Question: I am a nurse practitioner student so I will do this in a typical medical style
Chief complaint: Decreased appetite and sense of taste
HPI: sudden onset about 7 weeks ago
Very little to no appetite and sense of taste
no interest in food
Sense of smell intact
complete loss of interest in sex
complete loss of anxiety
complete loss of depression
no sense of happiness or sadness
complete loss of desire for alcohol (not a bad thing, just interesting)
Not apathetic but just no emotions
No sense of grandiosity
Past Medical History:
Allergies: none
Exercise-walk regularly
Immunizations:
influenza vaccine in November
Medications:
lisinopril 20 qd
HCTZ 25 mg qd
Lexapro 10 mg daily
Ambien 5 mg at hs
Ativan 1 mg prn (I haven't taken this for six weeks because I don't need it). I have not needed it for about three months but I did take to sleep
Still have impaired sleeping without ambien
Fish oil 1000 mg daily
Daily multiple vitamin
Asa 0ne daily (The fish oil and aspirin are my choice-never have been prescribed)
Medical: HTN for six years-well controlled
Depression: long history of this but my depression has vanished
Anxiety: I used to have a long history of anxiety but it is now gone
I had a minor cold in mid December
I have Mal de debarquement syndrome-diagnosed in 2004 by balance specialist-intermittent problems but not really bothersome
Varicose veins right leg-nothing bothersome
I had dental work in November with a permanent bridge placed on all of my upper incisors
I used to "need a drink" of alcohol when I came home from work or class. Not now. (Again, not complaining..just interesting
No pain
Surgeries
Appendectomy 40 years ago
Breast biopsy 7 years ago-benign
Carpal tunnel-two years ago
Tubal ligation-20 years ago
Post-menopausal for two years-no problems with that
Up until now I would have described myself as extremely type A. Not now
Social history: don't smoke or use illegal drugs. Used to consume alcohol daily but no desire or need to at this time.
Married-happyily-three grown successful children
Family history-
Hypertension, diabetes, depression, colon cancer
ROS:
Constitutional: nil
Skin: nil
HEENT: sinus congestion (I have had this for years. It is not bothersome). No vision changes.
Neck: nil
Cardio: nil no palpitations, no chest pain
Pulmonary: nil (don't smoke)
Gi: nil
GU: nil
MS: nil
Neuro: nil
Psych: anxiety and depression has vanished
I had my routine physical exam in October. I really do not go to the doctor except for routine six month blood pressure check. At this time I had PAP (normal); colonoscopy-normal; mammogram-normal; CMP-normal: TSH normal; Lipid panel-normal (
total cholesterol 178, HDl 61; LDL 96; Fasting blood sugar 96) EKG normal
My exam:
Height 64" Weight 140 no recent weight loss
B/P-120/77 (I just took it) pulse 77
My preceptor did a fundoscopic exam of eyes and ears, nose and mouth (normal)
I cannot palpate any lymphadenopathy
My lungs are clear
Cardiac Reg rhythm-murmers
Normal sensation
Normal muscle tone
No
dysmetria, no balance problems nothing unusual in cranial nerves
Probably too much information. I am not complaining. I just think it's odd.