The Effect of Clonazepam on Sleep Terror and Co-Occuring Nocturnal Enuresis in an Adolescent

Address correspondence to: Sadettin Burak Açikel, MD, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Meram/Konya 42090, Turkey, E-mail: [email protected]

To the Editor:

Sleep terror is a parasomnia characterized by a sudden arousal accompanied by a scream or cry that arises out of slow wave sleep. Typically, the person returns to sleep and cannot remember what he or she experienced during the night. The etiopathogenesis of the disorder is not clear, and behavioral treatments including psychoeducation, safety measures, and sleep hygiene are suggested first-line treatment. In addition, there are several case reports about the efficacy of imipramine and clonazepam on sleep terror (Remulla and Guilleminault 2004; Wichniak et al. 2012).

Although data regarding the association between enuresis and sleep have been...