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Posted by airam on January 15, 2006, at 14:50:54
anyone have any positive results with akathisia eventually subsiding while on abilify...? how long? what did you do for relief in the meantime.
thank you.
Posted by River1924 on January 16, 2006, at 2:30:15
In reply to abilify and akathisia, posted by airam on January 15, 2006, at 14:50:54
Posted by yxibow on January 16, 2006, at 12:19:55
In reply to abilify and akathisia, posted by airam on January 15, 2006, at 14:50:54
> anyone have any positive results with akathisia eventually subsiding while on abilify...? how long? what did you do for relief in the meantime.
>
> thank you.I never took it long enough to get past the akathisia. However some say that this forms early and disappears later. This will, of course, vary.
Meanwhile, like all antipsychotics, if you wish to stay on Abilify, there are a handful of things you can try to mask the akathisia.
* beta blockers, especially propranolol, but any non cardioselective one (there are about 4-5 of them)
* benzodiazepines, there are at least a half dozen of them to try, including Klonopin
* anticholinergics, at least 3-4 well known ones, from less lethargic to more lethargic, including Akineton (biperiden), Cogentin (benztropine) -- more cognitively impaired, Artane (trihexyphenidyl), and in an emergency OTC standby, Benadryl (diphenhydramine)
Posted by ed_uk on January 16, 2006, at 14:00:51
In reply to Re: abilify and akathisia » airam, posted by yxibow on January 16, 2006, at 12:19:55
How do you like Artane Yxi?
Eddy
Posted by yxibow on January 16, 2006, at 17:29:40
In reply to Re: abilify and akathisia » yxibow, posted by ed_uk on January 16, 2006, at 14:00:51
> How do you like Artane Yxi?
>
> EddyArtane was about on par with Akineton... I don't exactly remember, I think I prefer the latter, because it also helps with tremor better (somewhere on the net I saw a 1970s poster for Akineton and a glass being shaken -- it was one of the early anti-Parkinson drugs). In either case, I had to watch the number of pills or half pills per day or else I would achieve atropine toxicity, which all anticholinergics can do.
- J
Posted by airam on January 16, 2006, at 21:58:36
In reply to Re: abilify and akathisia » yxibow, posted by ed_uk on January 16, 2006, at 14:00:51
my experience seems to be that the grape seed extract was contraindicated for me with abilify, causing akathisia...! within half a day after i stopped the grape seed, the akathisia subsided...
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