Modafinil as an alternative in the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness associated with affective disorders

Excessive daytime sleepiness or an increased need for sleep are increasingly common reason of medical appointments. For years, the literature on disorders has reported a complex two-way relationship between excessive and mental – especially mood disorders, which include winter depression in seasonal affective disorder. Assessment effective treatment patients with disorder is important component therapy. Hypersomnia often residual symptom compromising quality life daily functioning. Modafinil agent used adults to treat associated narcolepsy, without cataplexy. In addition registered indications, previous studies have shown efficacy good tolerance modafinil as augmentation depressive episodes symptoms form fatigue sleepiness, who received drugs from group serotonin reuptake inhibitors. The aim this paper present problem course propose