polydipsia/seizures

Psychogenic polydipsia is one of the common cooccurrences with Schizophrenia and if not addressed can lead to fatal consequences. There are some evidences for pharmacological management of this condition but nonpharmacological management starting from psycho-education to behavioural modification

Case histories are presented for four psychotic patients who ingested large quantities of water and subsequently developed grand mal seizures and serum sodium levels of less than 121 meq/liter. The physiology of psychogenic polydipsia and related disorders is reviewed. The relation of this disorder

Aggravation of seizures due to hyponatremia was investigated in five patients with epilepsy and polydipsia-hyponatremia. They experienced marked increases in the frequency of their complex partial seizures with a decrease in the serum sodium level to 118-127 mEq/L. In all cases, the serum sodium

We aimed to report a case with rhabdomyolysis related to hyponatremia and/or its correction. A 32-year-old male schizophrenic patient on ziprasidone treatment was admitted to the hospital following a seizure. Patient had primary polydipsia and secondarily developed hyponatremia. After the correction

OBJECTIVE Polydipsia is one of the most serious and complicated problems causing morbidity and mortality in chronic mental health institutes. The pathophysiology of polydipsia in chronic schizophrenia remains unclear; as a result, no effective methods exist to deal with this serious problem. This

A case of a 40-year-old psychiatric patient is reported. Primarily, he was thought to have epileptic seizures, but demonstrated acute symptoms of severe hyponatraemia, plasma sodium was 106 mmol/l. Treatment was initiated with hypertonic saline until regression of symptoms, followed by slow

Six patients [5 men and 1 woman, mean age 37.3 +/- 8.2 (SD) years] with psychosis, intermittent hyponatremia, and polydipsia (PIP syndrome) underwent a sequence of treatments in an effort to normalize basal serum sodium levels and thereby protect the patients against complications, including

Eight patients (7 men and 1 woman, mean age 43.1 +/- 8.9 years) with psychosis, intermittent hyponatremia, and polydipsia (PIP syndrome) underwent treatment with demeclocycline in an effort to normalize serum sodium levels and thereby protect the PIP patients against complications including

This report describes two cases of schizophrenia inpatients with polydipsia, intermittent hyponatremia, and water intoxication. Case 1, a 38 year-old male, developed polydipsia after seven years duration of schizophrenia, with a daily intake of water of more than 10 liters as a result of auditory

We present the case report of a young woman who suffered from schizophrenia-like psychosis leading to polydipsia and consequent water intoxication. Because of progressive somnolence and epileptic seizures therapy on the intensive care unit became necessary. Findings of MRI and cerebrospinal fluid