Effect of pregnancy on panic attacks



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Am J Psychiatry 1987; 144:1078-1079
Copyright © 1987 by American Psychiatric Association

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Effect of pregnancy on panic attacks

DT George, JA Ladenheim and DJ Nutt

Three women with panic disorder showed marked improvement in their panic symptoms during pregnancy. Such effects might be due to pregnancy's blunting of the sympathoadrenal response to simple physiologic stimuli, effects on barbiturate receptors, or improvement in psychological functioning.

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