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Questions discussed in this category


Which ones do you recommend, particularly when cost is prohibitive? Which has the highest efficacy? How do you counsel patients on using them?

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

This includes how to manage hypersexuality, hyperorality, recklessness, and other socially inappropriate behaviors separate from agitation/physical ag...

In light of the recent RCT by Dauvilliers et al., PMID 40359459 published June 2025 in Neurology.

Would you consider benzodiazepines for agitation in progressive supranuclear palsy? What other treatment strategies would you consider? 

In patients who have decreased arousal after ischemic stroke, do you use amantadine or modafinil to aid with wakefulness and interaction with therapy ...

Would you consider charging a small fee for managing C-2 prescriptions between appointments instead of requiring the patient to come monthly?

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

Have you modified prescribing practices in light of the UK safety update noting the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in children whose fathers too...

What medications do you use in patients who already have existing obesity and metabolic syndrome?

How is it that I'm able to prescribe medications to patients (in my state) via legitimate mail order pharmacies that are located in a different state?...

Which genetic/other testing should be considered in an early-onset dementia work-up? 

Should one restart lamotrigine or look for an alternative? If no other alternative available, is slow titration vs regular titration preferred?

What are your thoughts on the ethics of inpatient use of sedatives in these patients to help with agitation to “protect themselves from harm and...

How do you treat dangerous behavioral disturbances (aggression, nighttime wandering) in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)?


Papers discussed in this category


The New England journal of medicine, 2012-03-01

Neurocritical care, 2020 Aug

Neurocritical care, 2021 Feb

Stroke, 2017 Apr 12

Mov Disord Clin Pract, 2022 Oct 23

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2022 Aug 15

The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease, 2022

Headache, 2010-06

Headache, 2012 Jan 30

Neurology, 2019 Dec 02

Headache, 2023 Jan 27

Cureus, 2023 May 11

JAMA neurology, 2018-05-01

Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2022 May 13

Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2024 Feb 02

The American journal of psychiatry, 2022 Aug

Psychiatry research, 2020 Dec 13

Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England), 2018 Jan 17

JAMA neurology, 2023 Dec 01

The Lancet. Neurology, 2013-07

Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 2014 May 14

Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 2010 Apr 14

The American journal of psychiatry, 2005 Apr

The American journal of psychiatry, 2011-10

The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2021 Feb 09

Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society, 2021 Mar 12

Neurology, 2022 Oct 11

The American journal of psychiatry, 2020 Sep 01

Therapeutic advances in psychopharmacology, 2019 Jul 10

Health technology assessment (Winchester, England), 2022 Jun

Neurology, 1991 Mar

Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, 2013 Aug 31

The primary care companion for CNS disorders, 2018 Dec 20

Journal of neurology, 2024 Jun 19

Journal of pineal research, 2023 Feb 08

The neurologist, 2023 Mar 01

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2019 Sep 03

Critical care medicine, 2016 Jul

Sleep medicine, 2018-01

American journal of hematology, 2024 Mar 13

JAMA, 2025 May 27

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

Journal of neurology, 2022 Jan 27

Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2016-10-15

Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2021 Sep 01

Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2021 Sep 01

Front Neurol, 2021 Jul 01

Semin Neurol, 2022 Apr