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Originally Posted by xRavenx
Hi everyone.
I've been having a weird experience with my increase in Seroquel. I was prescribed an extra 100mg (now at 300mg) since my mood has been cycling where my depressions have been very dark and hard to climb out of. Now, I'm getting these symptoms where I don't know if it is the Seroquel increase, or if this would be happening regardless. I've been getting these bursts of energy where everything seems to be going much faster in my head, and it's like a high, but not in a drug-induced way. More of like a hypomania, I can take on the world kind of thing. I thought I'd be more knocked out on the higher dose, but I'm not sedated at all.
I feel very "up" and elevated at times, but then I'll cycle into these depressions. I even tried to take klonopin to take the edge off, and it does absolutely nothing now. That is new. But then something will trigger me, and I'll fall to pieces... crying like crazy, have dangerous thoughts... I'm all over the place. I haven't noticed the "up" feeling in a while though. I've been on much higher doses of Seroquel in the past, and I was really sedated. So I can't figure out if these high feelings are from the Seroquel or if it is the beginning of some sort of episode.
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Hi xRavenx. It could be possible that your Seroquel increase played a part. Or your speculation that it could also just be coincidence may also be right. It's certainly possible that at the 300 mg level that it is working more as a moostablizer than at the lower doses. It is even said that at 300 mg and up, it's more of a moodstabilizer and less just a sleep aid.
Seroquel is a unique medication in that sometimes an increase or decrease can do the opposite of expected. It's worked that way for me many times. Even when it comes to side effects, sometimes I've had some on the same dose one year, than another year.
It is difficult, at times, to know if a med is a cause of a shift or other triggers. I mean, I can easily get hypomanic or manic at doses like the one I'm on now (550 mg). Then my doc would tweak it up a bit. Even at lower doses I might get depressed. The doc may then increase it (especially if agitation is involved) or decrease it (if more over sedation is involved).
I don't think I've ever thought Seroquel itself made me manic. Perhaps too low of a dose, or more likely, because of the alignment of the stars, so to speak. I have blamed other bipolar medications, though. Too much Lamictal can do it for me. I also think Abilify and Latuda either did nothing or encouraged past mood elevations.