Fluoxetine-induced pseudocyesis in a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A case report
[...]emergency hysterectomy was done and later, she could not conceive. Due to the persistence of some obsessions, she was augmented with risperidone 1 mg, but after 1 month, she developed weight gain, increased abdominal girth, heaviness, and enlargement in breasts with areolar changes, and pulsati...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Indian journal of psychiatry 2018-07, Vol.60 (3), p.370-371 |
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Zusammenfassung: | [...]emergency hysterectomy was done and later, she could not conceive. Due to the persistence of some obsessions, she was augmented with risperidone 1 mg, but after 1 month, she developed weight gain, increased abdominal girth, heaviness, and enlargement in breasts with areolar changes, and pulsatile sensations in the abdomen. In index case, risperidone and fluoxetine-induced hyperprolactinemia, associated bodily changes worked as fuel for the latent psychosocial stressors such as the intrauterine death of child, infertility, wish to conceive and interpersonal issues with husband, etc., and presented with pseudocyesis. |
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ISSN: | 0019-5545 1998-3794 |
DOI: | 10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_405_17 |