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Posted by Mistermindmasta on February 15, 2005, at 22:52:34
Read this article and see if it sounds like the kid who took the Zoloft had Akasthisia and maybe that contributed towards his "skin on fire" feeling.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/15/zoloft.trial/index.html
It's a shame that the makers of SSRIs don't take more time to warn people that the restlessness caused by certain drugs can be one of the worst feelings ever. It's not enough to cause someone to want to kill someone, but its FAR more horrible than any of the drug companies would like to believe.
Posted by MoparFan91 on February 15, 2005, at 22:54:50
In reply to Example of drug induced akasthisia?, posted by Mistermindmasta on February 15, 2005, at 22:52:34
I had this same experience on Abilify, and I was at a pretty low dose of 5-10 mg a day.
> Read this article and see if it sounds like the kid who took the Zoloft had Akasthisia and maybe that contributed towards his "skin on fire" feeling.
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> http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/15/zoloft.trial/index.html
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> It's a shame that the makers of SSRIs don't take more time to warn people that the restlessness caused by certain drugs can be one of the worst feelings ever. It's not enough to cause someone to want to kill someone, but its FAR more horrible than any of the drug companies would like to believe.
Posted by yxibow on February 18, 2005, at 3:05:31
In reply to Example of drug induced akasthisia?, posted by Mistermindmasta on February 15, 2005, at 22:52:34
> Read this article and see if it sounds like the kid who took the Zoloft had Akasthisia and maybe that contributed towards his "skin on fire" feeling.
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> http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/15/zoloft.trial/index.html
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> It's a shame that the makers of SSRIs don't take more time to warn people that the restlessness caused by certain drugs can be one of the worst feelings ever. It's not enough to cause someone to want to kill someone, but its FAR more horrible than any of the drug companies would like to believe.It's most definately not a cause for murder. It could be akathisia; could be some manic state... I've seen young people started on Prozac who started in such a state until their body adjusted to the medicine. But Zoloft does affect dopamine more than the other SSRIs and extremely rarely can cause TD so it sounds more like akathisia. From what I understand SSRI akathisia is a slightly different experience than AP induced.
Definately not a scientific description of akathisia though... "compulsive restlessness"... akathisia comes from a chemical process within that is not in one's control. (I know this quite well from experience -- Compazine is something that should be given only under the most severe circumstances, but I digress.)
But this is for a general audience so nobody would understand the word akathisia unless it was explained that it is a dopamine (and other processes)-mediated movement disorder.
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