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A case of panic disorder induced by oral contraceptive
T Ushiroyama1, Y Okamoto, K Toyoda
1Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Japan.
Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
A 27-year-old woman experienced feelings of unreality and fear after taking an oral contraceptive in the form of birth control pills. She subsequently experienced a panic attack just after she had stopped taking the pills. This was characterized by palpitation, general fatigue, trembling of the whole body, and dyspnea. The panic disorder experienced by the patient could have been due to the drug's potentiating of the sympathoadrenal response to simple physiological stimuli, or possibly to a disorder in psychological functioning caused by an anxiotropic effect of rapid endocrinological change.
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Adrenal Cortex HormonesAsiaBehaviorBiologyCase StudiesContraceptionContraceptive AgentsContraceptive Agents, EstrogenContraceptive Agents, FemaleContraceptive Agents, ProgestinContraceptive Methods--side effectsDepressionDeveloped CountriesDiseasesDrugsEastern AsiaEmotionsEndocrine EffectsEndocrine SystemEstradiolEstrogensEthinyl EstradiolExaminations And DiagnosesFamily PlanningFatigue--etiologyFear--etiologyFollicle Stimulating HormoneGonadotropinsGonadotropins, PituitaryHematologic TestsHormonesJapanLaboratory Examinations And DiagnosesLaboratory ProceduresLuteinizing HormoneMental DisordersNervousness--etiologyNorgestrelOral Contraceptives, Combined--side effectsOral Contraceptives--side effectsPhysiologyPsychological FactorsResearch MethodologySigns And SymptomsStudiesTreatment