Akathisia is the most inhuman horrific injury there is on the planet I've been dealing with it for 7 years now it's so much worse than words can describe

@grey_melancholy

4 ай бұрын

Propranolol helps.

@brentdean2616

18 күн бұрын

Have you tried pumpkin and sunflowers seeds?

Inner discomfort? I described it as pure hell

What about the number of suicides caused by this side effect? Nobody talks about it.

@ChrisBerlingieri

6 ай бұрын

The major problem is that ZERO medical idiots have ever heard the word and would have no clue of what to do if a person has these symptoms. I bet there is no one in medicine watching this video! If you are, please make yourself known…

@Jeremy-wy2qc

6 ай бұрын

Good question!!!

@ryansteve2893

6 ай бұрын

I took Latuda. I got akathisia. I wouldn’t wish it upon my worst enemy. You feel like you have an exoskeleton trying to jump out of your skin, at the same time bugs crawling out of your skin like the movie the mummy, then add in the worst anxiety you could imagine, plus you can tell your body is so tired but your so jittery you can’t sit still, your mind feels like mind is going crazy, and it’s so bad I could see anyone wanting to jump off a building for it to stop. I went to the hospital they gave me both properal and 4mg of Ativan (what the doc in this video mention) for me it barley made a difference. 4mg of Ativan normally knock me out for 2 days. My symptoms lasted 48 hours. Maybe this example will help put it in perspective. I was an opioid addict, I went to rehab, and experienced the terrible withdraws. I would rather go through opioid withdraw for months over 1 day of akathisia. If I had to experience that again for 10 days, I wouldn’t have been surprised if I had killed myself.

@Travluminatii

6 ай бұрын

The system is distorted

@LuvvvSucks

5 ай бұрын

They talk about it. It's written on the box. All you need is a microscope!

The psychiatrist said none of this to me!

@JanCarol11

3 ай бұрын

Welcome to the real world, where none of their drugs cause any problems, ever.

Akathisia is the absolute worst I’ve ever felt in my life. I experienced it from an anti nausea medication called Metoclopramide (Reglan). I only experienced it a couple times and that was more than enough so my heart truly does go out to people that deal with it long term, it’s truly living in a hell like state. Great and informative video!

@JZGreengo

Жыл бұрын

Reglan bud it did it to me after I recovered from risperidone induced akathisia, it took many months but I had occipital neuralgia and wanted to puke so I went to the ER at UoM and they gave me in IV of Reglan to treat the nausea and I ended up experiencing akathisia very severely in the ICU and because of that, I accidentally said I wanted to die because of how bad I felt I was thrown into the psych unit at the University of Michigan and they put me on the ground in the waiting room because there wasn’t any more seats with a blanket and made me wait there overnight with akathisia, they give me benzo they give me like Ativan or something and even after I waited all night to a see a doctor to see what was wrong with me. they then transported me like like an hour and a half or two hours away from the hospital after waiting an entire night in psych waiting room because there was no more beds. It was very terrifying to experience akathisia from Reglan after what I went through with risperidone, I was 20 years old and in pain, I could’ve died If mental health matters, this is a huge red flag, for a health care industry ti not provide proper and safe etiquette health to everyone should have heads turning, people have lost their lives to akathisia

@darkprinceofdorne

Жыл бұрын

@@JZGreengo I'm so sorry it happened to you, reading your story brought me to tears

@Vereid

Жыл бұрын

@@JZGreengo That’s absolutely horrible. I hope you’re recovering now. Some medical professionals really need to be educated on how debilitating Akathisia truly can be.

@ryansteve2893

6 ай бұрын

I took Latuda. I got akathisia. I wouldn’t wish it upon my worst enemy. You feel like you have an exoskeleton trying to jump out of your skin, at the same time bugs crawling out of your skin like the movie the mummy, then add in the worst anxiety you could imagine, plus you can tell your body is so tired but your so jittery you can’t sit still, your mind feels like mind is going crazy, and it’s so bad I could see anyone wanting to jump off a building for it to stop. I went to the hospital they gave me both properal and 4mg of Ativan (what the doc in this video mention) for me it barley made a difference. 4mg of Ativan normally knock me out for 2 days. My symptoms lasted 48 hours. Maybe this example will help put it in perspective. I was an opioid addict, I went to rehab, and experienced the terrible withdraws. I would rather go through opioid withdraw for months over 1 day of akathisia. If I had to experience that again for 10 days, I wouldn’t be surprised if had killed myself.

@DrewOsmium

4 ай бұрын

I experience it from my medication for my schizoaffective disorder

I have Akathisia and have had it since July 2019 due to pregabalin. It is horrific and I didn’t know something this awful existed.

@nicholasr39

5 ай бұрын

I had restless legs syndrome and akathisia from Quetiapine (seroquel) and when I was given Pregabalin it stopped. I went off Pregabalin for about a week and I thought it would come back but it didn't. I think high doses of Pregabalin do more harm than good so I've kept it at 75mg twice a day, when the Fibromyalgia is really bad I take an additional 25mg in the evening but go back to the normal dosage when it eases off. My doctor said it may get worse as I get older and wants to keep me on a lower dose for as long as possible so that I don't run out of options and also to prevent the bad side effects from pregabalin which gets worse with higher doses like anything higher than 150mg twice a day. I know someone on 300mg twice a day and think it's too high, if they forget a dose or run out they will have really bad withdrawal symptoms.

Dear God Please cure my akathisia, i don't want my parents to be sad. Thank you. Amen.

@marcellomancini6646

4 ай бұрын

if you get that side effect you should absolutely ask for a lower dosage, doctors just want to keep you safe but make it worse, your life is more important than being stable

@LuvvvSucks

4 ай бұрын

Get off your meds, it’s the only way

@lisaodendaal629

3 ай бұрын

Lute25 Are you feeling better yet? I also had akathisia three months ago. I prayed for all who go through it. I hope you are better!

@lisaodendaal629

3 ай бұрын

Mine was because I came off an anti depressant

@Lute25

3 ай бұрын

@@lisaodendaal629 Thank you, I'm feeling better, hope you are good too.

My son is having it. They dropped him with all kinds of antipsychotics in prison and now he is like a fox, non stopping walking in the house for almost 24 hours

@ste3015

2 ай бұрын

How us him?

@waynegrow

2 ай бұрын

Yes they give out quitiapine in prisons like candy. Just for a quiet life for the screws. They have no idea the ramifications this filthy poison causes. Worst than heroin apparently worst than benzos which in my experience are the devil. He'll on earth. It's a disgrace.

@pascalhersperger2799

Ай бұрын

I m so sorry for your son, I also went through akathisia so I can only imagine what he’s feeling like. Why they give so many people Antypsychotics in prison? To me it sounds like some kind of psychological torture…

@bradm9339

11 күн бұрын

His mental state, memory and ability to focus are all going downhill as well; you may want to try to mitigate how many or else his mind goes to waste. This hit my mind so hard if he is not schizophrenic or the diagnosis's you might want them all double checked and make your own judgements.

Thank you Dr. Joseph for this presentation. . Akathisia is an iatrogenic injury, and I experience it as an inability to be at peace. . Do your own research! Millions of individuals, families, and communities have been harmed and devastated by following the advice of psychiatrists. . God bless anyone who has been inaccurately diagnosed and injured by a psychiatrist. I pray for PEACE for anyone experiencing AKATHISIA, and offer my FORGIVENESS to anyone who knowingly or unknowingly prescribes toxins as medicine. Art

I was diagnosed with tardive dyskinesia after starting Latuda. With the odd facial movements, it made sense. But the intensity of the need to move, made it feel like my body was hijacked- like my muscles had a mind of their own. It was unbearable. I would spend most of the day bouncing on a yoga ball, or constantly shaking my leg so aggressively, despite my muscles feeling like they were on fire. I barely made it through a month- so my heart goes out to everyone suffering that kind of hell. Especially those who have yet to figure out why. I went years before finding out about akathisia- when the same dr warned me of the side effect when she prescribed a new medicine. Hopefully drs continue educating themselves on these silently dangerous side effects. Prayers to those still trying to find the other side of the struggle

@aft3342

11 ай бұрын

same never again

@kankurozabuza4570

7 ай бұрын

Latuda! That's the name of the medicine I was taking when I had Akathisia. Truly a horrible medicine.

@michaellubeck8464

5 ай бұрын

​@@kankurozabuza4570how long did it take to resolve your akasthisia? Did you stop taking latuda cold turkey or did you taper? I stopped latuda cold turkey a week ago after developing symptoms of tardive dyskinesia. Now I'm all freaked out I might develop akasthia by stopping cold turkey.

@mckenzie3473

4 ай бұрын

My husband and I both experienced akathisia with latuda, like 40mg. It resolved within 24-48 hours of stopping meds. Just sucked because latuda seemed to really improve our moods and sleep.

@ejb3746

4 ай бұрын

@mckenzie3473 Same- I've never had a medicine work so well, my mood was the best it had been in a long time. Despite trying my best, cuz I really wanted it to work itself out- I just couldn't handle the side effects.

Problem is that bezos also cause akathesia

@gnarls-OSRS

3 ай бұрын

It’s not nearly as common as an antipsychotic or D2 antagonist side effect. Far more common in children and elderly patients.

@ralsharp6013

28 күн бұрын

​@gnarls-OSRS the antinausea meds reglan ( metoclopramide) is the D2 antagonist that gave me symptoms of dystonia, tardive dyskinesia & symptoms of the above😢

@katsm-wo9704

28 күн бұрын

I had this for about 6 months prior to entering an integrated mood and anxiety disorder program for 12 weeks at homewood health centre in Guelph Ontario Canada. I am still on medication including benzodiazepine. It was so extremely difficult and no sleep or a sort of half awake sensation about two hours nightly was all sleep I could get. It cost 24000 for the program. No mental health inpatient services are available in Canada covered by universal health care

Akathisia felt terrifying and I wanted to bang my head against the wall. It led me to go to the ER because it was during the weekend and I felt like no one could help me. Benadryl helped me but I remember rocking back and forth crying non stop for 6 hours. I don't know if I made the right choice but I felt like this was a true emergency. After being in the ER I decided fuck it, I am getting myself off this shit before I hurt myself and I never looked back.

@cheryllryan8440

4 ай бұрын

Thank you

I've experienced it many years ago after being given a very old (not used anymore?) antipsychotic drug Mellaril (thioridazine HCl). I was given an anti Parkinsons medication? Cogentin to try and help/reverse it. I have also experienced it with the anti-nausea drugs included in some general anesthetics. Luckily in all experiences it has gone away after a number of hours. I would not wish it on my worst enemy....it truly is torture.

So upsetting to see so many people in the comments have this. Jesus, why isn’t anyone doing anything about this? You caused the harm with these meds, you can surely find a cure. Hospitals are the worst place for people with Akathisia. Benzos caused this and the Akathisia will come back when you taper most likely. I’m sorry did he say it would resolve in how long???

@rochellefreed853

3 ай бұрын

Yes ur right 100 percent I'm going thru this now from prescribed benzo withdrawal even with a taper it's absolutely HELL

@juliemauger6183

2 ай бұрын

He said about 10 days, but for some it takes years

@sarahpearsall2248

7 күн бұрын

Can we heal from aka if it’s not caused from taking a benzo ?

I've had Akathisia for 5 years now with no end in sight.

@sarahpearsall2248

7 күн бұрын

What caused yours?

I have a non-epileptic seizure disorder & every SSRI I tried put me rght into the aura that precedes a seizure. After using Vit.D3 faithfully, depression is gone. We need to realize that everything needed to take care of our bodies & our minds was already HERE. The Lord has provided for us !

You are kidding, right? I had akathisia for almost four years because of a benzodiazepine. No other drug or psych med. Just a few months on a benzo for a nonmental health issue and I got walloped by akathisia. Constant rumination of ending my life. Walking for hours each day. Constant movement. I know you are an ally of this community but you are sadly misguided in your understanding of akathisia.

@kiwitraveller6451

Жыл бұрын

It is brutal and doing harm to people all around the world...

@robertsiatwambo

Жыл бұрын

Akathisia is a hell experience. I have had it for two years from a drug fluphenazine. I am hopping it completely goes away in about a month. It's been a very very slow healing. What has been helping me endure it is artane. Propranolol did nothing. I don't really know if it will completely go away, im just praying so.

@allencollins6031

Жыл бұрын

It's the worst.

@alonglostmemory1908

Жыл бұрын

​@@robertsiatwambo Can I help you? Can I do a suggestion? I developed akathisia from risperidone. And healed myself with Bromantane. I feel calm inside myself. Look idk if it will work for you! But maybe you want too give it a try.

@L-xj2xs

Жыл бұрын

I'm also shocked. There's no mention of the Horrible Terrors and Anxiety, worse than any nightmare imaginable. Nightmares come to an end but this doesn't. Twelve months of pacing 18 hours a day. Finally so exhausted and have to lie down, then unable to sleep because of the nonstop movements of legs and feet and especially the grinding of my hips. It's not getting any better! Nonstop suicidal thoughts. Why aren't the sadistic doctors that did this, not doing anything about it. Never Will Trust A Doctor Again!!! 😡

Omg he is talking about Benzos resolving akathasia but he didn't mention how benzo withdrawal gives you akathasia and how if you take Benzos to stop it out are kindling. Also, he does not mention that you can live months with it.

@L-xj2xs

11 ай бұрын

Most doctors are so ignorant to all of this. The doctor that prescribed me klonopin and prozac doesn't even know what kindling is. He doesn't know anything about protracted withdrawals or tolerance and inner-dose withdrawals. The only thing he knew about Akathesia was the movement part of it. He didn't know anything about the horrible mental terrors and torture. He thought if he slowly tapered me off of the prozac I'd be better, but now 16 months later nothing's better, it's worse. Sleeping a half hour a day and pacing for another eighteen hours isn't living, It's not even existing, It's like the living dead. Where are these idiot doctors getting their schooling, and what morons are giving them licenses to practice medicine?

@kazman_6899

7 ай бұрын

He's covered this many, many times in his discussions

@manikmultimedia

5 ай бұрын

I’ve been living with it for years from Benzo withdrawal

@fotenymaratheftis3456

4 ай бұрын

You are absolutely right, benzos can cause akathisia & this can last weeks, months & sometimes years! It can cause suicidal thoughts & many other symptoms. I'm shocked to hear Dr Josef recommend Benzos for akathisia! 😮😮😮😮

@sk8n854

3 ай бұрын

Yep. Benzo withdrawal definitely can cause it. They can cause very bad cases of akathisia. Especially long-term use and rapid tapers and cold turkeys. But I'm telling you first hand that I've had akathisia 3 times in the last 20 years. The first time for an entire year. And without benzos to treat it, I'd be dead for sure. I was on a long list of meds that I've gotten off of, and benzos were the only thing that would calm the akathisia down at its very worst. But it's important to know the risk related with the benzos as well. As soon as I'd notice the akathisia starting to dissapate(I could still feel it underneath the benzo and I could tell when it had started to go away). I'd immediately start doing a slow taper off the benzo. And this worked for me, and like I said, saved my life each time because it was so bad I couldn't stand another second of it. In fact, the first time, I was locked up for 9 months because of multiple suicide attempts.

Two years i have suffered with akathisia, from a drug fluphenazine. Its been healing but at a very slow pace. I don't know however if it will completely go away. I pray so

@david97GP

5 ай бұрын

Yes it can, are you free from akathisia now? I'm worried.

@robertsiatwambo

5 ай бұрын

Been 3 years, i can say 95% healed. I struggle most when i sleep at night. Tuning back and forth till morning, i hate it. I thank God however that its so much better coz it was deadly in its early stages.

@david97GP

5 ай бұрын

have you tied CDB its plant based, heals the axiety. accesible, no drug, no dangerous chemicals, the industry does not want people to know but cannabis can help a lot with anxiety and children with epilepsy, among cancer too, natural alternitive medicines found in macrobiotic stores are amazing, no side effectes and they crush anxiety fast!@@robertsiatwambo

@kanishgiri6746

4 ай бұрын

​@@robertsiatwambodid ur akasthisia improved during taper or improved after cold turkey

@robertsiatwambo

4 ай бұрын

@kanishgiri6746 it has taken 3 years for it to improve after quitting fluphenazine. It was worse in the first year but its getting better.

Thanks Dr Josef. I'm 15 weeks off benzo's now. I have the deep strange chemical feeling that feels like it's in my solar plexus and internal vibrations in my belly and legs. When I feel it coming on, I completely rest and it usually resolves. I don't get panic with it but it would grow into panic if I didn't remove myself from all stimulus. Jeeez so many symptoms in this whole process !!

@lisasmith814

4 ай бұрын

@@tommymeissner5978 thankyou !! I'm now 5 months off and slowly re entering life again but as a different person, a much calmer person, I no longer stress about stupid things ♥️

Sadly, this is what most psychiatrist will tell you about akathisa! Jordan Peterson, well known Canadian psychiatrist experienced severe akathisa from taking small dosage of benzodiazopine. It took over 2 years to recover! This is malpractice how this person explained this condition!

@madelynhernandez7453

Жыл бұрын

I really like Doctor Witdoerring but his explanation is a diservice to the community of sufferers. It is horrific, it should not be treated with more Benzos as that is what causes it in the first place and most cases. Omg we truly have no hope. We are on our own. Doctors refuse to listen to us.

@dianemorrell9638

11 ай бұрын

JP is only a psychologist but was on it for many years while drinking booze. That wouldnt be good for Akithesia

@octopus4925

10 ай бұрын

​@@dianemorrell9638no he wasn't what are you talking about

@dianemorrell9638

10 ай бұрын

He spoke about not knowing the danger but enjoyed single malt whiskey with the evening benzos.

@dianemorrell9638

10 ай бұрын

2 mg. Klonapin It wasn't a small dose

What do you suggest to help anyone that has had this continue for more than 12 months? Appears to be no solution and Drs. don't understand it.

@shapeshift13

Жыл бұрын

stay off all psych meds and eat healthy. took me over 2 years to start to feel normal

Dont fix problems with more drugs. Especially Benzo's. The drugs are the problem!

Now what about benzodiazepines causing Akathisia?

@allencollins6031

Жыл бұрын

Hell on earth.

@alonglostmemory1908

Жыл бұрын

I remember having a broken leg... and screamed in pain. Thought it was horrible. I had a baby boy and the child birth was extremely painful.. Akathisia is worse than both. It's extremely unbearable. I never knew something like that existed!

@L-xj2xs

Жыл бұрын

​@A long lost memory The physical non stop movement from Akathisia is total Hell, but the mental part - extreme anxiety, agitation, insomnia, terror and obsession with suicide and death is the worst thing I've ever gone through and it still going on after 11 months. I've been through a lot that I thought nothing could be more horrible than, including cancer, surgeries and chemo but this is 1000 times worse!!!

@allencollins6031

Жыл бұрын

@@L-xj2xs Right you are BL. Keep pushing through. I bet the benzo hell kept you more bed ridden than the chemo. Just keep going. It breaks at some point. Hell on earth buddy...hell on earth.

@waynegrow

9 ай бұрын

Benzo withdrawal is hell on earth. Sheer hell. Having got kindled by general anesthetic for a septorhinoplasty then having to reinstate after 7 torturous months and slowly taper off diazepam was fk hell

I believe that I suffered from tardive akasthisia. Thank you for your true description

I’m so fucking happy I don’t have to deal with this anymore. I was put on heavy doses of antipsychotics because I went into deep psychosis after years of drug addiction. They only gave me five 1mg pills of Ativan because I was an addict and they never prescribed them again. I suffered for years with this. My dad thought it was me being high on meth when I couldn’t keep still and he would yell and scream at me to sit down and stop literally flailing my arms and legs around because it was making me further lose my mind. But it was the antipsychotics. I had been a high functioning addict for years before I inevitably went into psychosis. Meth never once did anything like that to me. It caused me so much more added stress having these symptoms on top of the psychosis and the on and off again withdrawal symptoms. Ive been clean for almost two years (will be 2 years on July 12). I’ve been off of my anti psychotics for a year and a half now. Still dealing with delusional thoughts/beliefs and hallucinations but I’ve learnt to coexist with it. Don’t do drugs, kids. Seriously.

Thank you for all you do Josef. I have Protracted Withdrawal and still get bouts of intense inner terror/ chemical terror with obsessive negative ruminating thoughts 5 years out. Are you saying Akathisia usually resolves in 2 to 10 days with medication treatment? It’s the long term symptoms that are killing people. I believe any of us who have suffered iatrogenic harm from psych drugs, if told 10 days, can last 10 days. I absolutely support all your work wholeheartedly, but I feel this video does not represent Akathisia well particularly, particularly the recovery timing.

I still have it almost 10 years after I stopped the Abilify. The, I was hospitalized. But I tend to get a lot of anxiety and a lot of the time it’s a similar feeling of doom as I used to get. It can either cause me to rock back and forth or pace the floor. In fact I was told not to visit my father in the morning due to my sister has meetings almost all day long. It’s a shame. Because, the anxiety can be all day long or just in the afternoons. I can’t help it and feel that maybe I am being a nuisance. The worst thing is that I get these attacks in the afternoon and they can be intense.

@Filthycoffin

11 ай бұрын

I feel your pain mine is everyday starting at 3 am-6pm unless I’m stressed 24/7. My family made me leave now I’m by myself

@cindyeisenberg8367

11 ай бұрын

@@Filthycoffin how horrible. This is when you need them the most. My family have trouble dealing with me as well.

What do you have against akathesia ? Like , me I take a very cold shower , it helps a little bit , I take vitamin B6 and magnesium . sea salt + water glass to drink ... I try anything possible even rife sound frequency

It's been four years and four different horrific adverse drug reactions (that resulted in akathisia), and only today did someone tell me the word "akathisia", so I've been googling it and youtubing it. It's indescribably horrible to be given a drug that instantly makes your brain turn on itself (I had to fight my own hands from trying to claw my eyes out, it was hell beyond words). But to make it worse, to not have terminology for it, and not have doctors take it seriously. :( The first time it happened was in 2019 when I was given Compazine. I was truly traumatized for about two days, BUT after two days I felt back to my normal. Several months later I was convinced to try Effexor, and had the same reaction. This time it took about a week of feeling traumatized before I felt back to normal. Third time was when I was convinced to try Prozac, same horrific reaction (this is like escaping a horror movie and thinking you're finally safe, but then finding yourself back in the horror movie). It took longer than a week to feel back to myself, but the scarier thing was that I began having short panic attacks that directly resembled the akathisia (which had never happened without the drug first being given), so it was terrifying that i could now experience the horror randomly. :*( But the worst part is, that after my fourth (and so far final) akathisia attack (to Reglan) in June 2020, I have never been the same since, and it's been three years. :*( Certain things trigger it. Like if I hear beeping, I start to feel terrified and freaked out, and if the beeping continues, I then feel the intense violent urge to claw my eyes out. It's left me with PTSD that I'm still trying to recover from, and having it been three years it's making me wonder if it will always be there. :*( And it's made a bad situation so much worse when all my doctors haven't taken this seriously at all. I am comforted though at least, that I've finally found the word for it about an hour ago, Akathisia. And this is the first video I've watched on it (I plan to watch many more). Thank you for sharing what you know of Akathasia, but just know as someone who's experienced it multiple times and has been left with PTSD from it, that you're describing it very mildly. It'd be like watching a video of what it's like to experience the electric chair, and someone calmly saying, "they experience some discomforting sensations". 😆😆😆 No but for real thank you for sharing your knowledge on this, this is something that needs to be more widely talked about, to both patients and people in the medical community. I've talked about my horrific experiences with two therapists, two psychiatrists, and two neurologists, and none of them understood what happened to me, nor mentioned the word akathisia. I've been going through this hell, and I've been going through it alone. Thankfully I've found the strength to find a way to persevere, but had all my medical professionals that I've desperately sought help from known what Akathisia was and how horrific it really is, perhaps I wouldn't have suffered nearly as much as I did.

@martinez4560

Жыл бұрын

🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️

@31stoffl

9 ай бұрын

All the best and stop taking Medication! Try Nature Medicine

@susanmorgan4151

2 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry. There are helpful KZread videos delving into akathesia. (Angie Peacock , Dr. Mark Horowitz) .❤

@stevie9y9y

2 ай бұрын

Same for me. Same experience. How are you now, it's been a while?

Why Ativan ? Why not Xanax or Rivotril?

So nobody mentioned no one told me when I start taking Saphris by the way, don’t drink on it well I pretty much quit drinking once I got on Safras but every once in a while I have three or four Mike’s harder lemonade from about 8 o’clock to 12 AM and then I took my Saphris to go to bed and the first time that happened where the akathisia hit I had no idea what was happening I’ve had it happen 17 times…. So basically what happens I will pace from about 12 AM to 5am. It’s the closest that you can get to what psychologically I would think that a person would feel and hell… it is an overwhelming loss of hope…. It’s as if you are actually projected into a abyss of just absolute doom. And I could see or somebody would freak out if that happened to him and they didn’t know what was happening and they commit suicide. I just learned that you just endure for five hours and it goes away that is if you’ve been drinking… off. You have to pace yourself silly till you pass out. I can’t explain it it’s just fucking hell.

A doctor gave me bromide today because I was sick and it made me feel like I had this energy in me that I couldn't contrate in anything and can't stop walking

Can it resolve after 10 years ? Drs put my non verbal autistic son on it years ago and more he moved the higher they upped the dose.

Mental torture. Inner restlessness. Restless leg syndrome. Its horrible. I had it when starting Prozac.

Is it possible to get akasthesia from venlafaxine? I developed these symptoms in 2015 after a psychiatrist kept upping my dose of Effexor despite it causing me to develop a movememt disorder as well as psychosis. Alhough I was never diagnosed, I was prescribed clonazepam by a neurologist which in my case was a life saving medication. I eventually lowered my dose to 0.5 mg and have been taking that for years. It's actually entirely possible that my akasthesia has resolved and I may not even need my clonazepam but the thought of quitting it 😢 I'm not an addict who misuses clonazepam but there is no doubt that I'm dependent on it and that I would have horrible withdrawals.

@31stoffl

9 ай бұрын

Slowly tapping...

@newkingdom6750

5 ай бұрын

MICRO taper off the benzo.. look up the Ashton Manual for how-to

@hannaheliza3954

5 ай бұрын

No, I am on Effexor and it never causes akathisia. It's usually caused by antipsychotics, not antidepressants.

@heatherhinson2723

5 ай бұрын

This is incorrect. One of the listed side effects of Effexor can be akathisia at higher doses, Lowering the dose usually resolves it in a day or two. @@hannaheliza3954

I’ve been through this horrible situation and I only got through it by going in patient. I had to.

I cant imagine the pain coming off any Benzodiazepine,i take Ativan 2MG X5

Reglan, Compazine and Inapsine do it to me. I have them on my allergy list now and I will never take them again. They were given to me during severe migraines in the ER.

@kristinsanders1866

19 күн бұрын

This comment. Same exact thing w me...all of it! I'm terrified of those drugs and they put it in my IV!

@aprilleerose

19 күн бұрын

@@kristinsanders1866 I’m so terrified of them and I ask over and over what they are giving me. I try everything in the world NOT to go to the hospital after that experience.

Does a family history of Parkinson’s make one more vulnerable to movement disorders with dopamine blocking medications

I got akathisia as a side effect of a cocktail of meds (which included fluoxetine and bupropion. Don't remember what else, maybe it was just the two, but it must have been something else too. I think aripiprazole. I had the impression that fluoxetine was doing it, but I could be wrong. I had been taking it with mirtazapine with no akathisia, but as soon as I stopped mirtazapine, fluoxetine was really wrong for me on its own (or after a certain period of time, which was 3 months maybe? Not sure.). I don't think it was bupropion or aripiprazole or even the whole combo, but don't remember very well anymore. I was also taking zolpidem at night which was my only relief all day and to which I was looking so much forward.). For me, akathisia was like my whole body was a bag full of squirming worms and also almost like involuntary movement or the need for it, at least to be expressed once in a while (Tourette's comes to mind). I ended up asking my mother to give me cleaning chores because I had to do something with myself. My doctor had said we would see if the combo worked after the 12th day. I lasted 11 days. Maybe I could have lasted 12, but it seemed very unlikely to me that that awful intense feeling would suddenly go away completely after the 12th day. Or that such a beginning would become beneficial once I passed the 12th day mark. It felt pointless and masochistic.

@steph7960

10 ай бұрын

I actually got terrible akathesia after stopping mirtrazapine. It was horrendous and I couldn't believe it was this drug causing it. I had come off of opiates before and this felt just as bad.

@ryansteve2893

6 ай бұрын

Bro. You’re description nailed it on the head. You’re million times stronger than me. My symptoms lasted only 48 hours. No doubt I would have jumped by day 5.

@anteg9084

6 ай бұрын

@@ryansteve2893 Yes, I can't imagine the torture for people going through this for longer, even months or years!! They are true warriors. May they be able to persevere until their akathisia eases out. 🙏🏻

@totoslifetotochicken3871

2 ай бұрын

On my second day I couldn't sit still without having a tick. My head felt pressure and I felt weird shocks in my head. I felt like a zombie and couldn't even remember what day it was. I felt like my head was in a bubble. Is this what an aura feels like? Third day now and I'm jumping ship❤

I had this i literally could not relax i would try to lay down to rest but had to get up and walk. My doctor prescribed me requip and now i dont have it anymore

@nasal9406

26 күн бұрын

The name of the medicine

Does propranolol help with inner akathisia

Yes. This. He nailed the description.

I had it from both reglan and trying to come off effexor twice it was so bad that I was only on 37.5mg effexor and my doctor swore cold turkey would be okay and it still caused it bad that after 2 weeks I had to go back on it!

@nativechique7589

Жыл бұрын

It took me 2 years to taper off of effexor. During my taper I was given latuda. Idk if aka started due to getting off effexor , I had been on it 17 years, or if it started cuz of the latuda Just been given propranolol after a couple years of this and I feel good this morning. So far so good. Praying

@juliannewman8720

11 ай бұрын

How you doing now?

You didn't mention extreme theror and fear.

What about chronic akathisia

No f antidepressants benzos are the worst offender by far it’s nasty in benzo withdrawal giving someone a benzo for akathisia is the WORST thing you can do

2 to 10 days???? Where that from

I had that crap for 6 months ...i dont trust drs anymore especially in America

What is the treatment

@Jakob-qk2qn

3 ай бұрын

Atomized iodine, niacine.... both help with the inner discomfort and loss of life...... faith in God helps also, abandoning a Godless life

They absolutely do

I got from Abilify I didn't have dysphoria though Just not being able to be still And feeling so restless literally After ending the medication it went away

@hannaheliza3954

5 ай бұрын

Same. I gave up the battle when I went to the ER for it while being on Cogentin for Akathisia.

@ste3015

3 ай бұрын

I have the same experience,is it true you could have setbackss of it from every med cause there is an injury?

Akathisia or kidney stones, I can't decide what's worse honestly

I FEEL LIKE IM IN PRISON BY MY OWN BODY!!!

@mattlewski4605

3 ай бұрын

Me too. I'm addicted of xanax, mu dr prescribe it to me 17 months ago, then gave me bromazepam, ativan and klonopin to cure my panic attack's. Never said that the benzodiazepins are the worest drugs than heroin! I cannot quit it😢. The withdrawal symptoms are terrifying. I must eat this sh...t, because I can't function daily without it. It's horrible. We all addicted must fight to quit benzos, BUT HOW ??? With hugs for everyone, who suffer of the benzos addiction.😢

The problem is that according to doctors akathisia is a side effect you can only have when you arre ON the drug... so stopping it makes sense... But most of "side effects" described in leadlets are instead toxic effects... and stopping the drug then won"t help or instead will make things worse... It's very confusing to the patients.... So side effects = toxic effect but not always... I got akathisia from STOPPING antidepressant, not from being put ON it....

From one hell to another, if you take benzos. I did cold turkey from 2 ssris. I did not take benzos, even it was hell! I did not want to have more problems!

Why use benzo? benzo can cause Akathisia i dont get it?

Except when caused by a benzo, then you are in for a trip to death’s door….

Ativan only slightly helps, benztropine completely cured my akathisia.

@impeachbiden5003

Ай бұрын

That's what they prescribed for me (Benztropine) and it worked

This video under plays it it also does not go into detail of the 508 different drugs that can cause it including antibiotics antivirals anti nausea antidepressant antipsychotics just about every kind of drug there is. You can give someone that’s gotten from benzos benzo if they have been abruptly stopped. Drugging makes it worse. It needs to be mentioned that doctors do not know the side effect and misdiagnosis Take place all the time.

@mitch5222

26 күн бұрын

You are right.

I tell you a doctor if you want to know what it feels like and I think you should the same way like every police officer knows what it’s like to get tased by getting tased themselves. I would suggest that you take 10 mg of Saphris or and then drink about till your alcohol blood level is about .10. Then you’ll receive the wonderful experience 5 to 6 hours. It’s always temporary if you mix alcohol with Saphris that’s the good news is good news is it goes away

Isn’t this vid past its shelf-life date? Oughta take it down. You’ve gotten hella lotta feedback from ppl suffering from akathisia from being prescribed…wait for it… benzodiazepines. Still recommend prescribing them for akathisia? So we can go from Dante’s 9th circle of hell to the 9th? No typo; can’t get any worse. Presently on long-term Xanax taper & not liking this dark, painful place.

Akathisia is like literally being in hell. Funny thing is, you would never know fr9m looking at someone that internally, they are living a nightmare. The last time I had it was after a 2nd surgery in 2 weeks to remove my thyroid. Here I am fresh out of surgery and I’m pacing the hallways all night long like a mad man. I could not sit still. I tried. I tried meditating. I tried Li’s to calming music . I was compelled to move. I’m sure the nurses thought I was nuts. They wanted to give me tramodol and some anti nausea medicine. I declined. Who knows what more medication would do. Luckily, the next morning it started lifting and in three days i was OK. My sympathies to anyone who has or is going through this.

I've had akathesia for 6 years now from them forcibly taking me off a high dose of clonazapam.

@grv91vr23

6 ай бұрын

How severe? Seems almost impossible to have it severe 6 years

@jasonsenator6144

4 ай бұрын

​@grv91vr23 it just doesn't go away... I had restless limb syndrome before benzos and other meds and now it's just worse. It's gotten better in the last 6 years but I still have it

I wonder if it’s super low serotonin.

@steph7960

10 ай бұрын

I think it's to do with your nerve endings? Your nerve endings are somewhat dulled down when on many of these toxins. When you withdraw the nerve endings fire back up again, but in overdrive...hence why it feels like an itchy bone sort of feeling or millions tiny electric shocks. It's only my opinion however...I could be wrong.

@user-mm6dn9mx4z

8 ай бұрын

Opposite

@paulrTX

6 ай бұрын

Super low dopamine, most likely, given that many of these drugs block the dopamine receptors in the brain. This is why many people report that having sex or masturbating gives them a temporary relief.

Just want out of their bodies. So sad😮 these drugs prescribed seem criminal😢

This why no one should take any benzos on a regular basis

It's all in there heads

had this once, it was horrible.

I am happy anyway. Because I had akatisia they found my autism. There came something good out of it.

@steph7960

10 ай бұрын

And let me guess?....more psychiatric drugs? Who d have known?🥴

@parrosenqvist6030

10 ай бұрын

@@steph7960 No more meds actually 🙂 Taking 25 mg zoloft now and the akathisia is gone at that dose.

@user-mm6dn9mx4z

8 ай бұрын

​@@steph7960I agree psychiatric meds are mostly poison but they can be a necessary evil sadly.

@steph7960

8 ай бұрын

@@user-mm6dn9mx4z I disagree. These drugs are not necessary. They are intentionally poisoning us and with holding any other alternative medicines and treatments that are no where near destructive. This field is more than aware of the misery and destruction, they are creating, so what do they do? Create more poisons to prescribe you for sidd effects of the poisons already damaging you. Necessary?....like a hole in the head.

Can akathisia show up on a CT scan?

@joey4074

9 ай бұрын

No they don’t even really know what causes it.

@mo87m

7 ай бұрын

@@joey4074 Do you have akathisia?

On my worst day of akathesia I walked over 20,000 steps inside my 1700sq ft house in one day.

@allencollins6031

4 ай бұрын

I believe it.

@susanmorgan4151

2 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry ❤

@BirdieHaze2207

7 күн бұрын

Same, 30,000 or more daily. 6 years now.

Wrong. This is not the worst side effect from meds.

I had this for about 2 weeks after starting risperadone. It was pure agony

Cogentin helped my akathesia after benzo withdrawal

I had this from a single dose of 5mg pill of Ativan (benzodiazepine). This was given to me before laser eye surgery to take the “edge” off. I had almost no anxiety going in and took it just to see what it did…what a mistake. I had no mental health issues before or since. I could feel it kick in like a wave washing over my body, it happened just as the surgery was starting and I thought let’s just get through this. This thing made me want to crawl out of my own skin, restless super uncomfortable, no matter what I did (sit/stand/lay down) nothing helped. The overwhelming feeling of agitation and restlessness was infuriating. I’ve never felt this way before or after…it’s truly a nightmare. What helped? My partner gave me a good dose of NyQuil to knock me out. I was fine a few hours later and no issues ever since. That was 1 pill!!!! I couldn’t imagine being on this and stopping, it’s a mental and physical horror. Stay the f away from these if possible. ❤ and hope to all afflicted.

@nasal9406

Ай бұрын

NyquilDoes it help?