Posted by Ritch on March 23, 2003, at 13:50:34
In reply to Re: Mixture of Drugs/Comments Please » Ritch, posted by lauran on March 23, 2003, at 12:05:13
> Hi Ritch. You gave me some encouragement with my akathesia a couple of weeks ago. I had a very bad experience with it after being on Abilify for 4 weeks. I stopped the Abilify and restarted my Seroquel the same day. The akathesia got a bit better than came back full force on the Seroquel. I'd never had akathesia with the Seroquel prior after 15 months use.
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> I stopped the Abilify 2 weeks ago and the Seroquel 4 days ago. My pdoc knows this. I don't any physical symptoms, but the inner anxiety is very strong. Have you stopped AP's and had a similar reaction? Have you heard of how long it takes for the akathesia to go away after the Abilify is stopped?
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> Thanks!
Hi, it is kind of tough to tell sometimes whether it is restlessness that will fade that is true akathisia from the AP, or if it is a rebound anxiety due to DA receptors being unoccupied by the AP. I've gotten rebound anxiety from AP's when stopping them in the past that didn't feel like akathisia to me-I just felt TENSE. This faded after a few days-weeks in most cases. You might want to ask your pdoc about some Klonopin or Ativan to settle the anxiety for awhile until your body readjusts to not having the drug. In the meantime you can always take a little OTC Benadryl to see if it will help. If you get a marked improvement with the Benadryl then you may indeed be treating some lingering akathisia. Benadryl is also sedative and anxiolytic for some folks and it might help with the rebound anxiety-if that's what it is. Hope this helps some.
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