Hi, im bernadette! A little about me.. I love taking photos, making videos,directing, live streaming our high school games I have ADD, or aDHD according to the doctors, generalized anxiety and i'm depressed. I am going to be totally honest here. I do not want to sugar coat what i am.. Depression has been a part of my life since i was a child, so I don’t know myself without it. So before i get into these stories, im going to say that a lot of the names in here are pseudonyms. Before my story…
a change in diet than what is in the norm, and always keep the patient positive. The patient will be prescribed clozapine for the schizoaffective symptoms. Clozapine does not cure this disorder but maintains it. Sertraline will also be prescribed to help with her depression. Sertraline will relax the patient and help prevent panic attacks and worsening depression. Lorazepam will be prescribed to treat her anxiety. Lorazepam is a type of benzo medication. It slows and relaxes the brain and…
first line agent that should be considered when prescribing for Ms. B would be selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Levothyroxine can interact with some SSRI’s. Sertraline (Zoloft) has a low potential for interactions (Uphold & Graham, 2013). There are no major drug interaction with Ms. B’s medications and sertraline (Drugs, 2015). A prescription of “Zoloft 25mg by mouth once a day” would be prescribed (Chisholm-Burns et al., 2013, p. 986). Ms. B would be instructed to not take…
Drug use Now: Client reported maintaining his drug use and spending $10 on heroin everyday within the last month. The client reported using meth and heroin and shooting up “speedballs” for at least one week within the last month. Client reported using heroin in order to minimize his chronic knee pain. The client reported attending the VA methadone clinic on Temple daily. Client reported his desire to stop using meth. The client attributes his meth use due to being around “bad influences”.…
It is well known that childbirth poses many threats to women’s health; it alters not only the physiological integrity but impacts the psychosocial aspect of it as well. Postpartum depression is one of the most frequently occurring mood disorders after childbirth. According to Horowitz & Goodman (2005), postpartum depression affects up to 20% of women in the United States, which is approximately 500,000 of women each year. While it is a major health issue that negatively impacts not only a woman…
sensitivity and specificity, and the use of well-defined clinical manifestations including clonus, tremor, and hyperthermia. This report describes a case of serotonin toxicity triggered by an increasing dose of tramadol with concurrent bupropion and sertraline treatment. Based on our knowledge, this is the first case report reviewing the drug interaction between tramadol and bupropion with outcomes of decreased hypoalgesia and increased serotonergic activity in relation to increasing doses…
norepinephrine can improve mood and decreased depressive symptomatology (Greenberg, 2012). The typical dosages for SSRIs for the treatment of PTSD are in the ranges of 20 to 60 mg a day. Brady and colleagues conducted a randomized, double-blind study of sertraline…
Treatment is very important when dealing any disorder. 94% people with a panic disorder or without agoraphobia seek treatment (Beidel, Bulik, Stanley, 2014, p.119). Agoraphobia is not like any of panic disorder, so it cannot be treated like other panic disorders, but is a treatable condition. Treatments may take longer than what person may expect it to be, but treatment is important especially with agoraphobia. Anxiety/panic disorders are known to have a wide range of treatments when dealing…
Everybody has it. It is a natural part of life. Fortunately for most of us it isn't intense and persistent. It is anxiety. When speaking in front of a class, when peering down from a ledge, when waiting to play in the big game, anyone of us might feel anxious. But when this occasional uneasiness becomes overwhelming and an everyday occurrence, one might be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders are psychological…
positive thinking Medication- *no FDA approved treatment, these meds may tx. underlying cause: Classification Med Name Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) (often start with SSRI’s) fluoxetine (Prozac) paroxetine (Paxil, Pexeva) sertraline (Zoloft) citalopram (Celexa) escitalopram (Lexapro) Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) duloxetine (Cymbalta) venlafaxine (Effexor XR) desvenlafaxine (Pristiq, Khedezla) levomilnacipran (Fetzima) Norepinephrine-dopamine…