Summary Of Patient Consideration

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The patient is a 46 year old male who presented to the ED feeling SI with a plan to overdose on 10 of his Neurontin and paranoid. Per documentation patient has not been able to sleep, he has been afraid of what will happen if he stays at home, so he came to the ED.Per documentation patient states, " I guess I didn't take enough to end it all." Further he states, " I take my meds and do what I supposed to do but nothing helps. It makes me so mad that I can't get rid of all the negativity." Patient denies homicidal ideation and confirms audio and visual hallucinations.

During the time of assessment patient was sitting up-right and reading a magazine. The patient reports when asked what brings him here today, that he has been feeling overly

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