{"id":67202,"date":"2026-09-20T16:28:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T06:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=67202"},"modified":"2026-09-20T16:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T06:38:50","slug":"akathsia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=67202","title":{"rendered":"Akathisia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Akathsia\"<\/div>\n
This is akathisia. And these are real people experiencing it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Akathisia is a medication-induced neurological disorder that can cause an overwhelming feeling of inner restlessness, agitation, and an inability to stay still.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It can be incredibly distressing, devastating, and life-altering for the person experiencing it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Akathisia can occur after starting, increasing, decreasing, stopping, or changing certain medications.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Doctors often miss it or mistake it for anxiety, agitation, mania, worsening psychiatric symptoms, or other conditions.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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None of these individuals were warned about akathisia by their doctor when they were prescribed these medications.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Akathisia needs to be recognized. It needs to be taken seriously.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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If a medication can cause akathisia, patients deserve to be informed about that risk.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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September 20 is International Akathisia Awareness Day.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It is a day to educate, raise awareness, remember those who have suffered and honor those we have lost\u2014all in an effort to help prevent others from experiencing the same prescribed harm.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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(Tom: Please check the side effects of any medication you are prescribed and look for natural alternatives.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is akathisia. And these are real people experiencing it. Akathisia is a medication-induced neurological disorder that can cause an overwhelming feeling of inner restlessness, agitation, and an inability to stay still. It can be incredibly distressing, devastating, and life-altering for the person experiencing it. Akathisia can occur after starting, increasing, decreasing, stopping, or changing … <\/p>\n

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