SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Buspirone - ✔✔Type of benzo that does not cause dependence
Takes 2-4 weeks to reach full effect
✔✔Buspar - ✔✔Treat anxiety
Nonaddictive
Scheduled, given 2-4 times a day - needs to take as prescribed or it will not work
✔✔Buspar Side Effects - ✔✔Orthostatic Hypotension
Dry Mouth
N/v
Sleepiness
Delayed onset (10-14 days)
✔✔First Gen Anti-Psychotics - ✔✔GAD and OCD
SE: EPS, anti-cholinergic, weight gain, sexual dysfunction
✔✔EPS effects - ✔✔Dystonia
Akathisia
Psudoparkinsonism
Tardive Dyskinesia: lip smacking
✔✔Second Gen Anti-Psychotics - ✔✔GAD and OCD
Clozapine (watch for agranulocytosis)
SE: metabolic syndrome
✔✔Metabolic Syndrome - ✔✔weight gain
dyslipidemia
Altered blood sugar
✔✔SSRI's - ✔✔First line treatment of most anxiety and OCD
Ex: Zoloft, lexapro, prozac
✔✔TCA's - ✔✔Used for GAD, Panic disorder, OCD
✔✔Panic Disorder and GAD Medications - ✔✔Benzodiazepines
Buspar
TCA's
SSRI's
Propanolol
Clonidine
✔✔Phobia Medications - ✔✔Benzo's
, TCA
SSRI's
Propanolol
✔✔Clomipramine - ✔✔For OCD
✔✔Personality Disorder Clusters - ✔✔Eccentric
Dramatic
Anxious
✔✔Eccentric Cluster - ✔✔More men
Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal
✔✔Dramatic Cluster - ✔✔More women
Antisocial
Narcisstic
Histrionic
Borderline
✔✔Anxious Cluster - ✔✔Both genders
Avoidant
Dependent
Obsessive-compulsive
✔✔Schizoid Disorder - ✔✔No desire to have friends
Solitary Activities
✔✔Schizotypal Personality Disorder - ✔✔Social withdrawal with odd thinking
S/s: Rambling conversation, odd beliefs
✔✔Antisocial Personality Disorder - ✔✔Charming psychopaths
Lack of remorse or concern for others
Incapable of intimate relationships
S/S: cold, callous
✔✔Narcissistic Disorder - ✔✔Arrogant, self important
Lack empathy
✔✔Histrionic Disorder - ✔✔Attention seeking, overly dramatic
Self centered
Impulsive, easily influenced
Flirtatious