Abstract
We compared the responses of bulimic subjects to those of panic disorder patients and normal controls during infusions of sodium lactate and isoproterenol in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Four of 8 bulimics infused with lactate had panic attacks. Three of 9 bulimics infused with isoproterenol panicked, and 1 bulimic panicked with a placebo infusion. Although bulimics were less likely than panic disorder patients to panic during provocative infusions, their anxiety levels as measured by a panic description scale were as great. A large portion of the anxiety response in bulimics occurred in those who had concurrent panic attacks.
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