I know that this isn't the Psych Meds forum, but I have been newly diagnosed with Bipolar II and thought this was a more appropriate place to post, since this is the Bipolar forum
I went in to see the Psychiatrist, after years and years of dealing with terrible anxiety and deep depression. I had previously gone to my regular doctor who had tried me on numerous anti-depressants and benzo's. (Zoloft, Paxil, Prozac, Celexa, wellbutrin XL, Xanax, and Ativan, to name a few I've previously tried.) And none of them worked for me. All of the anti-depressants seemed to do the same thing, make me extremely anxious, irritated, agitated, almost hostile feeling. The benzo's just made me tired, and didn't help at all with my anxiety.
So after talking with the pdoc, and telling her all she needed to know, and with my family history of bipolar (mom) she said it looks to be very likely that I am bipolar. She told me that things may get better once I get to sleeping more regularly. She prescribed me Seroquel to help me sleep. So far, it makes me tired, but I am still waking a lot at night (6-8 times). She said if it didn't work she would up my dose, but I have 2 small children and need to be able to be roused if they wake in the night or need something, so I am nervous about upping my dose. So far it hasn't helped with my daytime symptoms at all, and I am wondering if I should ask her about getting something to help with my hypomania/depression cycles which happen daily, and are making it hard for me to function. I hate feeling so edgy, and feeling like I could crawl out of my own skin. would it be right for me to ask her about getting something to help during the daytime, or would that be like me trying to do her job? Also, has anyone else been prescribed seroquel for sleep, and what was your experience like?