Akathisia is a real struggle that I’ve not found any solution for.
I tried propranolol 40 twice with no apparent effect
And also cogentin 2 mg
Is there any other solution ?
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Unfortunately the only way to get rid of it is to change meds or doses.
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I tried cogentin 2mg, didnt work at all. Upped it to 3mg a day and boom, perfect. Don’t give up. After i went up to 3mg a day i was able to up my dose of haldol and add abilify without akathesia. That last mg made all the difference.
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I needed 3 mg of Cogentin per day for my akithisia. Try a higher dose. You can go all the way up to 6 mg per day
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@irrelevant @LilyoftheValley thank you for your reply
I read about 2 medications to help akathisia these are gabapentin and kemadrin ? Have you heard about it?
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No i havent heard of that. I had bad akathisia. Like real bad even mentally i couldnt enjoy anything. My mind was restless and all i did was pace. But 3mg cogentin completely fixed it so im not trying anything else.
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I think you told me to take my full cogentin dose and i did and its been amazing. Thank you. It’s made my life so much better.
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How long does cogentin 3mg effects last ? Do you take it daily?
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I take 1 mg 3 times a day. It never feels like it wears off. I dont have akathisia at all anymore. And it started working pretty quick too. Both haldol and abilify caused me akathisia seperatly and now i can take both of them together without akathisia because of the 3 mg. 2mg didnt work at all. Not really having any side effects either.
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I used to take lorazapam .5 mg every 4 hours. I don’t know if your pdoc will prescribe benzos though.
Akithisia went away for me on its own, i do have propranolol in the event it does act up now and then; but it’s rare for me to have it uncontrollably nowadays
I’m happy for you that it helped @irrelevant 
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I took 2 mg at night and 1 mg in the morning. For me it didn’t wear off. But if it did, I would have either taken it 3x / day instead or gone to a higher dose. Cogentin helped me so much.
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I totally agree with Zgirl and relevant that it’s possible to take Away akatesia and other side effects like dystonia and Eps with the help of antiparkinson pills like those mentioned. I talk from experience as I’ve used those for 30 years with a 1. gen antipsychotics. I don’t know if they mask TD or prevent some of that since I haven’t gotten that yet. I take 2 mg bipertine(Akineton) morning and evening (2 pills a day) with antipsychotics Clopixol and quetiapine. Only one bad thing to say about antiparkinson pills and that’s that they worsen cognition some what. But that’s a cheap price to pay I personally think.
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Sometimes I get severe akathisia before bedtime. Just before I’ve taken my meds. It sucks.