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Patient evaluation on intake

83-year-old man states he has been anxious for at least 40 years and is not getting better in the primary care setting

Psychiatric history

Onset of GAD in his 40s. Has fluctuating course of GAD ranging from mild to incapacitating. He states he has always had some level of anxiety and cannot recollect a substantial anxiety-free period

He was actually doing well per his standards until about 18 months prior to the first office visit and felt his medications “controlled” his anxiety but did not alleviate it

Has had increasing medical problems with age and has developed a hypochondriacal component to his GAD. He has become increasingly concerned about death and dying as a result of his medical issues, which is felt to be adjustment-based and somewhat set in reality, but he also has marked anxiety about medications and their possible side effects shortening his life further

A review of psychiatric symptoms surprisingly shows no depression, psychosis, mania, other anxiety disorder, SUD, or personality disorder

He had two to three voluntary, private psychiatric hospitalizations in the 1970s due to insomnia and worry. He states insomnia is a chief complaint again now. He has had no suicide attempts

  • – In the past he has gone to eclectic, supportive psychotherapy but has had no formal CBT or PDP interventions

  • – He has been treated pharmacologically by his PCP

Previous medication trials included:

  • – Diazepam (Valium) 30–60 mg/d, lorazepam (Ativan) 1–4 mg/d for many years effectively and without misuse or side effects

  • – Paroxetine (Paxil) [SSRI] 30–40 mg/d, zolpidem (Ambien) [BZRA] 10 mg/d were used more recently with good effect and without misuse or side effects

Social and personal history

Is married

Gainfully employed in the engineering field for 50 years and is now retired and financially stable

Was once very active but his medical problems have now precluded him from many of his usual activities

Does not drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes, or take drugs of abuse

Medical history

Has survived prostate cancer

Myelodysplastic syndrome requires transfusions with transient iron toxicity

Osteoporosis

HTN

Family history

Denies significant family mental health issues

Current psychiatric medications

Escitalopram (Lexapro) 20 mg/d (SSRI)

Mirtazapine (Remeron) 45 mg/d (NaSSA)

Doxepin (Sinequan) 50 mg /d (TCA, low dose)

Current medical medications

Nebivolol (Bystolic) 20 mg/d

Zoledronic acid (Reclast) 5 mg/yr

Epoetin (Procrit) 100 unit/kg/3 wk

Darbepoetin alfa (Aranesp) 0.45 mcg/kg/2 wk

Question

Based on what you know about this patient’s history and current symptoms, would you consider him to be suffering from treatment-resistant anxiety (TRA)?

Yes

No

What type of treatment might you suggest next?

Maximize his doxepin (Sinequan) to full TCA therapeutic dosing

Add a BZ–sedative in combination

Add or switch to buspirone (BuSpar), a 5-HT1A partial agonist anxiolytic

Switch to an SNRI like: venlafaxine-XR (Effexor-XR), duloxetine (Cymbalta), desvenlafaxine (Effexor-XR), levomilnacipran (Fetzima)

Refer for CBT

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