OliverB Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 I have mild akathisia from the new antipsychotic amisulpride, I have been taking it a week and half, does it go away after my body gets used to the med or is it one of those side effects that only go away once you stop taking them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt07 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 It might go away, but if it doesn't, there are a lot of treatment options for akathisia. You shouldn't have to suffer with akathisia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumorousCrusty Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 In my experience with akithisia from Latuda, my body did get used to the feeling over time. I wouldn't say it went away but I am much more comfortable with it and it doesn't bother me as much as it did before. Like jt07 said, there are also a lot of treatments available for akithisia, personally I take 0.5-1mg of clonazepam with my meds to treat my akithisia, because it's worst immediately after I take my meds, and I find it to be extremely good at treating my akithisia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 With ability, I suddenly got akathisia when I hit 10 mg. So I took 1 mg cogentin for a couple months. After that, I found that I didn't need the cogentin anymore, so I discontinued it. There's no guarantee that yours will go away, but it might. And like JT said, you have multiple treatment options so you don't have to suffer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverB Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 I think I am gonna lower the dose or stop it because it is causing me 'internal agitation' and apathy while at the same time I can't stop doing things. Yesterday night I just wanted to scream and break or hit everything around me but I couldn't express that dispair, it was like locked up inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 2 hours ago, Bixo said: I think I am gonna lower the dose or stop it because it is causing me 'internal agitation' and apathy while at the same time I can't stop doing things. Yesterday night I just wanted to scream and break or hit everything around me but I couldn't express that dispair, it was like locked up inside. Please call your pdoc to let him know this ... maybe he has a suggestion that would be another idea to consider. I am not on the med you are on, amisulpride, but am on another anti-psychotic that may be similar. I just went through almost the same exact thing last weekend (to the point I've never felt it before), and the only thing for me that got it to go away, was to increase the Abilify back up to 30 mg (I had been weaning down and had gone from 30 to 20 mg, at which I developed severe agitation and restlessness with after a couple days on 20 mg). So I know I'm not on the med you are on, but maybe there is something similar that could be happening. With me I had to increase the med to get rid of the agitation. I'd call pdoc to let him know about the agitation etc. I know how uncomfortable that is to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverB Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 (edited) Thank you melissa, Flash, jt07 and HumorusCrusty. I talked with him since I already was in the day hospital. This med work the opposit. Less the dosis less the akathisia so he told me to stop taking it until Sunday to wait my body is clear of it and then re-start it at 100mg -I was taking 200mg-. Clonazepam is what I am taking right now to be able to stay a bit motionless, but I have already taken 2mg and it's working but not enough. I doubt he would prescribe me any med like cogentin, he is more likely to do a med change but he said he doesn't do them on Fridays because there is all the weekened before he can see his patient again. Edited September 30, 2016 by Bixo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 6 hours ago, Bixo said: Clonazepam is what I am taking right now to be able to stay a bit motionless, but I have already taken 2mg and it's working but not enough. When I was on the pill form of klonopin (I am on ODT now), I found that it really worked much better if I ate food with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumorousCrusty Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 12 hours ago, Bixo said: he doesn't do them on Fridays because there is all the weekened before he can see his patient again. My pdoc prescribes a med change, and tells you to come back in 5 weeks. This Wednesday I got bumped up on my daily Latuda dosage and lowered on my daily clonazepam dosage, and holy hell has the akithisia come back strong. All day long I feel it, it's especially awful immediately following taking my meds. The only thing that can seem to calm this curse is cuddling somebody, who's understanding, really hard and sleeping the day away in hopes that maybe by the next time I see him the akithisia will have gone away again. It's a hard life on AAPs, and it's even more hard to explain to people what you're going through, but we understand and we hope you start feeling better soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverB Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 (edited) 47 minutes ago, HumorousCrusty said: My pdoc prescribes a med change, and tells you to come back in 5 weeks. This Wednesday I got bumped up on my daily Latuda dosage and lowered on my daily clonazepam dosage, and holy hell has the akithisia come back strong. All day long I feel it, it's especially awful immediately following taking my meds. The only thing that can seem to calm this curse is cuddling somebody, who's understanding, really hard and sleeping the day away in hopes that maybe by the next time I see him the akithisia will have gone away again. It's a hard life on AAPs, and it's even more hard to explain to people what you're going through, but we understand and we hope you start feeling better soon. I am sorry this has happened to you, when I hear someone can't see his pdoc in 4-5-6 weeks or months I wonder how if you are with new meds, it's crazy. If someone was stable it's different, but with a med change...? Fortunatly I can see my pdoc really often because I go to a day hospital, I see him al week at least once. He is there on Tuesday and Fridays, sometimes on Wednesdays too -once each two weeks-. Yesterday I slept all day too to stop akathisia plus 2mg of clonazepam before sleeping, 1mg after weaking up, 1mg at night before going bed, it was driving me crazy but this morning I feel the akathisia really mild so I won't need more than 0.5mg of clonazepam for it and maybe 0.5 more at night and only if I am really anxious for other reason. 6 hours ago, melissaw72 said: When I was on the pill form of klonopin (I am on ODT now), I found that it really worked much better if I ate food with it. Thank you, I am going to take it with food since now. Edited October 1, 2016 by Bixo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 2 hours ago, HumorousCrusty said: My pdoc prescribes a med change, and tells you to come back in 5 weeks. This Wednesday I got bumped up on my daily Latuda dosage and lowered on my daily clonazepam dosage, and holy hell has the akithisia come back strong. All day long I feel it, it's especially awful immediately following taking my meds. The only thing that can seem to calm this curse is cuddling somebody, who's understanding, really hard and sleeping the day away in hopes that maybe by the next time I see him the akithisia will have gone away again. It's a hard life on AAPs, and it's even more hard to explain to people what you're going through, but we understand and we hope you start feeling better soon. Awhile ago, pdoc said I could try to lower klonopin dose, but to do it slowly. So I did, and the first withdrawal symptoms were agitation to the max, irritable, and restless. It was very uncomfortable and it felt like I was going to lose it at any moment. Increased the klonopin back to regular dose and I was fine. So maybe it isn't the AAP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverB Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 Today I am feeling much better, I have studied a lot and will continue with it. I am more emotional in the good sense, I can feel more, I am more motivated. I think amisulpride was making me indiferent without me realizing about it. I think I am not going to restart the antipsychotic on Sunday, the pdoc told me he wouldn't mind if I don't and we will talk again on Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perfectfire Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 (edited) My akathisia from Latuda has persisted. Just 2 nights ago I took it earlier than usual (doctor keeps telling me to take it after dinner, but I take it just before bed because it makes me sleepy) and about an hour later the akathisia hit hard. If I take it before bed, but don't get around 8 or more hours of sleep I get to wake up to terrible akathisia. I even take Mirapex for it, but it's still bad. Edited October 19, 2016 by perfectfire Holy crap I've been misspelling akathisia for as long as I've known the term Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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