Presentation on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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in high school, Ricks, primary care doctor, prescribed him flu oxytocin, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor to help with his obsessive compulsive symptoms, specifically his intrusive thoughts that he might harm others and his compulsive need for reassurance that he had not. However, due to side effects, he stopped taking the medication. However, the auditory hallucinations and delusional beliefs lead him to be diagnosed with schizophrenia as well and hospitalized for the psychotic symptoms. He was treated first with Risperidone, an antipsychotic medication. This helped reduce the psychotic symptoms, however, is pre existing 100 symptoms persisted. Rick spent most of his time calling his mom to seek reassurance or retracing steps of the day in his mind to make sure he didn't hurt anyone on the unit. Rick was hesitant at first to try another SSR I. But once a psychotic symptoms improved, he became more open to the idea. We added sertraline for his O. C. D symptoms and slowly increase the dose. This time, Rick tolerated the medication