A PATIENT WITH COEXISTING NARCOLEPSY AND MORBID JEALOUSY SHOWING FAVORABLE RESPONSE TO FLUOXETINE

Authors
WING YK LEE S CHIU HFK HO CKW CHEN CN
Citation
Yk. Wing et al., A PATIENT WITH COEXISTING NARCOLEPSY AND MORBID JEALOUSY SHOWING FAVORABLE RESPONSE TO FLUOXETINE, Postgraduate medical journal, 70(819), 1994, pp. 34-36
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325473
Volume
70
Issue
819
Year of publication
1994
Pages
34 - 36
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(1994)70:819<34:APWCNA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A 37 year old Chinese man suffered from coexisting narcolepsy and morb id jealousy which were precipitated by head injury 5 years previously. Fluoxetine 20 mg/day reduced his narcoleptic symptoms and morbid jeal ousy but not his sleepiness. On defaulting treatment, the patient's sy mptoms and marital problem recurred. A common central serotonin distur bance might he involved in mediating the sleep disorder and associated psychopathology.