title: Successful treatment of nocturnal eating/drinking syndrome with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan. miyanyan@shimane-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyaoka
authors.forename: Rei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yasukawa
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsubouchi
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Yoshiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Tsuruhei
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sukegawa
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Shoichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kameda
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Uegaki
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inagaki
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Horiguchi
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors