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Topiramate and 'Alice in Wonderland syndrome'
Identifier
012339
Type of Spiritual Experience
Number of hallucinations: 1
Background
A description of the experience
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2011 Feb;82(2):228-9. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.187245. Epub 2010 Jun 22.
"Alice in Wonderland syndrome" associated with topiramate for migraine prevention.
Jürgens TP1, Ihle K, Stork JH, May A. 1Department of Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, Hamburg, Germany. t.juergens@uke.de
Various visual and sensory phenomena have been described in migraine with aura. Among those, the 'Alice in Wonderland' syndrome is defined as a distortion of the body image with the patient being aware of its unreal nature. Here, the case of a 17-year-old girl with migraine without aura who developed an 'Alice in Wonderland' syndrome repeatedly on topiramate treatment was presented and potential pathophysiological concepts were discussed.
PMID: 20571045