Posted by fenix on November 28, 2007, at 16:27:26
In reply to Re: List Of Possible Treatments For Tardive Akathi, posted by pstrait on November 28, 2007, at 15:42:33
> I bet someone would write a buprenorphine script.
>
> Where do you have pain? I thought tardive akathisia mostly presented as restlessness. Have you been shot down specifically by doctors when requesting a painkiller?The pain in tardive akathisia is unique I think. It is physical pain, the restlessness and agitation is painful physically somehow, very painful. I never requested painkillers before for it, I thought it would not be fruitful. Why have I not? Because I get this feeling that first of all, the doctors I have seen so far don't know much about TA and even if they did I feel weird about asking for opiates because akathisia, even in this state I have, is subjective.
I can't give a blood sample for instance showing that I have it.
But, it is very painful physically. Tardive akathisia, from my experience with it, is not just akathisia that lasts after you have stopped taking the offending drugs. It actually feels different than "normal" akathisia that you get when you are on something and you feel restless. The difference is that tardive akathisia not only lasts and lasts, it actually feels much worse. And there seem to be some slight extra-pyramidal symptoms too.
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