Posted by yxibow on April 13, 2009, at 23:25:12
In reply to akathisia + depression is impossible to treat :[, posted by michael45 on April 12, 2009, at 11:05:09
> ive figured it out every ssri/srni/and antipsychs and even some others all cause increased akathisia for me
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> benzos + plus inderal barely take the edgee off akathisia but worsen depression
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> its like a circle i cant get out of :[
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> any powerful AD that can help treat both? or at least target depression w/o worsening tension from akathisia
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> im so losttttttt and imma try this thing called neurontin in a few days, but dont know if will do anythingYou may be one of those people very sensitive to things that reduce dopamine (and SSRIs can downregulate dopamine, which is experimentally a wanted effect but not typically) -- I know I am sensitive to neuroleptics. Seroquel is about the only thing I can take.
Neurontin may help some people who are benzodiazepine naive (not regular takers)Have you ever tried Artane to see if it helps the akathisia and sorts out what exactly is going on, because that sounds like a rather enormous amount of medications to go through?
I'm not blaming you at all, but did you give them more than a week or two because sometimes this effect may go away for you.
Propranolol can also sometimes block some of it but too much for -some- people may cause depression (above or around 80mg give or take).
What about Lamictal which isn't technically an antidepressant but is considered to have antidepressant activity by psychiatrists ?-- Jay
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