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A Case of Periodic Somnolence Whose Sleep was Induced by Glucose
Author(s) -
SUWA Katsuyuki,
TORU Michio
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1969.tb02878.x
Subject(s) - somnolence , imipramine , sleep stages , psychology , anesthesia , carbamazepine , medicine , electroencephalography , psychiatry , epilepsy , adverse effect , polysomnography , alternative medicine , pathology
SUMMARY A case of a 29‐year‐old man who exhibited periodic somnolence for periods ranging from 2 to 10 days from the age of 18 onward and whose 3 family members had similar episodes of somnolence is reported. The main symptoms of this case were somnolence and depressive state. The specific manifestations were paraesthesia in the limbs, alteration of body schema, exceptional liking for sweets previous to somnolence, difference in the amount of serum potassium between the interval stage and somnolence stage, and the inducement of sleep by glucose. Carbamazepine plus phenobarbital with an addition of imipramine were effective in the treatment.