[Anxiety attacks and epileptic seizures. Determining similarities based on a case report].
A patient suffering from panic attacks without any other clinical signs of epilepsy showed epileptic-form activity in sleep-deprivation EEG. After therapy with carbamazepine, the intensity and number of the panic attacks dropped significantly, whereas therapy with a tricyclic antidepressant had had no effect. Thus, even isolated panic attacks may have an epileptogenic background and should be taken into account in differential diagnosis.
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Neurologische, Klinik mit Poliklinik der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
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D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000187:drug effects; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000502:physiology
D002220:Carbamazepine
Angstattacken und epileptische Anfälle. Erläuterung von Gemeinsamkeiten anhand einer Falldarstellung.