Case Study 11: A 38-year-old man has been increasingly anxious about his job in a large manufacturing company. He feels that he has been passed over for a promotion several times. The patient is preoccupied with many small events and conversations that have occurred at work during the year and worries how his superiors will interpret them. He finds it difficult to control his worrying. During the day at work he feels restless and edgy. At home he is irritable and has difficulty sleeping. He wife asks him about work but he doesn’t want to talk about it.
In my initial impression, it seemed fairly obvious that the patient is suffering from Obsessive Complusive Disorder due to his preoccupication with small details or events. He worries that his bosses are overlooking him and dwells on the subject to a point where he is on edge, irratable and restless. It also occurs to me that this man has Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Symptoms of which include being restless or edgy, fatigue, difficulty concentraiting, irritability, muscle tension, and sleep disturbance. He seems to match the criteria fairly well so I can conclude that he does in fact have Generalized Anxiety Disorder. I feel that Generalized Anxiety Disorder is common with the stresses of work and life so I feel that treatment should include peaceful hobbies such as yoga or meditation and a reduction of caffene from his diet, perhaps switching from coffee to green tea.
http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/gad.htm
-Jackson.
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I agree with the diagnosis and the treatment. Soothing things, such as yoga or meditation would definitely be helpful for this guy.
Good diagnosis. I agree with it. Im sure the yoga will really help him out.
I agree with your diagnosis, although I do understand how it would have been OCD. The treatments seem like they should work to alleviate the stess a little.
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