jimnyc
03-02-2014, 10:36 AM
I have this, just didn't know the term until my doctor explained it to me yesterday. It's kind of like having RLS (restless leg syndrome). For example, the other night I took my medication at about 9pm or so. At about 9:40 I started to feel restless, and my body was rocking as if I just drank 30 red bulls. If I sat entirely still, I couldn't, the body started clenching up and wanted to move. If I got up and walked around, felt perfectly fine. Sit back down and it's living hell. It doesn't hurt, just sorta uncontrollable jerking and movements. Luckily for me, this doesn't happen often, and when it does, it lasts from 15-30 minutes max. Some people get this for months on end!!!
Akathisia, or acathisia (from Greek καθίζειν kathízein - "to sit", a- indicating negation or absence, lit. "inability to sit") is a syndrome characterized by unpleasant sensations of inner restlessness that manifests itself with an inability to sit still or remain motionless. The term was coined by the Czech neuropsychiatrist Ladislav Haskovec (1866–1944), who described the phenomenon in 1901.[1][2]
Antipsychotics (also known as neuroleptics) may cause akathisia. Other known causes include side effects of certain medications, and nearly any physically-addictive drug during drug withdrawal.[3] It is also associated with Parkinson's disease and related syndromes.[4]
Akathisia may range in intensity from a sense of disquiet or anxiety, to severe discomfort, particularly in the knees. Patients typically pace for hours because the pressure on the knees reduces the discomfort somewhat; once their knees and legs become fatigued and they are unable to continue pacing, they sit or lie down, although this does not relieve the akathisia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akathisia
Akathisia, or acathisia (from Greek καθίζειν kathízein - "to sit", a- indicating negation or absence, lit. "inability to sit") is a syndrome characterized by unpleasant sensations of inner restlessness that manifests itself with an inability to sit still or remain motionless. The term was coined by the Czech neuropsychiatrist Ladislav Haskovec (1866–1944), who described the phenomenon in 1901.[1][2]
Antipsychotics (also known as neuroleptics) may cause akathisia. Other known causes include side effects of certain medications, and nearly any physically-addictive drug during drug withdrawal.[3] It is also associated with Parkinson's disease and related syndromes.[4]
Akathisia may range in intensity from a sense of disquiet or anxiety, to severe discomfort, particularly in the knees. Patients typically pace for hours because the pressure on the knees reduces the discomfort somewhat; once their knees and legs become fatigued and they are unable to continue pacing, they sit or lie down, although this does not relieve the akathisia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akathisia