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Agitation may refer to:

Agitation (action), putting into motion by shaking or stirring
Emotional state of excitement or restlessness
- Psychomotor agitation
  Psychomotor agitation
  Psychomotor agitation is a series of unintentional and purposeless motions that stem from mental tension and anxiety of an individual. This includes pacing around a room, wringing one's hands, pulling off clothing and putting it back on and other similar actions...
  
  , an extreme form of the above, which can be a side effect of antipsychotic medication
- Agitation due to dementia
  Agitation (dementia)
  Agitation often accompanies dementia and often precedes the diagnosis of common age-related disorders of cognition such as Alzheimer's disease...
Political agitation, political activities in which an agitator
Agitator
An agitator is a person who actively supports some ideology or movement with speeches and especially actions. The Agitators were a political movement as well as elected representatives of soldiers, including the New Model Army of Oliver Cromwell, during the English Civil War. They were also known...

urges people to do something
- Agitation and Propaganda against the State
  Agitation and Propaganda against the State
  Constitution 55 or Agitation and Propaganda against the State was a criminal offence in Communist Albania. This law was used from 1945 until 1991 and was into the Constitution of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania....
  
  , former criminal offence in communist Albania
Agitated, a B-Side from the band Muse
Muse (band)
Muse are an English alternative rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994. The band consists of school friends Matthew Bellamy , Christopher Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard...