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Psychotropic meds #1
Psychotropic meds
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anxiety | Apprehension, dread,and fear with tension, restlessness, tachycardia, dyspnea, hope. |
| Bipolar Disorder | Depressive psychosis, with phases of mania, and depression; formerly manic depression. |
| Depression | Sadness, feelings of loss and grief, and loss of appetite and suicidal thoughts. |
| Dystonia | Symptoms include twisting, repeated jerking movements, and/or abnormal posture. |
| Extrapyramidal | Symptoms of some antipsychotic medicaitions including parkinsonism, dystonia, and tremors. |
| Insomnia | Difficulty falling, or staying asleep. |
| Mania | Form of psychosis characterized by excessive excitement, elevted mood, and exalted feelings |
| Neurosis | Mental illness from stress or anxiety in patient's environment, without loss of reality |
| Psychosis | Mental illness characterized by loss of contact with reality. |
| Schizophrenia | Group of mental disorders characterized by inappropriate emotions,and unrealistic thinking |
| Tardive Dyskinesia | Side effects of phenothiazines that include slow, rhythmical, involuntary muscle movements. |
| Tourette's Syndrome | Motor ticks, lack of muscle coordination, involuntary movements with grunts & barks. |