Anxiety medication

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Anxiety medication

Asked for Male, 47 Years

My husband has been taking Risperdal,Klonopin and Depakote for about 8 years .What I want to know isn’t that a long time and will these medications hurt him.

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Dr. Sharanabasappa A

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Agree with Dr Kailash he needs to consult Psychiatrist needs regular monitoring of his symptoms status and any side effects. Consult your Psychiatrist asdvised, shouldn't take without proper monitoring .

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Dr. Kailash S Psychiatrist 15 yrs exp Chennai · Accepted Answer

Dr. Kailash S

Psychiatrist 15 yrs exp Chennai

These medications would have been given to him and continued because he would have needed it. Yes. These medications do have side effects that need to be monitored for regularly. Be in regular follow up with ur psychiatrist and check with him abt the monitoring for the same.