Posted by jerrypharmstudent on July 18, 2007, at 0:40:06
In reply to Sorry for confusion w above post, Dx of Akathesia, posted by stargazer2 on July 17, 2007, at 12:11:25
> Jerry, upon further review the symptoms you are experiencing sound more like akathesia, a restless feeling where you can't sit still. Also, a side effect of AP's like Abilify.
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> Followup with your pdoc to decide what to do, perhaps a lowering of your AP dose. What besides abilify are you on? Any second AP?
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> Stargazer2Yeah I thought about Akathasia. Problems is Klonopin doesn't seem to help nor does an antihistamine. Like I was saying in another post - it only seems to happen when I move my Abilify up from 2.5 - 5mg. Well - it gets much less tolerable I should say.
I'm not on any other AP - just Lexapro, Lunesta, Adderall, Hydrocodone and Klonopin. Weird thing is - is that if I take a little bit of Adderall in the middle of the night when my legs are really bad it seems to help clam them down which leads me to believe that dopamine is involved. Also, the Hydrocodone helps a bit too.
Stumped.....
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