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I just wanted to post this website that warns how bad Akathesia can be. https://akathisiaalliance.org/
It's medication induced. (The video on that webpage lists some of the medication families that can cause this.) I experienced it after only one dose of Levaquin in the hospital.
I've read about others here who have also experienced Akathesia like @Irat and I believe @Sidereal(?). I think I read that @Sidereal experienced it for two long years after taking just two doses of an SSRI.
My Akathesia thankfully mostly wore off after about 4-5 days. I do still have unexplained leg pains though since that time. Those are a new symptom for me that make my ME QOL worse.
Also while Drugs.com did not list this as a side effect of Levaquin, the video on that page mentions "some antibiotics" so I wonder if the fluoroquinolones are the ones they're referring to. That seems likely to me but I don't know for sure other than from my personal experience was.
Anyway, I just wanted others to be aware that this can happen as it felt very horrendous. I can't imagine going through it longer than I did.
It's medication induced. (The video on that webpage lists some of the medication families that can cause this.) I experienced it after only one dose of Levaquin in the hospital.
I've read about others here who have also experienced Akathesia like @Irat and I believe @Sidereal(?). I think I read that @Sidereal experienced it for two long years after taking just two doses of an SSRI.
My Akathesia thankfully mostly wore off after about 4-5 days. I do still have unexplained leg pains though since that time. Those are a new symptom for me that make my ME QOL worse.
Also while Drugs.com did not list this as a side effect of Levaquin, the video on that page mentions "some antibiotics" so I wonder if the fluoroquinolones are the ones they're referring to. That seems likely to me but I don't know for sure other than from my personal experience was.
Anyway, I just wanted others to be aware that this can happen as it felt very horrendous. I can't imagine going through it longer than I did.