Chris Paige, LCSW: Akathisia, Trauma & Therapy

#MedicatingNormal #Trauma #Akathisia
To watch the documentary film, Medicating Normal, visit: www.medicatingnormal.com/watch
To learn more about Chris Paige, LCSW, visit: www.chrispaigelcsw.com
Books mentioned by Chris Paige, LCSW:
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk, MD amzn.to/2YSoIY2
When The Body Says No: Understanding the Stress - Disease Connection by Gabor Maté, MD amzn.to/3oVIb4J

[@SunnyCarnivore]

These videos help me so much. It is so important to see others that have been through it and are healing or have healed. It takes alot of strength to speak the truth while the medical community is gaslighting us due to thier own ignorance. This is what saves lives! Thank you.

[@aliciam6725]

I’d do anything for ONE person to support me through this. Being entirely alone in it ups the horror exponentially. A support person who understood and could hold me would change everything about this experience.

[@LatterDaisySaint]

It's important to realize not everyone experiences Akathisia the same way. People need believed. For anyone who experiences Akathisia, they need validation....they need to be believed, and they need compassion. The most horrific aspect of Akathisia is the extreme disturbing terror that accompanies the need to escape your own body. There was a time when my physical agitation was low but the inner akathisia was high...and it's been reduced to "anxiety." One of the worst things a doctor can do is tell their patient in crisis and desperation that "it's just anxiety." I will never forget calling my doctor in panic....I'd been pacing my house for 7 hours...and he told me it was just anxiety, and to go take a walk. Honestly, the gaslighting, the dismissal....that will only push a person closer to suicide.

[@veryskeptical2409]

Nicole and Chris you two hit it our of the park. As a care giver Chris said the words that I so badly need to hear...just the love and support, listening even to the craziness, and the fear which is shared between the cared for and the caregiver...

[@k_bf3043]

Just watched this. I am going thru this now. Agitation and restlessness is horrific. I am the crazy person talking to themself in the corner. No one can tolerate me. They dismiss me. I want out! I can not sleep and I have to keep moving. I am exhausted. I am vibrating inside. Panic and anxiety thru the roof. No one understands. I hate not having any support and tired of getting dismissed. I need some support by people who get it. 10 months of craziness. I am desperate. Where can I get support? I need help.

[@aliciam6725]

Wonder if anyone on here can hear their akathesia as well. It’s like my brain is idling like an engine and all my nerves are vibrating and I can HEAR it. It’s true too, that people get forced into psychotherapy and there’s retribution when you refuse to the extent that people say “you don’t want to get better”. God give me strength.

[@elainewalters460]

I think this is a great talk, but I do disagree on the severe agitation and terror not being Akathisia if you aren’t moving/waking. The agitation and terror is so extreme day in and day out. No sleep EVER, suicidal ideation daily, all the same things and walking is the only thing that sort of distracts you….but if you aren’t constantly moving it’a not Akathisia? I simply don’t agree. It’s all that internal terror, rage, burning, agitation that is the nervous system damage. How your body responds to that is different for everyone.

[@julierogers4473]

That's what my doctor did to me in January. He told me oh just cut it in half. 🤬 He did this to me

[@planetbspace]

Poisoning. Akethesia. Chemical toxicity

[@michellegimbert3251]

They told me I was SAD (social anxiety disorder) because I lost all my friends because of stigma.

[@Jannietime1]

It's indescribable 24/7 torture that goes on for years. I feel like it really damaged my body and brain. I can still feel it via stinging nerve pain in my fucking head and neck 15 years later. We are miracles of survival. The will to live is extremely powerful. Having love and support from even one person, somewhere in the world, is enough. I had my grown son. Everyday he hugged me and said "I love you Mom." That was enough to keep fighting. I cannot imagine having no one. I would not be here without him.

[@user-xg4dk3ch6y]

Oh yes ❤! You are safe, you are loved, you WILL heal, there IS hope, it WILL get better, every sekund, every minute, every day ❤ it is SO important to hear those words, it is NOT you, it is the drug injury!...

[@martawerth162]

So so grateful for y'all!

[@thereGoMapo]

For those dealing with Akathisia: I know you're scared. You're safe, you are OK, your basic needs will be met, you are loved, you are believed, you are understood.

[@oliversmith7820]

Thanks

[@MsMary414]

Wow! This is exactly what I needed to hear right now. I’m grateful to you both. I’m suffering with akathisia and withdrawals. I had an adverse reaction to duloxetine brand generic change and got hit with violent symptoms 2 months later. I stopped the brand and went back to old brand. Then 3 months later I did a 10mg to 5mg drop probably should have but did it. I’m 7 months from the adverse and 4 months from that big taper. I was healing as things were improving with still lots of symptoms and got hit with a wave or a setback. It’s been a week now. Back to agitation and restlessness and a very raw CNS. I suffer mental Aka also. I hope and pray I heal. After watching your video I have HOPE. I think I will reach out to you Chris. Do you do one on one support counseling? Thank you so much. I want to live and will not give up.

[@BeLikeWater7191]

I believe there are many forms of akathisia but most people are experiencing the adrenaline surges and mistaking it for akathisia. I also believe there are different forms of akathisia though. I have had them all. 1) Walking/Inability to sit still for a second for 18 hours a day (pacing) 2) Mental akathisia - racing and looping intrusive thoughts 24/7 for YEARS 3) Focal akathisia - adrenaline/trapped energy/internal vibrating/terror that focuses on different parts of body (brain, neck/throat, chest, torso, legs - anywhere in the body).

[@js7018]

I wish i had somebody that i could talk to about my chronic akathisia and psych drug damage from ssris / protracted withdrawal.

[@user-lm7hl8zr8q]

God work Nicole 💜

[@crookedrain771]

Really like this guy, he knows what’s up, Akathisia is a monster. Mine occurred from ssri withdrawal/taper but I had to reinstate and now it’s about 25%-30% better. Taking forever to heal though..