Posted by yxibow on February 9, 2007, at 3:28:41
In reply to Re: Diff between anxiety, akathesia, dysphoric mania?, posted by munificentexegete on February 8, 2007, at 21:34:08
> if the source of the anxiety is the AD then it is drug induced anxiety or akathisia in a mild form.
I'm just curious as a nonconfrontational question, have you experienced akathisia? I mean ****-kicking, I don't care if there is a wall in front of me because I'm going to break it down and run because I've been given Compazine or some other lovely phenothiazine?
Sure, it could be mild akathisia, but it really sounds more like anxiety or some form of dysphoria as was also suggested. There is a vast difference, even mild, between anxiety and akathisia.
One is a biochemical / genetic disorder or one induced by medication, perhaps (or even caffeine), the other is a movement disorder that is definately induced by medication.It is dopaminergically based and not mostly GABA or 5HT regulated like other classic anxiety disorders.
-- Jay
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