My Patient and also a friend of mine F 46 y.o old lost her husband 2 months back, relatives complaints that since then she is unable to sleep, doesn’t talk to anybody, absolute zero response to any of the action taken against her (as per her relatives shouting, screaming, emotional talks, entertainment doesn’t affect her) goes sleepless, Her health is now deteriorating, this is possibly because of lack of sleep and immense mental stress. I had prescribed her sleeping pills for 5 days which worked, but a fear comes to me with sleeping pills is that the patient should not get dependent on it. Patient denies to go to a psychologist. How should I treat further?
Antidepressants? Convincing the patient to go to rehab, and psychologist would be the biggest task.
