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Old Mar 25, 2015, 12:57 AM
Tango62 Tango62 is offline
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Originally Posted by raspberrytorte View Post
I've only been on it a couple of months, 150mg before bedtime.

Since I've gotten over the hangover feeling in the morning, my hunger cravings have died down a lot (as in I don't crave sugar all of the time, etc.). I haven't gained any weight yet. If anything I've lost weight because I've been drinking so much water.

Now, past couple of days, I've been filled with this awful restless feeling! I can't sit still or concentrate on my work (writing work. I'm planning a new novel, outlining a different novel, working on a synopsis to market another novel, and overall feel overwhelmed with just all of that because there's not enough time in the day).

I can't focus. I can not concentrate, not even on movies. I've been pacing a lot. Today the restless feeling was so unbearable I couldn't even sit still for a long period of time, much less get any writing related things done.

I've been waking up at five in the morning. This morning I couldn't sit still long enough to even write in my journal!

Could this be seroquel related? It feels a lot like the way I felt while on abilify, with the whole inner restlessness. Anyone else experience this on seroquel? It's been two months on it. It seems like a symptom that would have happened sooner.
It sounds like you may be having some breakthrough 'highs'. I am on seroquel base dose 100-150 XR (Slow release) and I top up a bit with fast acting (between 50-100 in divided doses) when I go a bit too hypomanic then it settles down. In may case it looks a lot like what you are describing with suddenly having too many ambitious projects on the go and flit form one to the other as I cannot concentrate. In fact for a few days had to go as high as 400mgs extra to stop me flying too high with mixed episodes. My Psych Doc follows this and allows me to act according to how my mood is.