more ill and I have to under the treatment once again. I have a problem of less sleeping or some times over sleeping. My doctor is prescribing me clonozopam and pronoal tablet. Why these tablets are used? Kindly help me.
With regards
Vaibhav
With regards
Vaibhav
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Jun 08, 2007 12:00AM
, Jun 08, 2007 12:00AM
The first medication is for anxiety and should also help you sleep, so better taken at night. I don't recognize the second medication, but it might also be what is called a beta blocker, which is for anxiety. Neither of these medications treat depression.
