Anxiety and mood regulating treatment for adult attention deficit disorder

Anxiety and mood regulating treatment for adult attention deficit disorder

Anxiety and mood symptoms are common in Attention Deficit Disorder. We highlight a case of 23-year-old man who presented with poor attention and gradual poor academic performance. His poor academic achievement was noted by the parent, only for the past 2-3 yrs prior to the psychiatric consultation....

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Main Authors: Maszaidi Z, Hatta Sidi, Nurul Hazwani H
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Language:English
Published: Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11870/
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spelling ukm-118702018-07-10T04:32:45Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11870/ Anxiety and mood regulating treatment for adult attention deficit disorder Maszaidi Z, Hatta Sidi, Nurul Hazwani H, Anxiety and mood symptoms are common in Attention Deficit Disorder. We highlight a case of 23-year-old man who presented with poor attention and gradual poor academic performance. His poor academic achievement was noted by the parent, only for the past 2-3 yrs prior to the psychiatric consultation. He developed low mood but there was no biological symptoms of depression. He was started on both daily treatment of Buproprion 150 mg daily, and Ritalin 10 mg PRN basis. The common treatment for attention deficit disorder in was a stimulant but in this case an antidepressant was used. It was shown that patient started to show improvement with treatment and was able to focus on his study. Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11870/1/12_maszaidi_et_al_pdf_11142.pdf Maszaidi Z, and Hatta Sidi, and Nurul Hazwani H, (2017) Anxiety and mood regulating treatment for adult attention deficit disorder. Medicine & Health, 12 (1). pp. 99-102. ISSN 2289-5728 http://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/toc/12/1
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description Anxiety and mood symptoms are common in Attention Deficit Disorder. We highlight a case of 23-year-old man who presented with poor attention and gradual poor academic performance. His poor academic achievement was noted by the parent, only for the past 2-3 yrs prior to the psychiatric consultation. He developed low mood but there was no biological symptoms of depression. He was started on both daily treatment of Buproprion 150 mg daily, and Ritalin 10 mg PRN basis. The common treatment for attention deficit disorder in was a stimulant but in this case an antidepressant was used. It was shown that patient started to show improvement with treatment and was able to focus on his study.
format Article
author Maszaidi Z,
Hatta Sidi,
Nurul Hazwani H,
spellingShingle Maszaidi Z,
Hatta Sidi,
Nurul Hazwani H,
Anxiety and mood regulating treatment for adult attention deficit disorder
author_facet Maszaidi Z,
Hatta Sidi,
Nurul Hazwani H,
author_sort Maszaidi Z,
title Anxiety and mood regulating treatment for adult attention deficit disorder
title_short Anxiety and mood regulating treatment for adult attention deficit disorder
title_full Anxiety and mood regulating treatment for adult attention deficit disorder
title_fullStr Anxiety and mood regulating treatment for adult attention deficit disorder
title_full_unstemmed Anxiety and mood regulating treatment for adult attention deficit disorder
title_sort anxiety and mood regulating treatment for adult attention deficit disorder
publisher Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2017
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11870/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11870/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11870/1/12_maszaidi_et_al_pdf_11142.pdf
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