#Akathisia "being #misdiagnosed by #neurology as #psychogenic/ #functional primarily because their motor symptoms can be distractible/suppressible, yet these are positive, documented features of this #medicationinduced disorder (Factor, Jankovic, 2020)"
https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m3745/rr-0 https://twitter.com/akathisiaalli/status/1356030914590072832
https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m3745/rr-0 https://twitter.com/akathisiaalli/status/1356030914590072832
Per @bmj_latest RR
"On behalf of the many people being harmed by #FND diagnosis, I hope the authors & colleagues will begin spending more time looking for an explanation for " #medicallyunexplainedsymptoms" & less time training clinicians based on [flawed assumptions]" J Nickens
"On behalf of the many people being harmed by #FND diagnosis, I hope the authors & colleagues will begin spending more time looking for an explanation for " #medicallyunexplainedsymptoms" & less time training clinicians based on [flawed assumptions]" J Nickens
#Akathisia
" #abnormal state of #motorrestlessness - sometimes perceived as anxiety. It can be an acute side effect that improves with withdrawal of #medication, or it can be tardive, which occurs after chronic therapy & worsens with drug withdrawal"
https://www.medlink.com/index.php/article/akathisia
" #abnormal state of #motorrestlessness - sometimes perceived as anxiety. It can be an acute side effect that improves with withdrawal of #medication, or it can be tardive, which occurs after chronic therapy & worsens with drug withdrawal"
https://www.medlink.com/index.php/article/akathisia