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Can you get akathisia on psychiatric tablets?
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Yes depends: There are quite a few classes of drugs that are known to increase rates of akathesia. In addition, there are individuals (3-5%) who will experience akathesia after taking a placebo, in double blind studies.
Answered 5/4/2015
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Akathisia: Akathisia is a feeling of jumping out of your skin, antsy, feeling like pacing around and inability to be comfortable when resting it can be caused by atypical antipsychotics, antidepressants usually.
Answered 8/16/2013
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