Get Help for Acute Stress Disorder Online
Acute stress is a rapidly developing reaction to a traumatic event
Start treatment today to prevent the disorder from remaining for years
What Is Acute Stress Disorder?
- The death of a close person
- Car accident
- The threat of serious injury or death
- Sexual assault
- Natural disasters, etc.
It can take from a few days to a month for the symptoms of acute stress to occur.
Seek help if you experience unwanted thoughts, detachment from reality, distress, constant irritability, insomnia, and avoidance of any thoughts or reminders of the traumatic event.
Untreated acute stress causes risk for developing post-traumatic stress disorder
How We Work
Our team of professionals will guide you on the journey to better sleep, step by step.
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Create an account, fill out medical forms, and choose the date and time for your online appointment.
See a healthcare provider online
During the initial appointment, a healthcare provider will examine your symptoms, make a diagnosis, and offer a personalized treatment plan.
Attend follow-ups
Follow the acute stress disorder treatment guidelines and be consulted on treatment adjustments if you have any concerns.
The path to relief requires consistency and dedication.
We will guide you along the way.
Acute Stress Disorder Treatment at MEDvidi in Detail
- An online 30-minute visit
- Symptom check
- Identifying treatment goals
- Developing a treatment plan
- Prescribing medications if necessary
- Regular 15-minute visits
- Symptoms monitoring
- Prescription refill
- Treatment adjustments
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Licensed medical
providers
Online prescription if deemed appropriate
Online appointments within 24 hours
Integrative treatment for ASD
Personalized treatment plans and
flexible follow-ups
Online Assessment for Acute Stress Disorder
The acute stress disorder assessment includes a consultation with a healthcare provider on the symptoms and health history. A healthcare provider will rule out other psychiatric disorders and compare your symptoms, their number, and severity with those mentioned in the DSM-5. In some cases, the patients are asked to respond to the DSM-4-based Acute Stress Disorder Scale (ASDS). Assessments for ASD focus on examining the following symptoms:
- Intrusion symptoms: recurrent thoughts and dreams about the event, flashbacks, and distress from the events similar to the traumatic one.
- Negative mood: inability to feel happy and loved.
- Dissociative symptoms: feeling detached from emotions and one’s self, dissociative amnesia.
- Avoidance symptoms: avoidance of not just reminders of the traumatic event but also thoughts about it.
- Arousal symptoms: insomnia, alertness, rage, distractibility.
According to DSM-5, the five groups of acute stress disorder symptoms include intrusion symptoms, negative mood, dissociative symptoms, avoidance, and hyperarousal.
Even though ASD and PTSD have similar symptoms, causes, and treatment approaches, they differ in the symptoms onset and duration. ASD occurs within a maximum of four weeks after the traumatic experience. PTSD, on the other hand, can develop during three months or even longer after a traumatic event, and the symptoms must be present for more than a month.
Paranoid delusions are a symptom of psychosis, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia as they are characterized as implausible. However, there are cases when reasonable delusions or hallucinations, e.g. associated with trauma, are a symptom of stress or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Yes, according to DSM-5, dissociative symptoms are present in acute stress disorder. These include a feeling of being detached from the emotions or one’s self and dissociative amnesia.
Usually, ASD assessment for adults takes up to 30 minutes to be diagnosed. The duration of the consultation may be longer if your healthcare provider will conduct additional assessments for anxiety or depression. However, if the patient cannot describe the symptoms or describe the specifics of the health history precisely, an additional visit may be needed.
At MEDvidi, you can consult with a healthcare provider on acute stress disorder symptoms paying from $195 for the initial appointment. The follow-up sessions cost from $159 each.
Treatment Plan for Acute Stress Disorder
The acute stress disorder treatment plan includes interventions aimed at:
- Alleviating the existing symptoms
- Preventing the development of post-traumatic stress disorder
Pharmacological Treatment of Acute Stress Disorder
- Antidepressants: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (sertraline, fluoxetine, paroxetine), serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (venlafaxine), and others.
- Beta-blockers (propranolol).
- Corticosteroids (hydrocortisone).
- Anticonvulsants (lamotrigine, topiramate, tiagabine).
- Second-generation antipsychotics (quetiapine, risperidone).
- Morphine for initial pain management.
- Suvorexant for insomnia.
Receive a Prescription Online at MEDvidi
- Reduced errors in medications names and dosages
- Delivering prescriptions directly to the pharmacy of choice
- Obtaining medications faster
- Easily accessible prescription history
- The wide availability of services
- Online prescription refills
Useful Materials
Acute stress disorder requires professional attention so it will not develop into post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
However, it never hurts to be informed about treatment options and self-help techniques too. Explore our blog to know more about acute stress disorder, how to overcome it, and how to support a person experiencing it.
