Can panic disorder present as irritable bowel syndrome?
Five patients who had been diagnosed with panic disorder and irritable bowel syndrome are described. Both panic and gastrointestinal symptoms responded dramatically and rapidly to pharmacologic treatment of panic symptoms in all five patients. The frequent overlap of gastrointestinal symptoms and psychiatric (particularly anxiety) disorders suggests that some patients with functional gastrointestinal complaints may have a primary anxiety disorder.
D000328:Adult; D000525:Alprazolam; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003109:Colonic Diseases, Functional / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010200:Panic; D010624:Phenelzine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D001569:Benzodiazepines; D010624:Phenelzine; D000525:Alprazolam