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Old Oct 23, 2018, 03:33 PM
Anonymous46341
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Welcome!

I take the extended release Seroquel (Seroquel XR) and have found that helpful for anxiety, though I do occasionally have some anxiety slip through the cracks. I think for me, it is very good at calming anger, probably because it controls the anger I'd normally experience in mood elevations. It's slightly sedating, and that helps me.

I take a somewhat moderate to large dose of the Seroquel XR at 500 mg, but I have occasionally taken small doses of regular Seroquel (25 or 50 mg) on top of my Seroquel XR. That has been quite effective at calming past agitation and developing mood elevation as an "as needed". I usually only take regular Seroquel like that in these cases, though. Though I do recall the small "extra" dose of regular Seroquel helping with anxiety, I confess that I usually take an "as needed" benzodiazepine for anxiety, especially if the anxiety is not accompanied by mood elevation. The reason is because Seroquel can make me a bit sleepy or woozy, if not elevated in mood. My benzo doesn't that much.
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