title: [Panic attacks with cycloleptic course--differential diagnostic considerations in differentiating panic disorder from epileptic anxiety attacks].
abstract: This paper reports on a patient suffering from panic-attacks. A therapy with antidepressants and benzodiazepines was ineffective. The panic-attacks had a short duration and a cycloleptic course. Under the treatment with carbamazepine panic attacks improved. The differential diagnosis of panic disorder and epileptic panic attacks is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Bonn.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Heinemann
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Assion
mesh_terms: D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D002220:Carbamazepine