He was diagnosed with psychogenic adipsia and was treated successfully with fluids, mirtazapine and clonazepam.
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A thorough clinical investigation confirmed a diagnosis of primary adipsia and hypernatraemia secondary to a non-secretory neuroendocrine pituitary macroadenoma.
Rachel L Miller, Rory Bell, Kaspar Matiasek, Marco Rosati, Daniel Housley, ViktorPalus 2015, 'Neuroendocrine pituitary macroadenoma of a cat presenting with primary adipsia andhypernatraemia', Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reportshttps://doi.org/10.1177/2055116915589838. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)