Probable Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder Associated With Escitalopram in a Patient With Schizoaffective Disorder: A Case Report
Cureus October 31, 2026 Moza K Bin Kamil AlShamsi, Mehnaz Z Ali, Hajar Medhat Youssef
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is a parasomnia in which the normal muscle atonia of REM sleep is lost, and patients act out their dreams.Serotonergic antidepressants such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a recognized trigger, but in psychiatric patients the nocturnal behaviors are easily attributed to stress or to the primary illness.We report the...