Posted by yxibow on February 19, 2005, at 0:50:36
In reply to Re: Akathisia, is this it?, posted by NealMcCoy on February 18, 2005, at 16:07:47
> Well I don't know what else to call this. I have experienced agitation before and it was nowhere near as severe as this. The agitation was annoying, but it didn't make me suicidal. If the term akathisia is confined just to SSRI's and AP's then they need a term for what I am going through. Maybe call it 'benzothisia' or something.
It's acute benzodiazepine withdrawal, now that I can see the whole picture. If you've suffered from acute anxiety in the past and are dealing with it in an alternative way by relaxation and yoga therapy (which in itself if you're good at it can change transmitter levels like GABA and serotonin and others), and at the same time tapering from a benzodiazepine like Valium, your body may not be capable of handling both. Hence, your feeling of something that seems like akathisia but is really withdrawal. Your system may be different from others; normally its a matter of weeks or maybe a month or so to taper no matter what the anti-benzo .org crowd says, but its possible it could be longer in your body. So fussing with the taper amount may not be a bad idea and would give you relief. Propranolol would probably be an adjunctive element too.
Hope you feel better
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