(^462) Medical-Surgical Nursing Demystified
- Diminished need for sleep
- Rapid speech
- Easily distracted
- Excessive spending
- Hypersexuality
- Episodes of depression
- The patient may stray from medication regimen because he or she feel weighed
down
INTERPRETING TEST RESULTS
- Lab results normal.
TREATMENT
- Mood stabilizers:
- lithium
- valproic acid
- carbamazapine
- lamotrigine
- Antipsychotic medications:
- olanzapine
- risperidone
- aripiprazole
- Psychotherapy.
- Assess suicide risk.
- Antidepressants.
NURSING DIAGNOSIS
- Powerlessness
- Social isolation