Generalised Anxiety Disorder GAD

  • 23 y/o female
  • Loss of concentration
  • Careless mistakes (Not ADHD) > 6 months
  • Feeling like “on the edge”
  • Worked in the office & symptoms are in the office only?
  • Mood is 8 (fine).
  • Tired as well
  • Patient visited twice to doctors & all her tests are done & are normal (Don’t delay this referral)
  • No Anhedonia here

Anxiety - 6

  1. Restlessness/Nervousness
  2. Easily Tired
  3. Low Concentration
  4. Muscle tension (New Sx of Anxiety)
  5. Sleep disturbance
  6. Irritability

OR

Scoring System: Please tell me whether this happens nearly every day:

  1. Do you feel that something awful is going to happen?
  2. Becoming easily annoyed or irritated?
  3. Being restless & it is hard for you to sit still?
  4. Trouble relaxing?
  5. Worry too much about a lot of things & you cannot control the worrying?
  6. Feeling nervous or anxious?

Rule out DDS

  • Hypoid
  • Depression
  • PTSD (Any trauma)
  • Meeting People
  • Shopping Mall?
  • Phobia?

MAFTOSA + ICE

This is a condition called Generalised Anxiety Disorder → Explain people will excessively worry. This worry can be both disproportionate & unrealistic.

  • You have seen the Drs for symptoms
  • Leaflet: to read about it
  • Partiality you can have from help through leaflet
  • Therapies like 1:1 therapy, group therapy
  • Speech therapy
  • Psychiatrist will see you
  • Some educational groups
  • Exercise & lifestyle modifications