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Psychiatry
Addiction Medicine
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English
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35 Answers
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A 42-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
Some withdrawal: You may experience some but not a lot of withdrawal symptoms, usually in the form of minimal cramps, minor body aches and possibly some cravings, but ... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
Not really : Sleep problem can be due to many reasons, one of which could be the depression itself. Keep an eye on your mood, and u may consider something for slee... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
Nothing validated : No specific relationship validated between Cocaine detox and vitamin c. Rest, fluid, symptomatic treatment and healthy nutrition will be the best way ... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
After : U start to ovulate mid cycle after the end of the period. When no fertilization happen to the ovum the uters shed its lining at the period.
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
2-3 days : If you are talking about the regular formula (not the extended release), then only about 2-3 days at the most.
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A 49-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
Wafers : Wafers are oral disintegrating forms, faster action, no need to be swallowed, comes also in lower doses like 0.125, and 0.25 mg that are not available... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
Absolutely not : On the contrary it may cause irreversible brain damage.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
Yes: No much problems with interactions, but your anxiety may spike.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
No : Not in any sense related to addiction or reward cycle.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
Yes : But depends on what dose you want to take, also as long as you are aware that cutting the dose may put you at risk of relapsing to depression.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
Of course not : Anti anxiety in general does not causesignicant weight gain, specially if u took them only few times.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
Yes : No problem with interactions.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
Not permanent : Effects of xanax (alprazolam) are not permanent, can be reversible once it's stopped.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
You can : But it will have very strong synergistic effect, heavy sedating effect, may also cause stronger inhibition on the respiratory center.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
No relation: No clear interaction between cannabis and azithryomycin.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
Will make u anxious : You can but it will cause you to be very anxious, restless, very irritable, jittery, possibly may cause panic attacks and problems with sleep at night... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
Not possible : But that might be a sign of improved mood.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
Therapy : Get into individual therapy, most effective will be psychodynamic therapy.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Psychiatry 30 years experience
Tough question : Depends on type of depression, situational depression depends on adjusting or accepting the environment change. Primary depression on the other side, ... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Psychiatry 30 years experience
7-10 days : Median half life for nortryptiline is about 25-30 hours. So i average to get out of your system roughly, its about 7-10 days. That's of course is a ro... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
2 days to 30 : Depends on how much u used to take, for one time use, it may be 2 days, but chronic use, may continues to stay in your system for 30 days.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
Yes: No problem with interactions.
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
It's not related: No, it won't but it may help with the anxiety symptoms related to it. Ibuprofen for few days may help with some of these symptoms.
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A 49-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
Yes ok : It's ok, Cymbalta (duloxetine) has very minimal problems with discontinuation unlike a lot of ssri medicine. However the only warning, is knowing that... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
Yes: It will give stronger sedating effect, if either one of these medication is not helping alone.
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A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
No clear equation : Hard to guess, but if I have to give an estimate i would say at least 400 -600 mg of seroquel (quetiapine).
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
Sorry, none : Unless you can get the natural ingredient of lithium.
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A 43-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
Needs investigation : You need to check with your pcp, who should check your medical history, family history and any risk factors. You will possibly need ct or MRI brain to... Read More
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A 33-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
No interactions : In short, you can to help with anxiety symptoms or panic symptoms, but it may affect the erection process.
Here is my suggestion, cut down the dose ... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
No : No real association.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
It may : But u have to be sure about your liver functions, you certainly don't want to make that a habit, there are much better approaches and better medical a... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
You can : But it will have very strong synergistic effect, heavy sedating effect, may also cause stronger inhibition on the respiratory center.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Psychiatry 30 years experience
Urine test: Neurontin (gabapentin) does not show up in any substance urine tests.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
Varies : Usually 600 mg three times a day. More or less, depends on tolerance to side effects.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hatem Nouranswered
Psychiatry 30 years experience
Good idea : If you used to sleep well on 25 or 50 mg, i see no harm in going back to that dose, as long as you are aware of the side effects, or as well it can he... Read More
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