Akathisiasux: Can't find reason behind my akathisia

[Akathisiasux]

I have been smoking weed since 2012(Took codeine syrup for 2 years once a week at average).It made me spiritual help me think positive and I felt really nice after smoking marijuana.On one night of January 2015.I woke up with a strange feeling of restlessness my body became kind of rigid and couldnt take the stress of even thinking about washing my clothes.I felt really depressed and helpless.I told my doctor about this and she prescribed me Pacitane 2 mg which helped me get rid of this strange feeling.She told me it is akathisia induced by marijuana.All my friends who smoke this never ever experienced such a bad feeling.My mother wants me to stop smoking pot.So I sometimes think she gives me some medicine mixed in food so that I stop smoking marijuana.(I think so but she swears to god she will never do anythinh like this).This strange feeling of restlessness strikes me mostly in night after dinner.But this time it happened in morning after breakfast.I dont take any medication neither I suffer from depression anxiety.Plz Plz help me get rid of this feeling.I feel helpless when it strikes me.Plz help me.I cant believe hash or marijuana can cause such feeling.It must be something else.

[lanah]

What did you eat or do those moments? 

[KarenB]

Hello Akathisia and welcome to s/a,

 

I moved your post here so it would get more traffic.  This thread can be your own journal and a place to ask questions about your situation. 

 

It would be really helpful if you could fill out a signature so we can see you details easily whenever you post.  You can include dates of meds you've taken in the past and anything you are currently taking. 

 

Usually one thing on it's own doesn't cause a certain reaction.  It'll be a combination of things - both external factors and your own individual self.  That's why your friends have had different responses than you.  I don't know enough to comment more than that.  Somebody else may know more.

 

Best wishes,

KarenB

[Petunia]

Welcome Akathisiasux,

I'm sorry you have been having these uncomfortable symptoms. Are you still taking Pacitane? Did taking this medication help?

 

I've heard of people suddenly having a bad reaction to marijuana after being ok with it for a time. There's actually a support forum for DP/DR and many people there start to experience feelings of depersonalization and derealization after using marijuana. But I don't think I've heard of it causing akathisia, not by itself anyway.

 

Could you describe these feelings in more detail? Perhaps its not akathisia but something else. You probably are having a bad reaction to pot and codeine, not everyone is the same and some people are more sensitive to substances which effect brain chemistry in various ways.

 

But we are a support forum for people tapering off medications, so I'm not sure how we can help you.

[chicken]

I've heard of pot causing anxiety (inner restlessness). For some pot seems to help with anxiety and for some it can cause it. I had anxiety most of my life and this was the one reason I would never ever touch pot.

[Altostrata]

Hello, Akathisiasux.

 

It seems you might have had an adverse reaction to too much marijuana. If you suspect you are being drugged without your knowledge, you need to discuss this with your mother.

 

This is a site for going off psychiatric drugs, rather than a general mental health site. How may we help you?

[Vonnegutjunky]

I recently saw in the news that people were smoking syntheic marijuana without knowing it and it was causing them to have seizures -and a couple went into a coma - this was in Michigan -

[bubble]

How about you make an experiment: stop smoking and see if this feeling goes away?