PubMed · 1986 · 75 citations · 0 references
MedicinePharmacotherapyPsychiatryGastroenterologyPsychiatric PharmacotherapyPsychopharmacologyAnxiety Disorder PharmacotherapyAnxiety DisordersAnxiety SymptomsFunctional Gastrointestinal DisordersIrritable Bowel SyndromePanic DisorderFunctional Gastrointestinal SymptomsGastrointestinal ComorbidityIrritable Bowel Syndrome ComorbidityIrritable Bowel Syndrome PathophysiologyIrritable Bowel Syndrome PharmacotherapyIrritable Bowel Syndrome TreatmentPanic Disorder TreatmentPanic Symptomatology
Five patients who had been diagnosed with panic disorder and irritable bowel syndrome are described. Both panic and gastrointestinal symptoms responded dramatically and rapidly to pharmacologic treatment of panic symptoms in all five patients. The frequent overlap of gastrointestinal symptoms and psychiatric (particularly anxiety) disorders suggests that some patients with functional gastrointestinal complaints may have a primary anxiety disorder.