Yesterday, 09:27 PM
When a psychotic patient voices their concern about anxiety and panic, many doctors see it as being caused by psychotic symptoms. They will treat the patient with antipsychotics believing that this will relief the patient of their anxiety. While this works in some cases, it often does not.
When a patient can not remain calm, they lose their ability to perform reality checking technique. A patient that could otherwise snuff out their crazy thought process will instead begin to spiral downward into a delusional state of mind.
Panic can trigger hallucinations as well. A day full of panic attacks can easily result in a patient hearing voices even after being asymptomatic in this regard for long periods. It's rare that any doctor will try to treat anxiety as the root cause. They will undoubtedly prescribe the patient antipsychotics.
Looking at panic and anxiety as the root cause can have the potential for better patient outcomes. Patients are often already aware of this. If doctors would only listen to patients about how their thought process worked, they would succeed in ridding them of some rather nasty psychotic symptoms if the intervention was targeting the root cause.
When a patient can not remain calm, they lose their ability to perform reality checking technique. A patient that could otherwise snuff out their crazy thought process will instead begin to spiral downward into a delusional state of mind.
Panic can trigger hallucinations as well. A day full of panic attacks can easily result in a patient hearing voices even after being asymptomatic in this regard for long periods. It's rare that any doctor will try to treat anxiety as the root cause. They will undoubtedly prescribe the patient antipsychotics.
Looking at panic and anxiety as the root cause can have the potential for better patient outcomes. Patients are often already aware of this. If doctors would only listen to patients about how their thought process worked, they would succeed in ridding them of some rather nasty psychotic symptoms if the intervention was targeting the root cause.