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Originally Posted by still_crazy
hi. honestly, not to 2nd guess your shrink (I 2nd guess mine all the time...he's quite patient, lol), but a lot of data available now indicates that, for most people, its best to be on just -1- tranquilizer at a time, and that within an accepted dosage range. true story...with 2+ tranquilizers in the mix, one gets more adverse effects, drug-drug interactions, general un-fun stuff, drug costs go up, and...there's no real benefit, for most people.
besides, id take ambien or restoril over low dose seroquel any day of the week. although...((I have obsessive stuff going on, that's why I know this...) there's been a meta-analysis that found that -regular- sedative usage increased mortality from all sorts of causes, from accidents to various forms of cancer. --shudder-- that inspired me to reduce my sleepy time pill intake, which has been a good thing (For me...).
good luck!
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This is really good information, thanks. As I said in another thread, Seroquel (25mg) has stopped working for sleep after a couple of years of being on it at that dose (I used to take it therapeutically -at a much higher dose- but it made me way too sleepy [I was falling asleep at work, etc.]). So I've increased it to 1.5 pills, but still wake up in the middle of the night wide awake. Last night I experimented with taking a klonopin for sleep and it worked really well. I already take 1mg every morning. But I doubt my pdoc will prescribe a benzo for sleep... In any case, I definitely need her help in choosing a non-AP sleep aid, which -as you say and I didn't know all of that- may well help with my overall health as well.