Posted by Dr. Bob on December 1, 1998, at 17:07:33
In reply to question for the docs, posted by Toby on December 1, 1998, at 15:57:45
> I just saw a patient with Xanax abuse/dependence
> and depression/anxiety due to grief over the
> death of her husband last year in a tragic car
> accident. No history of mania, other
> depressions, no family history of anything. She
> got out of a drug rehab 3 days ago on Prozac,
> Neurontin and Zyprexa. She was not told what the
> latter two meds were for, except "for sleep."I think the most direct way to deal with this would
be to talk to the doctor at the rehab program.
Otherwise, it's all speculation.It *is* possible to speculate, though... Maybe they
were concerned about hypomania or mood lability or
axis 2 features? Or maybe they elicited a different
history?Separate issues, of course, are how it was
explained to her and how much the medications
cost...Bob
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