SSRI induced hypnic jerks: A case series
A hypnic jerk is an abrupt, involuntary, nonrepetitive contraction of muscles of the body that occurs during the onset of sleep in stage 1 of nonrapid eye movement sleep. Various physiological and stressful stimuli can precipitate hypnic jerks with no further neurological sequelae. Although selectiv...
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author | Rakesh Kumar Syed Naiyer Ali Shatabdi Saha Subir Bhattacharjee |
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description | A hypnic jerk is an abrupt, involuntary, nonrepetitive contraction of muscles of the body that occurs during the onset of sleep in stage 1 of nonrapid eye movement sleep. Various physiological and stressful stimuli can precipitate hypnic jerks with no further neurological sequelae. Although selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) medications are well known to disturb the normal sleep cycle and cause rapid eye movement sleep behavioral disorders, there were only a few case reports of them causing hypnic jerks and those were reported due to Escitalopram only. Here is a case series of four cases of hypnic jerks found to be associated with the use of various SSRIs, Escitalopram, Sertraline, and Fluoxetine. Clonazepam was found to be very effective in reducing the hypnic jerks associated with SSRIs. In all the cases, the sleep-induced Electroencephalogram was normal. |
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spelling | doaj-art-8516acc4de7b460da5add5f63101409b2025-02-07T11:23:05ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Psychiatry0019-55451998-37942023-07-0165778578810.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_207_23SSRI induced hypnic jerks: A case seriesRakesh KumarSyed Naiyer AliShatabdi SahaSubir BhattacharjeeA hypnic jerk is an abrupt, involuntary, nonrepetitive contraction of muscles of the body that occurs during the onset of sleep in stage 1 of nonrapid eye movement sleep. Various physiological and stressful stimuli can precipitate hypnic jerks with no further neurological sequelae. Although selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) medications are well known to disturb the normal sleep cycle and cause rapid eye movement sleep behavioral disorders, there were only a few case reports of them causing hypnic jerks and those were reported due to Escitalopram only. Here is a case series of four cases of hypnic jerks found to be associated with the use of various SSRIs, Escitalopram, Sertraline, and Fluoxetine. Clonazepam was found to be very effective in reducing the hypnic jerks associated with SSRIs. In all the cases, the sleep-induced Electroencephalogram was normal.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_207_23hypnic jerkssleepssri |
spellingShingle | Rakesh Kumar Syed Naiyer Ali Shatabdi Saha Subir Bhattacharjee SSRI induced hypnic jerks: A case series Indian Journal of Psychiatry hypnic jerks sleep ssri |
title | SSRI induced hypnic jerks: A case series |
title_full | SSRI induced hypnic jerks: A case series |
title_fullStr | SSRI induced hypnic jerks: A case series |
title_full_unstemmed | SSRI induced hypnic jerks: A case series |
title_short | SSRI induced hypnic jerks: A case series |
title_sort | ssri induced hypnic jerks a case series |
topic | hypnic jerks sleep ssri |
url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_207_23 |
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