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

Georgia Trakada; Pashalis Steiropoulos; Demosthenes Bouros

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

Psychopharmacol Bull. 2008;41(2):89-92.

Authors

Georgia Trakada¹, Pashalis Steiropoulos, Demosthenes Bouros

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pneumonology, Democritus University of Thrace Medical School, Alexandroupolis, Greece. gtrakada@hotmail.com

PMID: 18668018

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bipolar Disorder / complications*
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure*
Female
Humans
Sleep Apnea Syndromes / diagnosis
Sleep Apnea Syndromes / therapy*
Sleep, REM