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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 219701" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>My understanding is that Prozac can cause disinhibition and it can cause hypomania/mania. I don't recall our psychiatrists saying it could cause akathisia. Akathisia is a side effect to APs that consists of external and internal restlessness that looks like anxiety and agitation but in reality is not. When my son experienced akathisia while taking Risperdal, he had a hard time sitting in the car (we were driving from Connecticut to Maryland three Thanksgivings ago), and he growled at and pushed away anyone who came near him. I think MWM's description of wanting to jump out of your skin is a good one. He was not talking excessively (that sounds more like mania to me), but was incredibly edgy and jumpy. </p><p> </p><p>Here is a link to articles written by Dr. Ellen Leibenluft, a researcher of childhood BiPolar (BP) at NIMH. Click on the last article for a good description of the hallmark symptoms of mania:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://intramural.nimh.nih.gov/research/pi/pi_leibenluft_e.html" target="_blank">http://intramural.nimh.nih.gov/research/pi/pi_leibenluft_e.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Hope that helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 219701, member: 2423"] My understanding is that Prozac can cause disinhibition and it can cause hypomania/mania. I don't recall our psychiatrists saying it could cause akathisia. Akathisia is a side effect to APs that consists of external and internal restlessness that looks like anxiety and agitation but in reality is not. When my son experienced akathisia while taking Risperdal, he had a hard time sitting in the car (we were driving from Connecticut to Maryland three Thanksgivings ago), and he growled at and pushed away anyone who came near him. I think MWM's description of wanting to jump out of your skin is a good one. He was not talking excessively (that sounds more like mania to me), but was incredibly edgy and jumpy. Here is a link to articles written by Dr. Ellen Leibenluft, a researcher of childhood BiPolar (BP) at NIMH. Click on the last article for a good description of the hallmark symptoms of mania: [URL]http://intramural.nimh.nih.gov/research/pi/pi_leibenluft_e.html[/URL] Hope that helps. [/QUOTE]
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