A 29-year-old woman has had six months of abrupt attacks of pounding heartbeat, breathlessness and tingling fi…

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A 29-year-old woman has had six months of abrupt attacks of pounding heartbeat, breathlessness and tingling fingers that peak within minutes. They have come on while she was watching television alone, and one woke her from sleep. She now spends much of the day thinking about when the next one will come, and has stopped travelling by train because she could not get off between stations. Nothing else in her life has changed and she has no other worries she cannot set aside. Thyroid function is nor…

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Panic disorder with agoraphobia

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Adjustment disorder with anxious mood

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Generalised anxiety disorder

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Social anxiety disorder

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Specific phobia, situational type

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