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- noun medicine a sensation of
restlessness characterized by aninability to sit still or remain motionless, often as a side effect of psychiatric medications
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Examples
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According to Glenn, "She then started having strong suicidal ideations, along with severe agitation known as akathisia and hallucinations, and she was put in the adolescent ward of a mental hospital to balance her meds."
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He has testified previously about a specific side effect of SSRIs called akathisia, that he and many other experts say, can make some patients so agitated that they feel death would be a welcome relief.
SSRI Experts Head to Washington to Testify Before FDA Panel 2006
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They put me on a drug called ‘risperidone’ and so began a side-effect called 'akathisia'.
Catholicmomof10militant Catholic Mom of 10 2009
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He can rattle off a long list of antipsychotic medications he's been on over the years, plus the ones given to overcome the side effects-such as akathisia-of the antipsychotic drugs.
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Jack Henry Abbott wrote these words in prison, to describe a side effect of antipsychotic medication called "akathisia".
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Seven years before Dr Healy wrote this commentary, in a Prozac case for which he served as an expert witness, the plaintiff's legal team learned that Eli Lilly had withheld evidence in a jury trial when the May 7, 2007 Boston Globe reported that Lilly had agreed to pay $20 million for the rights to a patent on a new version of Prozac that would reduce "akathisia," the very side effect long believed to increase the risk of suicidal behavior, three months before the trial began.
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Several steps may reduce akathisia, which in addition to restlessness can include agitation, tension, and uncontrollable movements of the arms or legs.
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To ease symptoms, your doctor might change the drug or dose, or add another drug to help counteract akathisia, such as a beta-blocker or a benzodiazepine like clonazepam (Klonopin and generic). metoclopramideprochlorperazine
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I have akathisia (feelings of restlessness) from an antinausea drug.
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In two studies sponsored by the manufacturer, 25 percent of patients who added Abilify to their antidepressant drug experienced akathisia (inner restlessness and urge to move around), compared to 4 percent of patients taking an antidepressant plus a placebo.
whichbe commented on the word akathisia
An inability to sit down because of intense anxiety.
May 11, 2008
mollusque commented on the word akathisia
Karin sat on the lip of the purple hotel chair, her leg pumping. Postural hypotension and akathisia: two of olanzapine's side effects. Sympathetic suffering in advance.
--Richard Powers, 2007, The Echo Maker, p. 313
November 7, 2008