Posted by SLS on September 5, 2008, at 5:25:05
In reply to Re: Mirapex dosage as add-on antidepressant? » SLS, posted by theo on September 4, 2008, at 22:18:38
> I do remeber when I took Abilify before at just 2.5-5mg, I had akathisia episodes but it stopped when I discontinued it. I would get out of bed in the middle of the night and feel like peeling my skin off or running on a treadmill till I was exhausted.
Yup. That's the real thing you had. It was true akathisia. However, it is what is called a startup side effect rather than a latent - or tardive - akathisia. Tardive means "late". This is when the EPS emerge after years of taking an AP. I don't know to what degree tardive akathisia is reversible. The startup akathisia is, and should not cause you to worry. If Abilify were your last resort, you could take a benzodiazepine during this startup period to counteract the akathisia until it dissipates on its own. Some doctors might choose to use an anticholinergic instead. I really don't know how well that works.
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