Nocturnal eating/drinking syndrome secondary to neuroleptic-induced restles
s legs syndrome (RLS) occurred under treatment,vith low-dose haloperidol in
a 51-year-old female schizophrenic patient. Polysomnographic investigation
showed a low level of sleep efficacy, periodic leg movements, and a strict
relationship between nocturnal eating episodes and non-rapid eye movement
sleep. Her nocturnal eating and RLS were completely inhibited by clonazepam
treatment. To our knowledge, this is the first published case of nocturnal
eating/drinking syndrome secondary to neuroleptic-induced RLS. Int Clin Ps
ychopharmacol 14:33-36 (C) 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.