The Akathisia Alliance for Education and Research is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working to end medication-induced suicide. Please help us continue this work by donating to our GoFundMe at the link below. gofundme.com/f/help-end-medication-induced-suicide-and-homicide?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer About Akathisia and the Akathisia Alliance for Education and Research What is Akathisia? Akathisia is a dangerous medication side effect that causes severe agitation, an inability to remain still, and an overwhelming sense of terror. It is so excruciating that it can make anyone instantly suicidal or homicidal and so horrific that it was used by the Soviet Union in the Gulag to torture prisoners. Yet, the majority of doctors today have never heard of it, and most who have do not understand how deadly it is. Akathisia and Suicide Akathisia was linked to suicide in 1983. In one reported case, a patient developed akathisia an...