PMID: 9663805Jul 15, 1998Paper

Non-convulsive status epilepticus induced by antidepressants

Seizure : the Journal of the British Epilepsy Association
H MiyataA Kifune

Abstract

We report on a 27-year-old woman of non-convulsive status epilepticus (NSE) very probably induced by antidepressants. She has no history of febrile convulsions, or epileptic seizures. There are no genetic factors for epilepsy in her family. As she developed depressive illness, she consulted a doctor. Clomipramine 25 mg i.v. drip/day and maprotiline 75 mg/os/day were started. Recently she began to doze, so an EEG was performed. Continuous generalized 2-3 Hz spike and wave complexes were observed. Clomipramine and maprotiline were stopped the same day, and the patient's drowsiness gradually improved. There are some case reports of NSE induced by antidepressants. However, the patients in these reports had received frequent electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and were middle aged and may have been affected by an organic brain disorder. The present patient was young, and had not received ECT. It is therefore very likely that antidepressants may have been responsible for the occurrence of NSE in this patient. It is concluded that NSE should be considered an adverse effect of any antidepressant.

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