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Panic attacks in the differential diagnosis and treatment of resistant epilepsy
Márcio A Bernik1, Fábio M Corregiari, Ivan Mário Braun
1Anxiety Clinics, Institute of Psychiatry Medical School, University of São Paulo, Brazil. bernikma@ax.apc.org
Depression and Anxiety
|July 12, 2002
Abstract:
The authors present four patients displaying panic disorder and a history of epileptic seizures to illustrate difficulties regarding differential diagnosis between epileptic seizures and panic attacks. The cases describe the aversive properties of epileptic seizures, the role of visual seizure-triggering stimuli as phobic cues, and the effectiveness and safety of clomipramine treatment of panic attacks as an adjunct to concurrent antiepileptic medication.