Usually, akathisia is a side effect of antipsychotic drugs.
Other medications can bring the condition on, too. They include:
So can health conditions like:
- Drugs used to prevent vomiting and nausea
- Antidepressants like tricyclics and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
- Calcium-channel blockers
- Parkinson’s disease
- Traumatic brain injury
- Encephalitis, a type of brain inflammation