Posted by judy1 on April 24, 2003, at 22:36:33
In reply to Mirapex--RLS vs. Akathisia? (help!), posted by MB on April 23, 2003, at 23:52:02
I've certainly developed akathisia form a/p's-especially risperdal, and my pdoc says he has had numerous patients develop it from SSRI's- he mentioned paxil and prozac in particular. Your description is pretty classic for akathisia, it is incredibly uncomfortable- I remember pacing all night in a psych ward after 4mg of risperdal, occasionally stopping and doing sit-ups, anything to burn energy. At it's worse it can make a person feel suicidal just to stop the symptoms (been there). I guess I put it in my list of unacceptable side-effects, meaning I won't take a specific drug that causes those symptoms, and have gone to other drugs in the same class that didn't cause it (like seroquel). It really is your decision whether to continue the offending med (and it's easy to figure that out by tapering off and seeing if your symptoms stop)- benefits outweighing any side-effect- it's just that particular one is pretty bad. take care, judy
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