My name is Alex and I’m reaching out with deep vulnerability and hope. I am currently disabled, homebound, and trapped in a daily nightmare caused by a severe neurological condition called akathisia—a cruel and misunderstood reaction to medications that causes constant inner torment, agitation, and fear. It’s not anxiety. It’s not restlessness. It is torture.

This began after I received general anesthesia combined with the antibiotic Tavanic (levofloxacin), followed by a long series of psychiatric medications that worsened my condition. I trusted doctors, but many failed to recognize what was happening. They prescribed more medications, including antipsychotics and antidepressants, which made everything worse. When I complained of unbearable symptoms, I was dismissed or misdiagnosed. I was told it was just generalized anxiety or major recurrent depression. The truth is that my nervous system is in chaos, and I’ve been left to survive this alone.

I currently take a benzodiazepine, an antidepressant and a small dose of antipsychotic that I'm trying to taper off, but these medications cause paradoxical reactions—they worsen my condition instead of helping. Every reduction is a battle. I live in Romania, where resources and awareness about akathisia are extremely limited. Doctors have run out of ideas. I’ve been left to make my own decisions while fighting relentless symptoms every second of the day.

Meanwhile, I lost my home, my job, my friends, the ability to self-care, to drive and everything that resembles a normal life.

I cannot work. I have no income. I am barely surviving.

Despite this, I’m fighting to reduce the medications, heal my nervous system, and rebuild my life slowly. But healing and restarting life from this state takes time, support, and compassion.

I’m asking for donations to help cover basic living expenses (food, electricity, internet) and eventually medical costs that may help me recover. Any support you can give would allow me to breathe a little and reduce the stress that worsens my symptoms.

I've been hospitalized 3 times during past years and each time I got out worse than I got in. I will share with you some of the medical papers that failed to recognize what I'm dealing with and an EEG that shows abnormal brain waves specific to a brain lesion.

If you can't donate, sharing this means the world to me.

Thank you for reading. Thank you for caring. You may help save a life.