Continuous positive airways pressure treatment in a patient with sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome and coexisting bipolar disorder.
We present a case of a 43-year-old woman with bipolar disorder who was diagnosed with sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (SAHS). After 10 days of treatment with continuous positive airways pressure (CPAP) during sleep, the patient presented a mood switch, from depression to mania and was admitted to the hospital.Withdrawal of CPAP and appropriate therapy controlled the episode.
Trakada
Georgia
G
Department of Pneumonology, Democritus University of Thrace Medical School, Alexandroupolis, Greece. gtrakada@hotmail.com
Steiropoulos
Pashalis
P
Bouros
Demosthenes
D
D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D012895:Sleep, REM