Patientโs presentation is consistent with a panic attack (leads to combination of paresthesias, palpitations, abdominal pain, nausea, intensee fear of dying/losing control, light-headedness, chest pain, choking, sweating, shaking and shortness of breath), with panic disorder being acutely treated with benzoโs (such as lorazepam) and prophylactically/chronically treated with SSRIs
Note: Patients often develop tingling around the lips secondary to hypocalcemia which occurs because patients begin to breathe rapidly and deeply, leading to a respiratory alkalosis, which leads to more calcium binding to negatively-charged albumin, leading to a drop in free calcium
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