Akathisia: Treatments for the Restlessness Side Effect of Medication
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- Akathisia is a medication side effect. Antipsychotic medications are the most common cause of akathisia. However, akathisia can be caused by antidepressant medications, or by some types of anti-nausea/anti-vomiting medications.
Although akathisia is a relatively common side effect, it's also one that can be avoided. There are many treatments for akathisia.
Let me know what you would like to know more about.
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00:00 - Introduction
00:13 - A question about akathisia
01:08 - What is akathisia?
01:42 - What does akathisia feel like?
02:10 - Feeling like crawling out of one’s skin
02:28 - What are the signs of akathisia?
02:49 - Akathisia is often a missed diagnosis
03:15 - What akathisia looks like
03:56 - What causes akathisia?
04:20 - What medications can cause akathisia?
05:08 - Can antidepressants cause akathisia?
05:49 - Is akathisia reversible?
07:01 - What is tardive akathisia?
07:29 - What are the best treatments for akathisia?
07:44 - Reducing medication dose can reduce akathisia
07:52 - Which antipsychotic is least likely to cause akathisia?
08:31 - Why, when to use medicine to treat akathisia?
09:20 - Does propranolol help with akathisia?
10:40 - Side effects of propranolol
11:11 - Are benzodiazepines useful for akathisia?
11:53 - Side effects of benzodiazepines
12:32 - Cyproheptadine (Periactin) to treat akathisia
13:19 - Side effects of cyproheptadine (Periactin)
13:30 - Does mirtazapine (Remeron) help with akathisia?
13:59 - Side effects of mirtazapine (Remeron)
14:25 - Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) for akathisia
15:03 - Possible risks of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)
15:31 - Do anticholinergic medicines help with akathisia?
16:01 - Side effects of anticholinergic medications
16:55 - Talk with your doctor to discuss your most appropriate options
17:07 - Does Benadryl (diphenhydramine) help akathisia?
18:00 - Side effects of Benadryl (diphenhydramine)
18:24 - Summary
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My personal opinion from 6 years of psychiatry is that human life is worth nothing. Your on your own.
I have severe Akathisia with Latuda, that even benzo or beta-blockers could not stop. For me, 15mg of Benadryl stopped it almost completely. Maybe that will help someone else. Also, don't be shy when talking to your doctor about Akathisia, it's important to stress how uncomfortable you are to make sure you get treated promptly - in some people Akathisia itself can lead to suicidal thoughts.
@rinner2801
@rinner2801 With me I found that Mirtazapine has helped with the physical restlessness but I am still locked in this mental hell whereby I constantly feel this intense feeling of mental unease/nervousness/dread. I am able to sleep a few hours during the night but despite feeling intense fatigue during the day I am completely unable to take a nap and I find myself in this constant state of hyperawareness. When I try to sleep during the day I immediately find myself being jolted awake just as i am about to fall asleep, with this overwhelming feeling of terror. I am going through this daily torture and all I do is count the hours down to night time so i can just sleep as I am unable to take a nap during the day. Can you relate to what I am going through as it is an indescribable hell, and I desperately need answers and advice on what to do?
Benzos cause akathesia
Akithasia is awful. I absolutely hate when the first wave rushes over me and i know its hit and nothing i can do. I immediately feel so uncomfortable, cant sit still, cant sleep, cant distract myself....i hate it. It makes time creep by so slowly.
I have had it happen after IV compazine and IV droperidol.
Im glad i have a name for it now because ive tried to explain to drs what was going on and they just act like they dont know what to do about it. Just say discontinue the medicine but while its happening u want it to end immediately!!
How are you doing now I have had it for 17 months now
@@Fireball1974 I know the terror that comes from Benzodiazepine withdrawal. I was on Ativan too and came off of it. It gets better. It’s good that you are off of it but bad they didn’t taper you down slowly. Try deep breathing, get massages, read and watch funny movies and get plenty of sunshine. I would try some Benadryl for sleep.
I’ve had all the classic symptoms of akathisia to varying degrees for 40 years. It was diagnosed once, 20 years ago. Probably because it was so severe.
I’ve been on psych meds since 17. At 17 was a quiet, peaceful well behaved depressed person. I was put on melaril and nardil. All of a sudden, I became a violent, self harming, agitated, restless MESS. Then my parents were told I was severely mentally I’ll and was shipped of to a long term mental institution. I’ve lived in and out of mental institutions and been medicated with high doses of ever kind of psych med there is. Plus several series of ECT including maintenance EXT. I’m 56 now.
I finally tapered off all my antipsychotics, antidepressants and anti anxiety and adderal meds, 9 months ago. I still have akathisia to a moderate degree. I feel horrible every day and can barely take care of myself. I’m not depressed or anxious. I am not psychotic. I am pissed off though. Agitation irritably can’t be physically or mentally still. Plus a lot of symptoms consistent with brain damage.
I’ve had all of these symptoms to varying degrees since 17. The best times I’ve had have been on clozaril. I’ve not accomplished much in my life. Never held down a job. Been abused and used by others a lot. Been on disability since 18.
Do you have any comments or suggestions about my case?
Ive been taking propranolol and it helps
I am so sorry for your situation. You ever want to just talk, holler at me. You did nothing but trust your parents who trusted the medical system.
So similar to my story
@@taylorthomas3372 what’s your story?
@@hippiesoul3849 yes. I know. Do you have akathisia
I haven't touched a psyche medication for 6 years and I am still suffering
Same happened to me when i stopped risperidone because it made me having akathisia. ,yet its symptoms eased with propanolol and mirtazapine
I wish you to get well buddy
I currently have akathisia due to a hospitalization in a psychiatric hold. I hope this goes away but for at least 2 months I have taken the beta blocker to treat it with very little success. Hopefully the akathisia will resolve and fade away. This lecture is reassuring it really shows that akathisia is treatable and responds to treatment measures.
Any luck yet?
Hey I have this as well. I know you may be suffering beyond belief. What helped me most was Focus Factor. It’s a nuerotropic and won’t make it worse or hurt you. Your brain needs vitamins etc to work and those meds hurt you and you can heal as much as possible.
@@r0b0bert Yes, the akathisia faded gradually and I feel as though it had improved much. Less psychomotor agitation, or restless lower limbs. It had reveresed back to the normal state in terms of neurological function.
@@jonschmuck1961 how did it go away?
@@Sainthood.wav1 They changed the medication, and also it faded organically.
Thanks! SUCH great information. Thank you so much for posting this!!
I was wondering what my “inner agitation” was… I’m 3 1/2 months off of benzos, and this may be my worst symptom of withdrawal.
I feel itchy but I can’t scratch the itch because it’s under my skin. I don’t feel anxious or angry but on a physical level I feel like I need to grit my teeth, clench my hands, my heart feels like it getting tons of air, I feel like I need to curl my toes and twist my body like some alien is invading and controlling my body. It’s almost like my body is angry but I’m not angry mentally at all. My face feels hot and itchy. My brain feels like it’s being internally crushed, my palms are sweaty, I feel like I want to punch a hole through the wall, I just feel alien.
No I don’t have any delusions or hallucinations, the only disorder I have is anxiety and panic attacks. I’ve never felt like this until withdrawal.
I am sorry you are experiencing this. I am two years off of cold turkey xanex and Kolonopin. Words can not describe how terrible those drugs are. The good thing is, you will heal. Time is on your side.
I've been off for three months and I'm going through the same thing as you. My heart goes out to you and my prayer.
That's how Jordan Peterson got it. He went off benzos too fast. He got better. Stay strong.
Great lecture. Very informative.
Thank you very much indeed for this content - very informative and helpful
Stopping the SSRI does not often help with tardive akathisia, it often begins after stopping the drug. I found a specialist who does describe the condition very accurate to my experience. It continues even after 4 years since tapering Venlaflaxine. I tried many combinations of similar meds added to the Effexor, including Remeron, did an initial taper, did a reinstatement, the final taper was 4 years ago. The long term effect is an intense inner restlessness with some depression/anxiety. As Dr Shipko points out nothing helps besides a benzodiazepine which I do not take every day to avoid addiction. B6, Benadryl, Buspirone, exercise (only helps while actually working out, no lasting effects), good diet, fish oil, B6, nothing touches it. Thankfully Dr Shipko wrote several articles about the condition which gave me something to present to my doctor.
I appreciate that you recognize many doctors will not realize what is happening and suggest a mood disorder med or will find it to be some type of depression. My reinstatement period doing 6 weeks each of Sertraline and Prozac stopped the anxiety (although you feel like a zombie), but the restlessness got even worse.
My final rule after being convinced by a GP to try Buspirone (it was horrible) after struggling with akathisia for 2 years is never take drugs that change brain chemistry, EVER AGAIN, on a daily basis. I run Ativan intermittent just to have some relief but take off days and suffer rather than become dependent.
Dr Shipko has written several articles and is very accurate. It is a life changing condition and a constant war. Quality of life is severely diminished.
I was on SSRI meds for ~5 years because my doctors at the time did not understand what was happening and I couldn't explain it properly. I was calling it a "weird depression, sort of" but very intense. When I saw the words "depressive agitation" in the article it finally hit home.
It's some type of neurotoxicity or down regulation of the serotonergic and related systems.
www.madinamerica.com/2020/08/ssri-withdrawal-elephant/
Around three to six months after the last dose of antidepressant, akathisia emerges suddenly, often as an overreaction to something seemingly minor. It is an intensely anxious, agitated, and gloomy state, so uncomfortable that it is often disabling. People take comfort in considering the possibility of suicide if they don’t get better. Because of this possibility, tapering should not be undertaken lightly.
The duration of total use of all current and past SSRIs is related to long term outcome. In my clinical practice tardive akathisia seems to be fairly common in people who taper to cessation after 10 years or more of cumulative use.
Once tardive akathisia develops, there are basically three options: wait it out, reinstate the antidepressant, or use benzodiazepines for symptom reduction. Although reinstatement sometimes makes withdrawal akathisia worse, this is very infrequent. With reinstatement most people return to their baseline. I always reinstate the same drug that was withdrawn. Sometimes reinstatement results in rapid return to baseline and sometimes the return to baseline can take several months. On more than one occasion reinstatement required a higher dose than the person was taking before. Waiting out severe symptoms is inadvisable as it can take months or years to get back to baseline, and the discomfort can be extreme. Benzodiazepines can give a high level of symptomatic relief and can be used intermittently to avoid dependency, or, in more serious situations, they can be taken regularly.
Thanks you this was so helpful. I’m suffering with akathiasia and it is not fun but good to know some additional information.
This is not at all accurate and REALLY down plays what Akathisia is like. It is FAR more that “uncomfortable” and no one knows if it is actually curable. I’m going on 2 years and still suffer deeply daily. My doctor has said to accept this as the new normal before my central nervous system has been permanently damaged. I know people that are also still struggling decades later. Also,It doesn’t always come with the movement but still comes with RAGING internal restlessness,agitation, and fear and yes, you want to crawl out of you skin. Let’s STOP calling this simple restlessness. It’s not that at all. You can’t escape it EVER. It is the primary side effect that causes suicide. I’ve had suicidal ideation almost daily because of the Akathisia since the day this started from coming off an antidepressant. This is happened to a person that was never suicidal in her life and only tried these drugs for some anxiety (not depression). This video should be pulled because it is very inaccurate.
Hi Elaine what helps you? Especially with sleeping?
How are you now?
Oh god, no. That's not something to accept as a new normal! It's the worst feeling in the world - something outside of the spectrum of "feelings" that occur naturally. There's no accurate way to describe the horror of being trapped in akathisia. I wish all psychiatrists could experience it just once so they would understand why to NEVER prescribe a drug that can do this to a person.
Thank you! I have hypochondriac anxiety and swore down that I have this but clearly my mild restlessness when I’m anxious is very much just anxiety
A good name for it would be purgatory
Or hell.
I have chronic akathisia from benzo withdrawal, so it isn’t always reversible like you say!! Going on 10 years now!
Cold turkey or tapered?
@@5min_stories both
3 CT’s and then a long taper. I wasn’t an addict either. I took as prescribed.
did it get better over time? Mine is improving but it is taking forever...
My god
6:53 I have chronic akathisia from the discontinuation of a benzodiazepine that I was unknowingly using to mask akathisia that occurred from Prozac and then from opiate pain medication. Chronic akathisia is not really treatable unless you want to make it worse and die.
I have chronic akatisia too. What we can do?
@@odintalksmagnesium citrate 3 times a day and L- thenine helped me so much!
You're right. It's not treatable. In most cases, further medications only make it worse and make it last longer. The only way to heal is time off meds. Unfortunately, it could take a long time for some unfortunate people like me. It's agony every waking moment.
So sorry you're going through it. 🫂
@@karennielsen3267 hey. Thank you for commenting and validating this nightmare of an injury. We have followed each other every day for years. These people have to know this injury is real and it is neurological injury and not a transient side effect. I’m so sorry this happened to you. You deserve everything you need to try and live with this. Hugs.
Does magnesium glycinate work as well?@@German_Shephard
Thank you so much for this video. I'm starting vraylar and I have ativan on hand for panic attacks but I didn't know I could take it for akathisia. The ativan kicked in before your lecture was finished and my leg has stopped bouncing and it no longer feels like I need to run out of my skin. This saved me a visit to the ER and I'm going to call my doctor tomorrow during the day. 🙏🙏🙏
Your lectures are golden, I’m in my training and this is so helpful, thanks doc!!
It also caused from withdrawal from antidepressant. 5 years I’ve had this absolute awful movement disorder thanks to being taken off antidepressant way to quickly then being polly drugged trying to stop it but just made it worse.
i'm sorry, it's criminal that they don't know about side effects at all. I'm 31 and completely crippled after AD use for only 7 months. Can't even walk anymore. Criminal companies.
Best wishes lady!
@@grv91vr23 thank you and same back to you. I’m so sorry. It’s absolute torture.
@@laurabell2607 are you seeing some healing over time
@@grv91vr23 a little not as bad as the first 2 years. But it’s very slow and other health conditions pop up
@@laurabell2607 okay you are strong girl
Sending some love!
Thank you so much again; sorry for all the questions:
After stopping a medicine it is supposed to calm down slowly, is that right?
Unless it’s chronic, which will last over 6 months.
Lol I’m finding you everywhere man! I guess I’m just following the same rabbit holes you did
THANK YOU FOR THIS BREAKDOWN
This is what abilify made me feel like. It's fucking horrific
Honest question to any doctor/patient who’s willing to chyme in:
Took metroclopamide with no incident for about two months (first 10mg, then 5mg two to three times a day).
Was eventually put on an SSRI (Paxil) due to a possibly psychogenic low grade temperature and had the worst reaction ever one hour after taking metroclopamide: restlessness, anxiety, panic, wanting to crawl off my own skin, everything.
It was one the most uncomfortable awful feelings in my life, maybe the worst. I discontinued both drugs immediately.
It lasted at that intensity the whole morning, but it lingered in sort of waves in a diminished form for about 10 days.
One month later the same thing happens with taking the same anti-emetic with Saint John’s wort. Same timing. Discontinued again.
It’s been a week, still feel on edge.
My psychiatrist says it’s “impossible”, that’s a quote, that metroclopamide was the cause, be it either through Akathisia or Serotonin syndrome, instead, he attributes everything to anxiety. I find that absolutely impossible to believe due to both the timing and the repeat event.
Meanwhile he’s too busy pushing SSRI’s on me despite my obvious discomfort given my recent experiences.
Is it possible metroclopamide was behind it or this has to be just a 0.0001% chance coincidence?
Metoclopramide can cause akathisia.
It says so on page 6 of the metoclopramide package insert. Here’s the link to that package insert:
www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2017/017854s062lbl.pdf
I have two psychiatrist friends who experienced akathisia from taking metoclopramide that had been prescribed for nausea.
Metoclopramide can cause akathisia because it’s a dopamine receptor blocking drug, and any drug that blocks the dopamine receptor comes with the risk of akathisia.
@@AskAPsychiatrist thank you so much.
One last question if you don’t mind. Is it possible that it lasts beyond the half-life of the drug?
My doctor not only said that it wasn’t “possible”, he said that any side effects would subside as the drug cleared my system.
I’ve read it can last months after discontinuation.
I still feel it, again, not as intense as the first two days, but I still do.
@@DiogoSantos-ix5sl also stop taking st johns word it can cause problems and aggrevate things because it works on serotonin.
i read some people with aka doing good on
- Benadryl
- Propranolol
or Benztropine
or try dadselyxir i see people have very calming effects with that substance with their akathesia!
these docs are just clueless idiots, sorry to say
@@AskAPsychiatrist You need to take this video down . It is mostly misinformation and I imagine you know this . Self induce Akathisia and then see how effective your bullshit Ask A Psychiatrist remedies are . If you were tried in a legal court of law and found guilty of criminal negligence and iatrogenic injury that resulted in a single death as a result, and the sentence was to be executed, and I was asked to by the justice system to carry out your sentence, I wouldn’t have a second thought of obliging the request… not one, not for a New York nano second .
Hey! I have akathisia every night when I take Latuda and Trileptal. I cannot change these medications or dosage. It goes away after 2 hours and it is helped with Xanax or Ativan but I would like something natural. Any tips?
Benzos cause akathesia! Don't take them
I took one does of Reglan in the ER for migraines. I had break down they called it akathisia . I started trying to take off all my clothes running back and forth standing and sitting sitting then standing. It's been 3 days and my leg won't stop shaking my hips shaking. Hart rate 115 while laying down- 144 standing.
Did you heal from it
I have akathisia for a year and a half, I don’t agree that it is Treatable Because we have taken out the antipsychotic that was supposedly creating The akathisia but it has been two months and I still have the akathisia without that medication so for me personally this is not easily treatable whatsoever and I am still suffering the akathisia
Hi Leslie how are you doing now 7 months after your post?
Thanks doc! I love the video. Do we have any theories as to why on a neurotransmitter level it ocurrs? It seems related to dopamine blockade in NS pathway but can you provide more insight? Thanks!
Resident chiming in here. Did a dive into akathisia last year. One hypothesis is that the reduced dopaminergic tone to the nucleus accumbens (shell and core) is overcompensated by increased noradrenergic tone to the shell (only) of the nucleus accumbens. This would also explain why propranolol can help due to the blockade of beta adrenergic receptors at the shell of the nucleus accumbens.
@@potatopsychiatrist1918 thanks for sharing! That is a fascinating theory. Are there any other theories you came across that seem plausible to you? Good luck with your residency and thanks for going through all that hard work to bring quality care to the public 💪
@@potatopsychiatrist1918 Theories are of little use… as is most and often times all of these superficial treatments . Most often benzodiazepines dependency is the only thing that really mitigates this to any degree of tolerability… of course which comes with its own disastrous profile . Go back to the drawing board and come back to the worlds stage when and if you have something of real value to offer . In the meantime I would stifle .
I would not thank this idiot. He is minimizing this torturous iatrogenic injury and overstating the effectiveness of all his easy answer remedies without really addressing in any comprehensive manner their own profiles for harm . This video ought to be flagged and reported for harmful content and I have . You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time . Nice try charlatan quack .
I usually upvote videos with timestamps. This shows the creator respects my time. Is amantadine useful to treat akathisia?
really like it!!! thank you!!!
Hello doctor! your video is very good. I am from Brazil and I am being treated for schizophrenia, I have a question, can I take antidepressants with medication for schizophrenia? I heard that it can give heart problems? it's dangerous?
I have an intolerable restlessness in my chest cavity. I don’t get the feeling of movement so would it be akathisia?
Are you more likely to get akathisia if you have a severe mental illness? Or can anyone get it? I have been trying to figure out for years if I was misdiagnosed bipolar because of akathisia due to medication three separate times.
I've never heard a person with severe mental illness is more likely to get it, but know anyone can get it. I know it's common for people to be misdiagnosed as bipolar when they've went cold turkey or tapered to fast off Benzo's, SSRI's and other psych meds. Do you still have akathisia and what meds do you think caused it? Im going on 2 years of akathisia. The worst thing I've ever gone through and it's impossible to describe to anyone that's never had it. This illness had to come directly from Hell!
Has anyone addressed histamine, it seems this may play a significant part in Akathisia also. The mental part is the absolute worst part!!!
You must be on a benzo. I have the exact same issues.
maybe i don't know but some people say benadryl helps
Could long term use of the natural supplement NAC also cause Akathisia as a side effect? Ty for your video!!
Do you offer private consultations?
Why aren't this videos tagged for people looking for #sideeffects #ssri #ssha #antidepressants #psychiatricmedication ❓
I am glad there are other options besides propranolol for people out there. Personally I feel very depressed when I tried it (in my case for essential tremor). Anyone else have that experience? Also could that happen due to CNS beta1 or beta2 receptors being blocked or both? I took Atenolol and it was useless for the tremor. Is this due to its receptor profile or does the drug poorly penetrate the blood-brain barrier?
This jerk is spreading misinformation. I could tell you more about all this than he is but it probably wouldn’t do much good . You are in the hands of fate. This nimrod should not be allowed to even breathe .
For me betablockers were pretty useless for akathisia. I have had low blood pressure and it can be one reasons I did not like the effect of betablockers.
Only thing that have somewhat helped my akathisia has been benzos but they have two sides. Withdrawal is horrible and also some people say benzo withdrawal triggers akathisia. I also had used 10 days of benzos and stopped before my akathisia started during SSRI withdrawal. So who knows did it play a part too.
Propranolol at a high dose made me suicidally depressed. Awful. Not sure if the newer beta blockers would help without the depression
6 years !!!! Still suffering
Okay now?
@@MlkOfTheS1renI’ll help you b/c I know her. That would be a “no”. Is she better than she was? “Yes” better than 2016/2017 definitely. That said… most people still could not handle her level for a day. I’m 46 months off and and I’m suffering unimaginably.
Dr, what about non stop random images and intrusive memory generate by brain after ssri withdrawal? anything to help
2 weeks of vortioxetine use gave me akathisia. Its been 5 years but still very bad.
Is it ok to take 30mg of Mirtazapine with 400mg of L-theanine?
I get Akathisia when I take Latuda. I tried telling my Dr this and she was adamant that Akathisia was only restlessness and constant moving. With me it’s this feeling that I can’t explain. Almost intense anxiety 2 hours after taking the medication. I’m going to try and talk to her again because the medicine actually works
Absolute hell! My body is incredibly weak from the constant need to pace. Muscles in spasm from trying to stay still. Propranolol and Klonopin barely working anymore. Going on 6 weeks. Took Latuda but only for a few weeks. Soon I will need help getting around, Can not drive anymore. Will this ever end? Hoping it's not chronic but am starting to loose hope. Should be improving by now!! Hand tremor also present. Might this be something else besides medicine induced akathisia? Neurologists and psychiatrists are not coming up with answers! Please make it stop!
Thank you SO much.
would nondrowsy antihistamine work too?
Propranolol did not work for me and then metropolol helped amazing . Hang in there ❤I’m sorry if your suffering
Hi can you tell me what did prop make you feel please? It works but makes me feel out of it. Worse In a way.
My doctor forced me off of 6mg Lorazapam daily for 3yrs with no offer of taper or rehab. Full blown akhastesia is: panic attacks so severe, you want to run away but, cannot because the terror is coming from inside. Psychosis, auditory and visual hallucinations. Severe heart palpitations. Electric neuralgical zaps to the body and brain, burning skin. Its torture for months on end. And your doctor will never tell you about these withdrawal symptoms because, they sold their soul to big pharma
How are u now? I'm tortured every sec too
I told my doctor about this and he told me "i need to see a behavioural therapist" completely dismissed it, thanks for the video amazing i tried most of those things and none seemed to work yet unfortunately :( a benzo typically worked the best but they wont prescribe them here anymore (UK) not my area anyway.
I got this from compazine in the ER... the nurses didnt seem to care. Apparently a patient pacing their room isnt an unusual.
Benzopines cause this why would you treat it with more benzopines
Mostly because the experts do not understand this condition nor the real extend of side effects of psych drugs, tolerance withdrawals, interdise withdrawals, acute withdrawals or protracted withdrawals.
Then also, a healthy patient is not a desirable patient for the medical fraternity.
Is restless leg syndrome included under the diagnosis of akathisia?
My body developed RLS from long term use of Cymbalta. The only thing I have found that works is micro doses of Buprenorphine. It works great but it is difficult to find an md who will prescribe it. (I am a nurse so it was easier to convince my doctor that I could titrate my doses without concern for abuse or overdose.)
Be aware, also, that it is a strong narcotic and (for me at least) can be easily overdone. It also can keep you awake if taken too close to sleep or a little too much is taken.
The uptake is that it is very effective but the dosing hasn’t been researched and it is hard to get. I pray medical researchers can give this a serious look!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
What about GABA supplements?
I have been searching for a doctor for years not just me but hundreds of others like me. Cannot get any sort of help at all and I have insurance I have been suffering with akathisia for 6 years now. You're saying you have solutions please help us There's a whole community of people out here that no doctor even seems to be interested in.
we're willing to be test subjects .
we're willing to help you learn about akathesia .
please find us we need help 🙏 😢
This charlatan has no more of a concrete solution to the problem of acute tartive Akathisia without the intervention of the use of benzodiazepines which can also cause it and you’d be stuck on them for life even if they helped with other complications than a person who fixes shoes for a living . It would be best to report this video for being harmful at best . The other crap he’s recommending comes with its own profiles of iatrogenic harm and in most cases only provide superficial relief not to mention he sits there on his ivory tower minimizing the torture this condition causes . He should be forced to endure it himself for eternity.
You said 6!yrs
You said 6 yrs how are uibbkeb
@@Fireball1974 I started the benzo 6 years ago cold turkied +5 years ago. Hugs
@@Fireball1974 yes I've been in hell for 6 years. Please help
15 or 30 mg for stop akathisia better?
Psychiatry is a scam. Forced treatment must be abolished
Thank you for this helpful explanation. Mental health is a good work in progress and a missed label or a error is ok. I learned thru continuing care that the solutions we seek are being created today.
Not fast enough. Tens of thousands treated succesfully with vitamins n supplements are ignored. Research showing severe deficiciences are ignored. Look at dr walsh 'nutrient power', john gray 'lining in a hyperactive world'.
I was ready to take my life then I took focus factor and it helped with the constant torture. Over the counter
How are you now?
I would love to hear more about that
I’ve come back and watched this video and each time it angers me more. You can’t make a video in the name of “spreading awareness” and then give them misinformation? You are making the situation worse. You can’t call akathisia “solvable” when chronic akathisia is anything but? You will make akathisia worse trying to treat it. I’m part of the Akathisia Alliance for Better Education. I have suffered unknowingly for 30+ years. I was likely originally a PANS/PANDAS case. I was suffering from chronic fatigue and anxiety, myoclonus after antibiotics and a severe sickness as a child. I tried Prozac at 19 years old and within days my akathisia exploded. I tried Ritalin for a few months later to combat the memory issues and made agitation worse. Eventually, I became a young pain patient by 21 yrs old unknowingly suffering from dystonia as well. Pain meds made my akathisia and my dystonia worse. I brought on Klonopin to try and combat these issues and it made it into a deadly monster. MONSTER, I tell you.
Benzodiazepine Injury and Benzodiazepine tapering injuries are very real and crippling people and leaving them tortured alive. Find the Benzodiazepine Information Coalition. Find Nicole Lamberson PA and her discussions for Medicating Normal. Find Altostrata and her work with Surviving Antidepressants. Org. Find Angela Peacock and Chris Paige LCSW and hear about their akathisia and their work tapering injured patients. Ready Robert Whitaker. Read David Healy. The pharmaceutical industry has be understating the toxicity of their drugs.
Akathisia acquired by medication should be a punishable offense. This joke really plays down that akathisia is living hell. When you are in this hell you are desperate and would actually take this guys advice of more drugs on top of more drugs.
RESTLESSNESS IS PUTTING IT LIGHTLY... on the side effects they need to replace restlessness with Akathisia!!
Feels like someone stuck a cattle prod in your back at the highest level of electricity possible. With painful vibrations going through your entire body with non-stop terror and darkness. Most uncomfortable, painful thing I've ever experienced in my life.
This happened to me when I stopped taking kratom. It was hell on earth.
Have you stayed off kratom since then?
@@kimalonzo3363 definitely. Never again, I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.
@@theanxiousbench do you think that happens to everyone who tries to get off kratom?
@@kimalonzo3363 I don't think so. I know many people go through hell coming off from kratom. I was taking it everyday, and then I just stopped. My body went out of control, it's really no different than getting off from opiates.
People can say what they want, but kratom is bad news
@@theanxiousbench I agree! Never tried it. Why did you just stop? How long til you were better?
Not a damn thing new to add. All this info is the same crap they’ve been saying for years. How is there not a reasonable treatment for this life destroying condition…..
Zero mention of the fact that akathisia can drastically increase the suicide risk for someone. Any reason for such a glaring omission?
Thanks
But how long after can this condition last after a medication has been removed?
years
You can heal after a couple weeks or after a couple years...
I have been tourchered by this for 6 years now. My God. Solutions. Help me please !! 🙏
He has none .
He’s a Big Pharma shill promoting mostly superficial remedies @ best that all come even if they provide any relief at all in the best case scenario with their own adverse reactions and @ best side effects.
The only real possible solution is to be put on a benzodiazepine preferably Klonopin for the rest of your life but it’s no guarantee and can also cause Akathisia.
If I could legally to so I would publically execute him just on general principle.
Can you sleep
Propranolol helps me! Ask your doctor stay strong stay alive, there is hope my friend.
The records could always go missing
I would say a great word to describe it is just misery. It feels like doom or hell and I don't know what to do. I take latuda and thats what has cause it
sir m suffring from akasthisia.... india
Lorazadone was prescribed scared after so many gone wrong
I’m suffering so bad having this on top of postpartum depression and severe dissociation ! I feel like I wanna die
Meds awful
as PMNHP in geriatrics, i found this material and presentation exceptional for learning, thank you very much
I think it is bad information and that is coming from an actual sufferer of akathisia - I would listen to us first as we will tell you the truth.
More drugs are not the answer, not giving them in the first place is and explaining the extreme risks to the patient first are.
@@Tech-xm8vg there is a nuanced conversation to have here and from this comment section there needs to be more attention paid to akathisia sufferers.
But ignoring people suffering from mental illness and not giving the medications is not the solution.
@@Dlangguth But they aren't meant to be used for mental illness but to prevent seizures. They can cause mental illness such as serious anxiety, depression, akathisia, eyesight loss, hearing loss, tooth loss, suicide ideation, etc.
@@Tech-xm8vg what? No it's not. The medications mentioned here and that are known to cause akathisia are antipsychotics or antiemetics that have effects on dopamine. Some anticonvulsants have good documentation as being effective for mental illnesses as well. As mentioned from other comments, after withdrawal from benzos can cause it too.
@@Dlangguth pregabalin is an anti convulsion medication so yes it is.
It's so much more then movement
I’ve had akathisia from two doses of metaclopramide, occurred in March of 2021, now Feb 2022 and Ive not improved at all, My neurologist has put me on propranolol, it effected my sleep too much with very vivid dreams.
I was then given Clonazepam 0.5mg per day, it helps for a few hours after taking it but then you’re straight back to where you were.
Nothing is really helping and I’m literally not sure how much longer I can go on.
Hello goat, hope you are doing better. I’ve been struggling with what I believe is the same issue, but instead have had no medication because my doctor thinks it’s “impossible”
There are alternatives to your current medication, they are mentioned in this video, please discuss them with your doctor. Prayers and best wishes.
@goat yeah i would advise against benzo and antidepressant use because benzo and ad can cause this problem also!
i read some people with aka doing good on
- Benadryl
- Propranolol
or Benztropine
or try dadselyxir i see people have very calming effects with that substance with their akathesia!
please do your own research on these options best wishes for you!!
I understand how you feel. I developed akathisia about 6 weeks after discontinuing Antidepressants which I had been on for 16 years. My Neurologist misdiagnosed me with restless leg Syndrome . I was eventually given a nerve pain medication called Lyrica and was taking magnesium and this helped about 75%. I was also told that another antidepressant called Cymbalta helps with nerve pain and Neuropathy and was prescribed that as well in my 5th month of Akathisa. That was the same month a new Neurologist diagnosed me with Akathisa. I was wali g every day and improving until 4 weeks after taking the Cymbalta when it started all over again. My Doctor lowered my dose and I was eventually taken off the Cymbalta. Now I’m going through it all over again and it’s painful and awful. Please hang in there. You are not alone.
@@MsEvie15 do you pace around and can you sleep and do you get terrorized
@@Fireball1974 At first I couldn’t stop pacing. My legs became so restless that wherever I was I had to get up and walk. They were strong spasms in my legs and I had to pace all day and by 10 pm I would put on icy hot all over my legs and would be able to go to bed. My legs would get numb by morning and then the painful spasms would start all over again. It was in my arms too. I thought I had Restless leg syndrome. I take pain medication for my spine and I had extra so I would take a couple more to help with the pain, or else I wouldn’t be able to go to sleep, but the next day was torture all over again. Finally my pain management Doctor gave me Lyrica and that helped some, then Cymbalta a month later. It takes 4 weeks for the Cymbalta to work. I was finally diagnosed with Akathisia from a New Neurologist. It was about 5 months when I felt like I was out of it but then the Cymbalta kicked in and the Akathisia started all over again. This time it was internal and external. I felt like I was being electrocuted and wanted to jump out of my skin. I was going out of my mind. If I was in the car, it would hit me and I wanted to get out and run. The muscles in my legs were rigid and sore and the nerve pain came back but not as bad. My Doctor lowered the Cymbalta for 1 week and then discontinued it altogether. The pacing isn’t as bad as the first time. If I wasn’t on Lyrica 150 mg twice a day and pain meds, then I might be pacing a lot like in the beginning. I do already take Clonazepam.5 mg but increased it to 2 mg to help with the inner restlessness. It is very depressing that’s for sure. Exercise helps a great deal. Can I ask how long you been suffering from Akathisia?
B6 for the win
Imagine wearing sweats. Long sleeves and cloth gloves. Now imagine being on your hands and elbows and knees on a sheet of slippery cardboard. Now someone is tilting the floor and you're trying not to slide off. That's it..!
Calling akathesia restlessness is like calling torture tickling.
I can't live anymore!! I don't get any help!!!
Try propranolol! It has helped me! Stay alive stay strong we can make it my friend ❤️
@@Sainthood.wav1 In what ways has propranolol helped your akathisia?
More drugs are NOT the answer for akathisia - explaining the terrible risks that can come with medication to the patient, and really explaining by perhaps showing just how bad they can be would prevent anyone getting it in the first place.
I have suffered with akathisia for over 3 years due to coming off pregabalin too fast (but still slower than my Doctors recommended) and if someone had told me about these risks I would never have taken it.
That is the answer - and making pharma companies actually responsible for their actions.
Did you have preganlin for pain
@@tomsale5142 yes but it made it worse over time.
@@Tech-xm8vg yes it does.how are you now where is your pain
@@tomsale5142 I have a cannabis prescription so my neuropathic pain is a lot, lot better thanks for asking. In fact, my worst issues are the ones caused by the pregabalin and if I had never taken it I would be fine.
@@Tech-xm8vg what were your symptoms originally it's terrible I no what they do in big pharma do you have hypomobility
Has anyone here had relief using propranolol
Robin Williams.
Docs still.get kickbacks.
Why do they say a "side effect", im SIX years off all meds and was on LOW dose ...lets use the word
neuro toxcity ...
Thank you for this, I have a friend suffering after long term use of Valium. She is chronic and has suffered for almost three years now with no relief and has progressed. She is losing hope, no doctors to help. She is suffering So bad she is unable to watch this video or even speak at this point. I will pass on the information and pray this brings some light and freedom from this condition. I fear for her at this point.
The scumbag in this video should be brought before a legal court of law and tried for willful criminal negligence and iatrogenic injury for even posting this disingenuous video… and the punishment for a guilty finding should be public summary execution. If permitted by the courts I would be happy to oblige and carry out the sentence .
Can you connect me with her I have the same condition
In an episode I take some of a muscle relaxer I have leftover n it helps shorten the duration. Idk if anyone's looked into this , prayers for your friend
@@Fireball1974 hi Rafi how are you doing? Any progress?
It was the worst experience of my life.
Akathesia from being ct off klonipin. Six years of torment!
Dont allow a Doctor to.put upu on several.anti depressents at once. These Doctors are claiming that their Patients are alot sicker than they really are.
Benzodiazapines can help, but going off them too fast can actually cause it. That's how Jordan Peterson got it, from what I understand.
I Bet this is what happened to Robin Williams!!
Completely Harmful Rubbish
AKATHISIA is Torture
Less information with vedio
It's a side effect of ignorance
AMERICA IS ONE COUNTRY.
NOT THE WORLD. FDA IS AMERICAN.
This is almost complete false and misleading misinformation and the poster should be tried for criminal iatrogenic negligence if not out and out crimes against humanity if he ever has had a role in anyones death as a result of this chemically induced torture and/or this disingenuous video.
Omg i completely agree with you! He actually is spreading bad info for other docs to torture their patients
Oh, yeah; how do u "treat" psych med-induced akathisia? W/more meds that compound akathisia. It defeats the purpose. After being on 30+ different psych meds (starting w/Ritalin @ age 4 in 1971) ovr a 40+ yr period b4 becoming psych med-free on 1/1/2017, I know that the cumulative negative side effects from psych meds caused my akathisia. There4, any med intended 2 treat akathisia will compound it. Sorry; I disagree that akathisia is not permanent (especially when it's a part of Tardive Dyskinesia).
For some it is permament, you are right. The medical field are dismissing this as short-term. Some people commit suicide because of this, and that is not a real cure.
@@debbiemortinson U betcha. That's EXACTLY the point that I'm conveying here (especially RE: suicidal ideations). Mental health personnel r so naive & ignorant RE: the negative side effects of psych meds. Then again;;"Big Pharma" is just as culpable bc they r the entity that holds all of the info RE: how psych meds work (including their negative side effects). In other words (& sorry if it sounds contradictory); it's NOT always the mental health professionals fault RE: withholding info on the negative side effects;;a.k.a.: informed consent). When they (mental health personnel) do have such info available, most r less than 4thcoming in providing such info as a means 2 have u on psych meds & there4, only the "benefits" will b touted.
Chemical terror