Continuous positive airways pressure treatment in a patient with sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome and coexisting bipolar disorder

Trakada, G.; Steiropoulos, P.; Bouros, D.

Psychopharmacology Bulletin 41(2): 89-92

2008


ISSN/ISBN: 0048-5764
PMID: 18668018
Document Number: 619735
We present a case of a 43-year-old woman with bipolar disorder who was diagnosed with sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (SAHS). After 10 days of treatment with continuous positive airways pressure (CPAP) during sleep, the patient presented a mood switch, from depression to mania and was admitted to the hospital.Withdrawal of CPAP and appropriate therapy controlled the episode.

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