Successful treatment of nocturnal eating/drinking syndrome with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
Nocturnal eating/drinking disorder (NE/DS) is a rare syndrome that includes disorders of both eating and sleeping. It is characterized by awakening in the middle of the night, getting out of bed, and consuming large quantities of food quickly and uncontrollably, then returning to sleep. This may occur several times during the night. Some patients are fully conscious during their nocturnal eating, while some report total amnesia. The aetiology of NE/DS is still unclear, and there is no satisfactory treatment. Four patients with NE/DS are described. Treatment with a selective seroronin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) was effective in controlling their episodes of nocturnal eating. To our knowledge, this is the first published case report of successful treatment with SSRIs in NE/DS.
Miyaoka
Tsuyoshi
T
Department of Psychiatry, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan. miyanyan@shimane-med.ac.jp
Yasukawa
Rei
R
Tsubouchi
Ken
K
Miura
Seiji
S
Shimizu
Yoshiko
Y
Sukegawa
Tsuruhei
T
Maeda
Takahiro
T
Mizuno
Shoichi
S
Kameda
Atsuko
A
Uegaki
Jun
J
Inagaki
Takuji
T
Horiguchi
Jun
J
D000328:Adult; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology*; D013577:Syndrome; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors