akathisiaalliance.org ► Akathisia is an extremely distressing complication of many medications that can cause instant suicidality and/or violent behavior in anyone. Psychiatric medications are the leading cause, but it can also be brought on by other seemingly benign pharmaceuticals such as antibiotics and anti-nausea drugs. Symptoms of akathisia can last for many months or years after stopping the causative drug, or it can emerge when a person is withdrawing from or changing the dosage of a medication. Akathisia is surprisingly common, yet it remains dangerously under-diagnosed and underreported today. Symptoms of akathisia are often misdiagnosed as a clinical worsening of the patient's original condition, when it is actually an entirely new problem created by medication. This can lead to further harm through the prescribing of additional drugs in an attempt to suppress akathisia, which can aggravate the injury even more. Together, by watching and sharing this video, we can i...