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Originally Posted by Curiosity77
If you are just taking seroquel for sleep you could try trazodone, and if that doesn't work, zopiclone. Seroquel for sleep if you have uncontrolled blood sugars isn't necessarily the best choice. If you are looking for a more metabolically neutral antipsychotic some options are abilify, zeldox, saphris, and latuda. I don't know if any of these meds would be good for you, but it's worth a conversation with your pdoc.
I think you should consider repeating the ECG if it's been 5 years and you are having current symptoms, the doctor or NP may want to do further tests, but that's a good place to start.
I don't want to make any more guesses because med choices and things are complicated, but those are some of my thoughts.
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hi Curiousity77, thank you for this. So I have had trazodone, and zopiclone before. The trazodone just made me dream too much, and I didn't feel like I slept well. And the zopiclone didn't give me a deep dreamless sleep either, I'd wake up after 4 hours raring to go, and groggy and grumpy. It's not supposed to be addictive, but I was given it for at least a year once, and don't want to go the route of sleeping meds again. That's why I thought seroquel was my best choice, but its not working, even at trying (psych knows and lets me adjust to my needs) 100 mg. It seems to work less effectively for sleep at higher doses for me.
I will ask my gp, going to see him Friday, if I should have a heart test done again, because my heart does race after I take seroquel. I've kind of known that effect on me, but I really want a good dreamless, sleep, without nightmares, and its worked for me for years. I should probably ask the psych to let me try other antipsychotics, but he does say they all seem to work the same, with affecting sugars, but after what I've been through, I don't think he really knows meds well enough. Thanks again