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Hi Everyone,
I recently lowered my Seroquel dose because I was falling asleep all over the place (which was getting to the point of nearly passing out more than falling asleep) and with a lot of dizziness.
These symptoms have improved a lot now, but I am still falling asleep (mostly at work). I'm not getting tons of sleep at night, but I'm not getting any less now than when I was previously on this dose for a long time and not falling asleep like this. Sedating medications are one possible cause of sleep apnea.
So, at the previous dose I was finding myself waking up from sleep gasping for breath, which is a sign of sleep apnea (along with daytime sleepiness). This has lessened with the lower dose, but is still occasionally happening. I'm going to bring it up with my PCP when I see him in a couple of weeks.
So -have any of you guys suffered from sleep apnea as a result of taking sedating meds like Seroquel?
As a caveat, I'm not sure, of course, that I'm having apneas, I might need a sleep study to confirm it and/or rule out other causes.
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