Psychiatry

Sleep Medicine

Questions discussed in this category

What are your considerations when treating insomnia in perimenopausal patients with comorbid anxiety or mood disorders?

6 Answers available

At what lab values (ferritin, TSAT%) would you offer IV iron therapy to patients with restless leg syndrome?

Does the absence of anemia change your management? Is there a preferred formulation for restless leg syndrome?

2 Answers available

What are your preferred treatments for disrupted nighttime sleep in elderly patients with narcolepsy already taking sodium oxybate?

1 Answer available

How do you approach the use of antipsychotics, such as Seroquel/Zyprexa, for insomnia in patients unresponsive to standard treatments?

In patients without a psychotic disorder.

1 Answer available

How do you manage daytime somnolence without a clear cause?

E.g., negative sleep study, good sleep hygiene, no offending medications, no psychiatric disorder.

6 Answers available

What is your approach to helping parents manage sleep disturbances in patients with autism spectrum disorder?

1 Answer available

What is the best treatment for treatment resistant restless leg syndrome?

2 Answers available

Papers discussed in this category

Sleep medicine, 2018-01

Evidence-based and consensus clinical practice guidelines for the iron treatment of restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease in adults and children: an IRLSSG task force report.

American journal of hematology, 2024 Mar 13

A randomized double-blind pilot study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of intravenous iron versus oral iron for the treatment of restless legs syndrome in patients with iron deficiency anemia.

JAMA, 2025 May 27

Iron Deficiency in Adults: A Review.

Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2025 Jan 01

Treatment of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline.

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