Psychostimulants for the Treatment of Comorbid Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in a Patient With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Case Report and Literature Summary

We present a case of a 35-year-old female with an extensive history of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who experienced a traumatic sexual and physical assault and later developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The patient disclosed that her current medication (Vyvanse) used t...

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Autores principales: Barreto, Claudette, Vila Irigoyen, Ana, Lopez, Olga, Gralnik, Leonard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Psychiatry
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9484295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36158332
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28199
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Vila Irigoyen, Ana
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description We present a case of a 35-year-old female with an extensive history of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who experienced a traumatic sexual and physical assault and later developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The patient disclosed that her current medication (Vyvanse) used to treat ADHD has been the only treatment modality that has helped control her intrusive thoughts and nightmares. Decreased dopaminergic receptors are associated with developing PTSD and psychostimulants are known to have an effect of increasing Dopamine release. This case report shows promising results and potential off-label use of psychostimulants for the treatment of PTSD. 
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spelling pubmed-94842952022-09-22 Psychostimulants for the Treatment of Comorbid Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in a Patient With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Case Report and Literature Summary Barreto, Claudette Vila Irigoyen, Ana Lopez, Olga Gralnik, Leonard Cureus Psychiatry We present a case of a 35-year-old female with an extensive history of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who experienced a traumatic sexual and physical assault and later developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The patient disclosed that her current medication (Vyvanse) used to treat ADHD has been the only treatment modality that has helped control her intrusive thoughts and nightmares. Decreased dopaminergic receptors are associated with developing PTSD and psychostimulants are known to have an effect of increasing Dopamine release. This case report shows promising results and potential off-label use of psychostimulants for the treatment of PTSD.  Cureus 2022-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9484295/ /pubmed/36158332 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28199 Text en Copyright © 2022, Barreto et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Psychiatry
Barreto, Claudette
Vila Irigoyen, Ana
Lopez, Olga
Gralnik, Leonard
Psychostimulants for the Treatment of Comorbid Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in a Patient With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Case Report and Literature Summary
title Psychostimulants for the Treatment of Comorbid Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in a Patient With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Case Report and Literature Summary
title_full Psychostimulants for the Treatment of Comorbid Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in a Patient With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Case Report and Literature Summary
title_fullStr Psychostimulants for the Treatment of Comorbid Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in a Patient With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Case Report and Literature Summary
title_full_unstemmed Psychostimulants for the Treatment of Comorbid Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in a Patient With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Case Report and Literature Summary
title_short Psychostimulants for the Treatment of Comorbid Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in a Patient With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Case Report and Literature Summary
title_sort psychostimulants for the treatment of comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) in a patient with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adhd): a case report and literature summary
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9484295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36158332
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28199
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