Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of PNES patients.
Patient # | Sex | Age (decade) | Symptom duration to EEG | Number of episodes/month | Loss of contact | Convulsions | Treatment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | M | 6th | 1day | 300 | yes | no | sertraline |
2 | F | 4th | 3 years | 1 | yes | yes | lamotrigine, citalopram, olanzapine, zolpidem |
3 | F | 2nd | 1 day | 30 | yes | yes | no |
4 | M | 2nd | 2 years | 8 | yes | yes | lorazepam |
5 | M | 3rd | 1 month | 16 | yes | yes | clonazepam |
6 | M | 4th | 5 days | 90 | yes | no | no |
7 | F | 5th | 10 years | 1 | yes | no | alprazolam |
8 | F | 6th | 20 years | 4 | yes | yes | lamotrigine, clonazepam, clobazam, alprazolam, lorazepam, venlafaxine |
9 | F | 6th | 1 year | 1500 | no | yes | diazepam, midazolam |
10 | M | 3rd | 5 years | 0.1 | yes | yes | no |
11 | F | 5th | 2 months | 4 | no | yes | no |
12 | F | 4th | 10 months | 8 | no | yes | Sertraline, clorazepate |
13 | F | 2nd | 7 days | 30 | yes | yes | lorazepam |
EEG stands for electroencephalogram, F for female, and M for male.