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A 58-year-old woman developed worsening of restless leg syndrome (RLS) during antidepressant treatment with citalopram and escitalopram [not all dosages and routes stated].
The woman presented to the psychiatry clinic with complaints of low mood, loss of interest, lack of energy, anhedonia, and fatigue, at 59 years of age. She reported experiencing depression symptoms for 3 months. She presented to the psychiatric outpatient clinic for the first time. Subsequently, she was diagnosed with major depressive disorder and was started receiving escitalopram 5 mg/day for the first 5 days followed by 10 mg/day and asked to come back for a follow-up visit. After 10 days, she returned to the psychiatric outpatient clinic with a complaint of pain in her legs that she developed after...