Posted by SLS on February 18, 2012, at 6:22:48
In reply to Re: tardive akathisia » Doc49, posted by novelagent on February 17, 2012, at 22:06:10
> > Yes, and yes. Propranolol plus clonazepam. Anybody tried tetrabenazine or clozapine? Does anyone know of a good review on akathisia? How is it like/unlike EPS? Thanks for all your help!
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> http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/703492_15
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> read the last sentence in this review article about tardive akathisia responding favorably to a dopamine agonist, ropinriole.
I am frustrated by this article because it fails to approach the topic of how one recognizes or diagnoses akathisia. Many other articles omit a description of symptoms and how one rates severity. I see too many people on Psycho-Babble wrongly interpret their anxiety and restlessness as being akathisia. Akathisia usually consists of two components:1. Subjective: inner restlessness and anxiety. Patients often describe feeling like they are "crawling out of their skin".
2. Objective: inabiity to sit still, shuffling of the legs, pacing, shifting weight from one leg to the other, and rocking movements of the trunk.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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