Table 1 Overview of the catatonic features during the course of illness. Day numbers refer to the number of days after the epileptic seizure
From: Persistent catatonia following epileptic seizures: a case report and systematic literature search
Day 8 (0 mg Lorazepam) | Day 12 (11.5 mg Lorazepam) | Day 16 (17 mg Lorazepam) | Day33 (0 mg Lorazepam | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Excitement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Immobility/stupor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mutism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Staring | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Posturing/catalepsy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Grimacing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Echopraxie/echolalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Strereotypy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mannerisms | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Verbigeration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rigidity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Negativism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Waxy flexibility | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Withdrawal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Impulsivity | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Autonomic obedience | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mitgehen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gegenhalten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ambitendency | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Grasp reflex | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Perseveration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Combativeness | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Autonomic abnormality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 |