Posted by ShellyM on December 3, 2005, at 19:06:15
In reply to Re: On Prozac after a long time off ADsakathisia, posted by med_empowered on December 3, 2005, at 18:53:02
Hi there,
I've had panic attacks for as long as I can remember and for almost as long as I can remember I took Xanax and Klonopin to relieve the symptoms. Unfortunately, extreme anxiety, extreme person, extreme measures...developed an extreme addiction. I've been off the benzos for 3 months now and my doctor tells me there is an AD out there that can get my anxiety under control. Being of the "quick fix", I want to be fixed now nature, wading through these side effects and wait 'n see for 6 weeks period is hell!
I'm hoping Cymbalta works.
Shelly
> hey shelley..i dont mean to pry, but why cant you take benzos? could you maybe give them a try if you changed docs?
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> Anyway, akathisia is a sense of "inner-restlessness". Its most common with antipsychotics, but also happens with antidepressants. Sometimes--but not always--there's fidgeting, pacing, that sort of thing associated with the restlessness. It tends to increase violence and suicidality.
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> Similar to, but different from, akathisia is start-up anxiety or drug-induced anxiety, which is pretty common with antidepressants. This might go away. It might not. If your problem is anxiety to begin with,you might want to consider a swtich. Adding BuSpar **migh** help, since it will antagonize some serotonin receptors and kill off some SSRI/SNRI side effects.
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> Good luck!
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