Radically Genuine Podcast with Dr. Roger McFillin 64. Medication Induced Akathisia: Chris Paige, LCSW
Akathisia is a common side effect of psychiatric medications characterized by severe restlessness, where the person feels that they are unable to sit still. People who suffer from akathisia tend to walk around a lot, are unable to sleep, and they describe the sensation as having crawling skin.
Chris Paige has personal experience with akathisia. Today, he is able to live with his injury, and is working to increase awareness and provide resources.
Up in the Air: Surviving 24 Hours with Akathisia
Chris Paige (@ChrisPaigeLCSW) / Twitter
If you are in a crisis or think you have an emergency, call your doctor or 911. If you're
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6:00 - PTSD History and Overview - PTSD: National Center for PTSD
8:00 - School of Rock
10:00 - Half Life - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
11:45 - Kindling - Benzodiazepine Information Coalition
19:00 - Anosognosia - Treatment Advocacy Center
21:00 - Drug dependence is not addiction—and it matters - PMC
30:45 - Your Drug May Be Your Problem, Revised Edition: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications
31:45 - Akathisia: Definition, Symptoms, Causes, Treatment
35:30 - The epidemiology of drug-induced akathisia: Part II. Chronic, tardive, and withdrawal akathisias
47:00 - Polypharmacy - Physiopedia
52:00 - Akathisia in Parkinson’s Disease: A Comperative Cross-sectional Study
1:08:00 - The Illusion of Evidence-Based Medicine: Exposing the crisis of credibility in clinical research
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