Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Insomnia In-Take

In-take: Patient will have troubles sleeping and feel a lack of energy in the day. Patient may complain of tiredness, mood swings, anxiety, and reduced productivity. It can be caused by anxiety, stress, depression, medication, drugs, alcohol, nicotine, and change in work habit etc...

Diagnosis: The patient need to have less stress and show a complete medical record. They will also need to keep a diary of their sleep habits for atleast a week. Then go to the doctor and have them perform a test.

Treatment: The patient can get over the counter medication from the doctor. But they can also work on sleep hygiene and their sleeping enviornment to improve it to get a healthy amount of sleep.

1 comment:

  1. Taylor-
    You needed to write this in the proper in-take format. Also, you did not include how long the symptoms need to be present.

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