Posted by med_empowered on December 9, 2005, at 22:11:47
In reply to Re: What is it when you feel like you want to jump out » lynn971, posted by Phillipa on December 9, 2005, at 22:01:48
hey! yeah, akathisia is more common with the antipsychotics (especially the older ones), but it has been noticed with some regularity with the SSRIs. I don't know what to tell you about treating it...with antipyschotics, its pretty common to add propranolol and/or a benzo (usually ativan or Klonopin). But...antipsychotics are regarded as being more "necessary" than antidepressants; your doc may want to lower the dose or switch you over to something else. My wild guess would be that if you used something less "clean" (lexapro pretty much acts ONLY on serotonin), you might get better results...maybe Effexor/Cymbalta, or even Remeron (Remeron doesn't block the reuptake of serotonin, so you might not get the same ill-effects...watch out for weight gain, though).
Sorry you're going through this. Akathisia **SUCKS**, I know...please call your doc ASAP and lay it out for him/her.
Good luck!
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