Am J Psychiatry 1987; 144:508-509
Copyright © 1987 by American Psychiatric Association
Patients with panic attacks and abnormal EEG results
MJ Edlund, AC Swann and J Clothier
The authors describe a series of patients who presented with atypical panic
attacks involving hostility, irritability, severe derealization, and social
withdrawal. None had clear temporal lobe epilepsy but most had temporal EEG
abnormalities. Although their response to treatment was unpredictable, some
did well with carbamazepine or alprazolam.