Sleep Med Psychophysiol.
2003 Dec;10(2):113-115.
Antidepressant-Induced Somnabulism: A Case of Mirtazapin
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- 1Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Medical Sciences, and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Chonju, Korea.
Abstract
- Somnambulism is classified as a parasomnia and has been reported with the use of antidepressants and other psychotropics. However, to our knowledge, there have been no reports of somnambulism associated with the use of mirtazapine (a noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressant ; NaSSA). We experienced a case of the mirtazapine (30mg/day)-induced somnambulism in a 65 year-old woman with major depressive isorder who has never been diagnosed as panic disorder, somnambulism, other parasomnias, neurological disorders (indluding epilepsy), and other medical diseases. The sleepwaking symptoms disappeared after the antidepressant was replaced with paroxetine (20mg/day).
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