I've had akathisia for the last 2 weeks since stopping a low-dose of Mirtazapine (~3mg per night). I have constant headaches because my jaw is so stiff, my legs are restless, and I haven't been able to sit still long enough to watch a half-hour TV show during that entire period. The only way I'm coping is by staying on the move and annoying everyone in my household.
Melatonin helps (but can only be taken before bed, obviously), Vitamin E helps a little. Antihistamines stop the inner tension, but replace it with a different kind of anxiety.
Propranolol (20mg) cuts out the anxiety so I can sit for a while, but doesn't eliminate the inner tension/discomfort.
My GP didn't actually believe I had akathisia because I wasn't writhing around, even though I explained to him that I'd taken 20mg of propanolol just so that I could drive over to see him -- he's kind of a moron (also sent me home after I'd been vomiting for 8 hours straight and basically crawled into his office because I was so weak from hypoglycemia; I was later hospitalized that afternoon).
Anyway, he did give me Cogentin (0.5mg) a day .. I was told it can take several days to work .. today is day#3 and I do notice the inner tension lessens after I take it, but the Cogentin seems to be stimulating in and of itself .. I get tachycardia, become more ruminative/obsessive and kind of scatterbrained. I read it's a DRI, so that would make sense.
Clonidine helps the akathisia too, but I find that drug stimulates me as well.
I'll probably be finding a new GP next week, so any ideas?
Melatonin helps (but can only be taken before bed, obviously), Vitamin E helps a little. Antihistamines stop the inner tension, but replace it with a different kind of anxiety.
Propranolol (20mg) cuts out the anxiety so I can sit for a while, but doesn't eliminate the inner tension/discomfort.
My GP didn't actually believe I had akathisia because I wasn't writhing around, even though I explained to him that I'd taken 20mg of propanolol just so that I could drive over to see him -- he's kind of a moron (also sent me home after I'd been vomiting for 8 hours straight and basically crawled into his office because I was so weak from hypoglycemia; I was later hospitalized that afternoon).
Anyway, he did give me Cogentin (0.5mg) a day .. I was told it can take several days to work .. today is day#3 and I do notice the inner tension lessens after I take it, but the Cogentin seems to be stimulating in and of itself .. I get tachycardia, become more ruminative/obsessive and kind of scatterbrained. I read it's a DRI, so that would make sense.
Clonidine helps the akathisia too, but I find that drug stimulates me as well.
I'll probably be finding a new GP next week, so any ideas?