I must be one of the lucky ones...I was on seroquel several yrs ago before going off all meds. When the trauma hit last Dec, I was put on Klonopin which didn't have any effect. I had some left over seroquel (like tons), so I tried it at 25mg 3x/day...a little more calming effect than klonopin, but at that dose, I still wasn't sleeping & went weeks on 2 hrs /day sleep waking up with nightmeres & it seemed like the 2 hrs was full of nothing but bad dreams.

I saw my Pdoc 2 weeks ago & he gave me a bunch of seroquel samples at 100mg & said if I wanted I could cut the dose down or figure out what worked best....he seems to always leave it up to me to find out what works best for me instead of a specific prescription. I decided it was too much work to cut the pills, so just took one a night & one around noon....still no sleep & the bad nights continued.....& exhaustion was continuing. My psychologist suggested taking 200mg at night before bed to see if I could get some sleep, so I experimented...200mg at night lets me sleep without all the bad stuff that was going on in my mind....I finally slept 8 hrs & woke up kinda groggy but it went away as soon as I got up. Then later in the day, I take 100mg to take the edge off the anxiety that builds up.

There are still nights where I can't sleep even with the 200mg & then get up & have to be completely functional. I have to be since I'm working with my trainer & my horse for our dressage showing & it requires both physical & mental work to be successful along with practice daily.

Adding to the seroquel is the 200ug/hr of Fentynal (narcotic) for my migraines. I feel lucky to be able to be functional don't know if it is because I have to be or because I just am.

It is good that your pdoc is working with you to find what works for you...that is a sign of a good pdoc that doesn't insist that something HAS to work.

Debbie