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Sep 12, 2015, 01:40 PM
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Hi Everybody,
I suffer from Bipolar illness and currently taking a massive dose of both Anti-depressants and anti-psychotic drugs. However I notice my legs get extremely restless and I suddenly tense up and jerk, and it's painful. Anyone had this? And what medication did you have that helped? |
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Sep 12, 2015, 02:53 PM
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It is called restless leg syndrome and it can also occur in the arms (where I have it). The only relief I have found is from Ativan but their are many other options.
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Sep 12, 2015, 11:06 PM
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I totally had that, it was the worst. On risperdal I couldn't stay still. Once I went to just depakote my legs would tense up and twitch CONSTANTLY. It drove me up the wall.
I wound up switching to lamictal because I heard good things. I no longer have the leg issues at all except for the occasional twitch. |
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Sep 13, 2015, 03:46 AM
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Talk to your doc. When I was on Abilify (devils drug in my opinion) I was on the lowest dose of Requip. It helped completely. I didn't experience any side effects which was nice.
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Sep 13, 2015, 06:48 AM
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Yeah akathesia can be terrible. I had it with geodon but used a small dose of cogentin to combat it. The cogentin worked really well to keep it at bay.
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