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Treatment For Anxiety, Bad Dreams, And Fear Of Driving?
I have an adult age daughter who lives with me along with her older sister. She seems to be having some sort of anxiety which seems to be out of the norm for her. I think she would be most comfortable with a female psychiatrist. I am a diagnosed mental health patient myself. She says she is "under the weather" when I approach her with driving (starting with a parking lot. She took drivers ed at school, now she is afraid to drive. She also expressed that she has had some bad dreams and has been thinking and asking about death.
The girl i think by her symptom profile has anxiety disorder which is causing these issues. She has fear of driving ( probably due to fear of having am accident or killing or hitting someone), has sleeping issues and has bad dreams. Bad dreams are quite commonly seen in anxiety patients and they go away when there is improvement in anxiety.
Along with this.she should take an anti anxiety medicine on sos basis- etizolam which will handle any acute increase in symptom. The sleep can be taken care of by zolpidem 10mg at night ( also bad dreams ). Mirtazapine is also good in improving sleep plus also a has sufficient anti anxeity effect. You must try to encourage her for treatment as otherwise the symptoms may increase and make her feel helpless.
hope the reply is useful Please feel.free to ask more questions for clarification.
Dr. Manisha Gopal MD Psychiatry
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Treatment For Anxiety, Bad Dreams, And Fear Of Driving?
Hello nd welcome to hcm! The girl i think by her symptom profile has anxiety disorder which is causing these issues. She has fear of driving ( probably due to fear of having am accident or killing or hitting someone), has sleeping issues and has bad dreams. Bad dreams are quite commonly seen in anxiety patients and they go away when there is improvement in anxiety. She ahould be put on a good anti anxiety medicine like - mirtazapine or paroxetine. Along with this.she should take an anti anxiety medicine on sos basis- etizolam which will handle any acute increase in symptom. The sleep can be taken care of by zolpidem 10mg at night ( also bad dreams ). Mirtazapine is also good in improving sleep plus also a has sufficient anti anxeity effect. You must try to encourage her for treatment as otherwise the symptoms may increase and make her feel helpless. hope the reply is useful Please feel.free to ask more questions for clarification. Dr. Manisha Gopal MD Psychiatry