Just so you know, stopping such a medication will not necessarily get rid of it and could make it worse. I’m experiencing that right now after being off Abilify for 2 weeks and I’ve heard many others say they developed it, or it got worse after they stopped taking a psychotropic drug. So, a head’s up for that.
thank you for taking the time to write me this note. (it is in reply to a post i made about suspecting i have akathisia or tardive dyskinesia from taking prozac long term.) i wish i had never been on prozac for so long,and wish i’d know then what i suspect now,but it wasn’t even mentioned to me. i am extremely cautious about messing with this kind of med,and would not try to go off of it unless i had someone who really knew what they were doing. haven’t found anyone yet...and i also realize i may never be able to go off of it, even if it is affecting the quality and possibly length of my life. i began taking it at a time when my life was in danger mentally...but i wish i had come off of it when that calmed down a bit. now i’ve been on it a long time and it is a much different situation and so far it seems most psychiatrists and/or psych med specialists don’t know how to get off of it properly and safely...many of them think it is no big deal,and that may be so from some folks,and for shorter term use,but i doubt that would be the case with me. for now,i am stuck.
