Guess I must be one of the lucky ones for a change...I usually get all the rotten side effects but not with this. I had some left over when my pdoc was giving me klonopin for my anxiecy that came with the trauma & my mothers death that happened the end of last year & beginning of this year...along with my excessive weight loss. While in the hospital, I was stuck with the klonopin but after those couple of months, I found the seroquel & tried it instead. I was having problems going to sleep...my mind refused to allow me to sleep in order to not experience the nightmares. I finally upped the dose to 200mg just before I go to sleep & have been able to sleep a little more....keeping most of the nightmares away (not all). I was so lucky because my Pdoc is very willing to let me find what works for me & then provides me samples so I don't have to pay for the med. He will initially suggest a dose, but I am the one that is ultimately responsible for finding the actual dose that works for me.

After going through a very suicidal state about 8 years ago with him too, I feel very lucky that he is willing to trust me well enough to give me this responsibility. During my extreme weight loss, he also put me in charge of finding the treatment that would work for me. Unfortunately that responsibility was just too much for me to handle but am trying to do better on my own with a little help from a psychologist I had 9 yrs ago.

However the seroquel is really great for allowing me to get some needed sleep after going months with only a few cat naps here & there. Even after taking it late at night, I am able to get up in the morning & perform well for my horse riding lessons where I am training for my dressage shows. I don't know why it is working...but really appreciate something working to give me a little relief.

Debbie