A high variety of factors have been implicated in the emergence of depersonalisation and derealisation episodes, including different drugs. A case abruptly induced by two applications of reboxetine, a selective and specific norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, is reported occurring in a 50-year-old woman treated for a major depressive episode. The episode rapidly remitted after discontinuation of reboxetine. Previous data having indicated a role of the serotonin system in the pathophysiology of the phenomenon, a noradrenaline induced serotonin liberation of Raphe neurons is suggested as possible underlying mechanism.

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