Posted by ed_uk2010 on December 2, 2013, at 12:09:23
In reply to Re: how did I induce akathisia? » ed_uk2010, posted by g_g_g_unit on December 1, 2013, at 16:12:58
Hello,
I've never heard of rebound akathisia on stopping antihistamines. If you use it for a few weeks, you may notice some vivid dreams on stopping, and possibly some nausea (the 'anticholinergic rebound'). I think this is normally easy to overcome by gradual dose reductions. I suggest limiting treatment to a couple of weeks, by which time you'll hopefully feel better anyway.
The only people who seem to have major problems with diphenhydramine/doxylamine are those who:
a) Take more than the recommended dose because they think it will make it work better, and end up feeling very peculiar.
b) Deliberately take small overdoses to cause an anticholinergic hallucinogenic type effect, using including considerable confusion.
c) Just take it for weeks on end, after which point it's about as much use as a sleep aid as peppermint tea. Probably less. Oh, and then have vivid dreams on withdrawal, encouraging it to be pointlessly restarted.
d) Take it and then go for a drive on the motorway or something. Enough said. It's hardly a concentration booster.
Good luck!
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