Posted by mindevolution on February 3, 2007, at 7:12:30
In reply to Re: Akathisia or RLS? )) halcyondaze, posted by halcyondaze on February 2, 2007, at 21:11:58
> THANK YOU!!!!
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> I have since been started on Propanolol and Vitamin B6 and iron and the akathisia or restless leg syndrome is gone. :)
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> I know I need Parnate. I can't take anything else; it is an end-of-the-line, life-saving treatment for me. Talk about "inducing depression" - why would ANYONE suggest I go off a medication that has finally RELIEVED my depression?I was merely presenting an alternative perspective for you to consider; switching ADs is standard AD induced akathisia protocol.
I am not anti-psychiatry, in the sense that it is the medical specialty that focuses on the medical treatments for mental illness, but I do hold some reservations about how it was implemented historically and how it is implemented today.
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