The Onset of Diabetes During Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa - A Case Report

Tadeas Mares; Silvie Ceresnakova; Jakub Albrecht; Jozef Buday; Johana Klasova; Klara Horackova; Jiri Raboch; Hana Papezova; Martin Anders

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00040

The Onset of Diabetes During Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa - A Case Report

Front Psychiatry. 2020 Feb 13:11:40. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00040. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Tadeas Mares^{1

2}, Silvie Ceresnakova^{2

3}, Jakub Albrecht^{1

2}, Jozef Buday^{1

2}, Johana Klasova⁴, Klara Horackova^{1

2}, Jiri Raboch^{1

2}, Hana Papezova^{1

2}, Martin Anders^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czechia.
² First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czechia.
³ National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czechia.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine of First Faculty of Medicine of Charles University and Military University Hospital, Prague, Czechia.

Abstract

The relationship between tDCS (transcranial direct current stimulation) and its influence on glycemia has been the aim of limited research efforts. Usually, the focus has been set on lowering the blood sugar level or interference with insulin resistance, but also the treatment of diabetic polyneuropathy and pain management. In this case report, we outline the development of hyperglycemia and the following onset of type I diabetes during a series of tDCS in a 24-year old Caucasian female patient treated with our research protocol (10 sessions; 2 mA; 30 min; the anode over F3; the cathode over Fp2) for anorexia nervosa.

Keywords: adverse effect; anorexia nervosa; insulin resistance; transcranial direct current stimulation; type 1 diabetes.

Publication types

Case Reports