ABSTRACT
Dissociative convulsions or pseudoseizures are a difficult to treat common psychiatric condition. In a subset of these patients, the chief complaint is clenching of teeth with apparent nonresponsiveness alone. Neither drugs nor psychotherapeutic interventions have been found to be of much help in its management. Report of two such subsets of cases is presented, in which patients with dissociative convulsions showed sudden, dramatic, and sustained good response to the addition of a muscle relaxant eperisone.
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Anticonvulsants/therapeutic use , Dissociative Disorders/drug therapy , Propiophenones/therapeutic use , Seizures/drug therapy , Adolescent , Dissociative Disorders/complications , Female , Humans , Muscle Relaxants, Central/therapeutic use , Seizures/etiology , Treatment Outcome , Young AdultABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: Marfan syndrome, a chromosomal disorder, has been commonly associated with schizophrenia but no association with Bipolar affective disorder has been reported in the scientific literature. CASE REPORT: This case depicts the occurrence of Bipolar affective disorder in a previously undiagnosed case of Marfan syndrome. DISCUSSION: In this case patient had all manic episodes without any depressive or schizophrenia-like episodes, suggesting a diagnostic stability over a long period of over fifteen years. CONCLUSION: Studies and research are needed in this regard to look for any possible potential association between the two illnesses.
