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Old Mar 24, 2014, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by needarealitycheck View Post
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

Seroquel is more sedating at lower doses. It has to do with the way it effects histamine.

Maybe you can try saphris? It's a sedating antipsychotic, so good for sleep, and better than seroquel for metabolic side effects. It might be a good choice?

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