“Sleep Apnoea” and Sleep Regulating Mechanism –A case effectively treated with monochlorimipramine–

The patient was a 69‐year old male, with apnoea‐tonic convulsion in sleep as the chief complaint. Over the period of 17 years prior to his admission to our clinic he had been treated as a case of night epilepsy, without improvement but aggravation. Satisfactory results of our treatment are briefly summarized as follows.