PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Dhanya Shinith
AU  - Anand Mathilakath
AU  - Da-In Kim
AU  - Biren Patel
TI  - Sleep-related eating disorder with mirtazapine
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2018-224676
DP  - 2018 Oct 20
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - bcr-2018-224676
VI  - 2018
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/bcr-2018-224676.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/bcr-2018-224676.full
AB  - Sleep-related eating disorder (SRED) is classified within parasomnia and is characterised by recurrent episodes of abnormal, dysfunctional eating during sleep. This report describes a case of SRED in a 19-year-old woman admitted to the psychiatric ward with worsening anxiety, low mood and suicidal ideation. She was started on low-dose mirtazapine for mood stabilisation and, following an incremental increase to 30 mg, she developed nocturnal binge eating of which she retained only partial memory on waking. She developed adverse health consequences as a result of these recurrent episodes. The subject’s symptoms were relieved rapidly following reduction of the dose of mirtazapine back to 15 mg.