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[|Human|] there is a problem for my uncle who is suffering from depression from the past seven years.my aunt is so worried about my uncle s condition.frankly speaking my uncle used to be the best business men in my home town,but unfortunately from the past 7 years he is not going to the store.business is being done by my uncle s brother.every one in my house are worried.my aunt is worried a lot.she even wants to take divorce which i dont like.i want to see my uncle normal again.i wil just give my uncles time table below { every day he wakes up at 10 am in the morning he eats his breakfast after the break fast he again sleeps till 2 pm in the afternoon.he barely eats lunch and again he sleeps till evening 6 pm.he wakes up at 6 pm and he will be active for 6 to 7 hours and again he sleeps. } we have consulted all most all psychologists in town and there was no fruitful answer. my uncles s condition havent changed till now.his condition is becoming worse day by day and my aunt is feeling very bad.i hope i get an appropriate answer from the concerned doctor.
[|AI|]  Hi, thank you for using Chat Doctor. I can understand about your concern regarding your uncles' health. As you mentioned your uncle is suffering from depression and not getting better. You have also mentioned you have consulted psychologist. I would like to ask have you consulted psychiatrist? If not then get one consultation with psychiatrist. If yes then I assume The treating psychiatrist must have used antidepressant at least. Depression not responding to Routine antidepressant should be treated as resistant depression. Need to be certain about diagnosis whether it is uni-polar depression or it is a bipolar depression, as treatment differs in bipolar depression. Need to rule out hypothyroidism by doing thyroid function test. If still depression persist then one may go for Electroconvulsive therapy.  Few more method like RTMS is also available. Discussion about all this would take few more pages here but I am sure treating physician would take care of it. But the point is treatment for depression is more advance nowadays, and I am sure your uncle can be helped. Hope this will help you. Regards.