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Pretest self-assessment question (answer at the end of the case)

Which of the following may cause abnormal movement disorders?

A. Duloxetine

B. Mixed amphetamine salts

C. Aripiprazole

D. Lamotrigine

E. B and C

F. All of the above

Patient evaluation on intake

50-year-old woman with a chief complaint of unremitting depression for 30 years

Psychiatric history

Onset of depression in late teens/early 20s

MDEs sometimes due to stressful events, but most often occur regardless of adjustment stressors

MDD became chronic in the patient’s early 40s without any clear inter-episode recovery

The patient likely has “double depression” where she meets dysthymic level (persistent depressive disorder in DSM-V) criteria with full MDEs superimposed intermittently

History includes no hospitalizations. She had one suicide attempt as a teenager

  • – Review of psychiatric systems revealed no formal anxiety disorder; however, she reports situational panic attacks at work when she feels overwhelmed with tasks

  • – There is no evidence of schizophrenia or mania

  • – History of AUD for which she went for rehabilitation and remains sober

    • There is no liver disease or damage from alcohol use

  • – Previous psychiatric treatments included

    • Consistent supportive psychotherapy without formal PDP or CBT intervention

    • Amitriptyline (Elavil), a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA), was used for approximately 20 years, with partial response but no sustained remission

    • Fluoxetine (Prozac), a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), up to 120 mg/d, allowed for a response but effect was lost over time

    • Sertraline (Zoloft), an SSRI, up to 100 mg/d and another SSRI, paroxetine (Paxil), 40 mg/d failed altogether

Social and personal history

The patient is single, never married

Is college-educated and works in management and has routinely been gainfully employed

Grew up with alcoholic parents but without any abuse

Grew up in relative poverty

Medical history

Successful gastric bypass surgery allowing 100 16 of weight loss

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)

Type II diabetes (DM2)

Hypertension (HTN)

Asthma

Family history

GAD and MDD in mother

AUD in mother and father

Current psychiatric medications

Duloxetine (Cymbalta) 60 mg/d (SNRI)

Bupropion-SR (Wellbutrin-SR) 400 mg/d (NDRI)

Buspirone (BuSpar) 60 mg/d (5-HT1A partial agonist)

Trazodone (Desyrel) 50 mg/d (serotonin antagonist reuptake inhibitor [SARI])

Clonazepam (Klonopin) 1 mg/d (BZ)

Current medical medications

Metroprolol (Lopressor) 50 mg/d

Omeprazole (Nexium) 40 mg/d

Allopurinol (Aloprim) 300 mg/d

Atorvastatin (Lipitor) 10 mg/d

Advair Diskus (fluticasone–salmeterol)

Albuterol (Ventolin inhaler)

Question

Based on what you know about this patient’s history and current symptoms, would you consider her to fall within the TRD spectrum?

Yes

No

Would you continue her SNRI duloxetine monotherapy?

Yes, but increase the dose to the full approved 120 mg/d

Yes, but add another augmentation or combination therapy

No, taper off and try a new monotherapy

No, taper off all medications and try a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) or electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatment

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