A patient with coexisting narcolepsy and morbid jealousy showing favourable response to fluoxetine
Open Access
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Vol. 70 (819) , 34-36
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.70.819.34
Abstract
Summary: A 37 year old Chinese man suffered from coexisting narcolepsy and morbid jealousy which were precipitated by head injury 5 years previously. Fluoxetine 20 mg/day reduced his narcoleptic symptoms and morbid jealousy but not his sleepiness. On defaulting treatment, the patient's symptoms and marital problem recurred. A common central serotonin disturbance might be involved in mediating the sleep disorder and associated psychopathology.Keywords
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