Add-ons for restlessness?

I have this bad feeling in my body a lot of the time, don’t think it’s the meds, just feeling aEUgh, it makes me want to sleep, smoke or eat more often…
It started at the start of this year, could there be any meds that help?
I should be asking my pdoc but i’m too impatient to wait a week…

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I take Cogentin for my restlessness and it helps. I take 2 mg at night and one in the morning

Are you sure this is restlessness?

When I had restlessness from akathisia I couldn’t sleep bcz my arms and legs kept moving eventhough I don’t want to move.

I don’t know what it is, i just call it restlessness, like i said, i don’t think it’s from the meds, it’s mostly a feeling in my chest.

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Well can you sleep while it happens? I used Cogentin for akathisia restlessness it takes about 20 min to work for me.

I have cogentin prescribed for restlessness if I need it but it makes me feel weird so I hardly ever take it. You could try a benadryl, that’s pretty harmless and might make you feel better.

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The restlessness makes me tired which is why i sleep a lot, but it can also stop me from sleeping at night on a regular schedule

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Oh ok so that’s definitively called akathisia which causes restlessness, yes Cogentin 2-4mg/day (2mg at a time) worked for me:

There is other meds too. But for me Cogentin took 20 min to work so I switched the antipsychotic (Latuda 80-120mg) to Risperdal 4mg and no more restlessness.

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