NONCONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS DURING ANTIDEPRESSANT TREATMENT

Authors
YOSHINO A WATANABE M SHIMIZU K GOTO T ICHINOWATARI N YOSHIMASU H MASAKI K AOYAMA T HARA T
Citation
A. Yoshino et al., NONCONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS DURING ANTIDEPRESSANT TREATMENT, Neuropsychobiology, 35(2), 1997, pp. 91-94
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Neurosciences
Journal title
Neuropsychobiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0302282X
Volume
35
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
91 - 94
Database
ISI
SICI code
0302-282X(1997)35:2<91:NSEDAT>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We report 3 patients who experienced nonconvulsive status epilepticus following generalized convulsions during antidepressant treatment. All showed prolonged confusion with some psychiatric symptoms, and their electroencephalograms (EEGs) showed either bilateral synchronous multi ple spike wave discharges or continuous diffuse sharp and slow waves. When diazepam was administered intravenously to 1 patient, the clinica l symptoms and EEG improved markedly.