RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Diagnosing a nocturnal eating disorder in an average-weight man
JF BMJ Case Reports
JO BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e246197
DO 10.1136/bcr-2021-246197
VO 15
IS 4
A1 Arcaz, Arthur
A1 White, Natalie
A1 Mekonnen, Asefa Jejaw
YR 2022
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/15/4/e246197.abstract
AB A middle-aged man of average weight presented to the sleep medicine clinic for multiple episodes of nocturnal eating during night-time awakenings for the past several months. His symptoms were more characteristic of night eating syndrome rather than sleep-related eating disorder because of his recollection of the eating episodes and intake of edible substances during these episodes. He was treated with a low dose of sertraline with an initial improvement of symptoms followed by a relapse that was controlled with an increased dose. A year after initiation of therapy, his symptoms have resolved.