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Originally Posted by zinco14532323
I had akathisia due to Halidol. I had it for months as they wouldn't take me off the halidol or switch and I didn't know enough at the time. They gave me Cogentin (a benzo) but it would have taken 10 times the dose they let me take to actually help it. I must have walked a thousand miles in 12 months. It was horrible. I didn't know SSRI's could cause it though only AAP's and AP's.
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I hadn't known, either, that SSRI's could cause that awful feeling...yeah, could be akathesia, although the descriptions of akathesia I've read discuss physical symptoms and don't seem to include the terrible emotional feelings of agitation/anxiety.
Anyway, apparently AD's and probably a lot of other meds can cause the awful thing.