Medication-Induced Movement
Anxiety & Fear-Based
Subjective complaints of restlessness after exposure to medication
Prominent anxiety, panic attacks, or obsessions/compulsions directly attributable to physiological effects of another medical condition
B. At least one of: fidgety movements; rocking from foot to foot; pacing; inability to sit or stand still for at least several minutes C. Onset of symptoms within 4 weeks of initiating or increasing dose of causative medication, or after reducing medication used to treat EPS
B. Not better explained by another mental disorder C. Not occurring exclusively during delirium D. Clinically significant distress or impairment
A. Subjective complaints of restlessness after exposure to medication B. At least one of: fidgety movements; rocking from foot to foot; pacing; inability to sit or stand still for at least several minutes C. Onset of symptoms within 4 weeks of initiating or increasing dose of causative medication, or after reducing medication used to treat EPS
A. Prominent anxiety, panic attacks, or obsessions/compulsions directly attributable to physiological effects of another medical condition B. Not better explained by another mental disorder C. Not occurring exclusively during delirium
Mild; Moderate; Severe
With generalised anxiety; With panic attacks; With obsessive-compulsive symptoms
Anxiety disorder (no clear temporal link to medication; no motor restlessness); Psychotic agitation (goal-directed motor activity; may coexist - worsening ‘agitation' on antipsychotics may be akathisia); Restless legs syndrome (circadian pattern; sensory; at rest; relieved by movement; sleep-associated)
Primary anxiety disorder (no GMC causal link); Substance/medication-induced anxiety; Adjustment disorder with anxious mood