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There's no way of knowing

actually there is. Go over to the local nursing home and take a peek at somebody's who's "locked in " by a brain-stem stroke. Ask how they're doing today, of course they won't be able to say much , but the rolling of their eyeballs might tell what you need to learn. Or find somebody with a progressive malignancy and a terminal diagnosis, or severe Parkinson's Disease, who's shaking like a leaf not able to get up without falling, having to depend on an over-worked staff to lift them out their feces-packed diaper; and whose medication, by the way (dopamine active) may be causing them to hallucinate about small children in the hallway. Then ask somebody with this horrific akathisia that you speak of, how they are, and they're likely to reply, "not too bad ,Doc, do you have a smoke?" Certainly then, you should go on to ask them, why can't you sit still, or have you noticed you seem to be marching in place? But of course, you'd find the MD out to lunch with the pharmaceutical representative, because that's the kind of people that go into medicine, they're more interested in that ham sandwich than they are in the well-being of their patients.

But of course, you'd find the MD out to lunch with the pharmaceutical representative, because that's the kind of people that go into medicine, they're more interested in that ham sandwich than they are in the well-being of their patients.

Well, then, we are in agreement on something. How about that?

But with regard to akathisia: in most cases, but not all, it has a subjective component that is often described as a feeling of inner torture -- extreme, debilitating anxiety, in addition to motor restlessness. These are the kinds of akathisia that are described as a "living hell" by the patients themselves. And for those who don't have the subjective tortore, but just the motor restlessness, they are completely non-functioning in most cases, because they can't sit down for any length of time.

All you have is anecdotal evidence presumably based on personal experience as what?... a psychiatric nurse? A patient? You won't disclose. But keep in mind, anecdotal evidence something to avoid, because it has a built-in selection bias.