Cogentin for restlessness?

Medications
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Has anyone tried Cogentin for akathisia/restlessness? What’s it like?

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Yes, I take it as a PRN.

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I take kemadrin. Is a similar sort of thing.

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I was getting ■■■■ side effects from it…my body doesn’t tolerate meds well though…it did help with the akathisia…and my doc said most people do fine on it…

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When they put me on 40 mg Haldol a day I had problems with my body twisting up into weird positions. When they put me on cogentin that went away, but I was still miserable.

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Thanks everyone. I’m on Invega Sustenna now and it works. It’s just the akathisia. My pdoc is putting me on Congentin this coming Tuesday I believe, so just wanted to know how it worked for others.

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I hope you are feeling better now!

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What kind of side effects??

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Yes. Right now I am on Geodon and Seroquel, and I feel hugely better. These drugs control my symptoms, and I feel fine/

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didnt help with akathisia but it did for stiffness

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It often causes cognitive dulling, thats what my pdoc said.

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Cogentin is nasty stuff but when you can’t stop moving from akithisia it’s the only thing that takes the edge off. I personally hunted around until I found a med that doesn’t cause akithisia. Now there’s no need to take cogentin