Refractory insomnia in an adolescent with total blindness

Andrew S. Tubbs; Michael A. Grandner; Daniel Combs

Refractory insomnia in an adolescent with total blindness

Andrew S. Tubbs, Michael A. Grandner, Daniel Combs

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Abstract

We present a totally blind adolescent with refractory insomnia due to a combination of Non-24 hour sleepwake disorder and restless leg syndrome that was successfully treated with tasimelteon, iron replacement, and gabapentin. To our knowledge, this is the first published report of treatment of N24 with tasimelteon in an adolescent. In addition, this case highlights the importance of recognizing and treating multifactorial causes of insomnia.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	201-204
Number of pages	4
Journal	Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
Volume	92
Issue number	2
State	Published - 2019

Keywords

Adolescent
Insomnia
Non-24 hour sleep-wake disorder
Tasimelteon

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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Refractory insomnia in an adolescent with total blindness

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