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Originally Posted by Half&Half
I take half of 25mg of Seroquel each night. When it 'hits me' I'm out and sleep through the night for 10 HOURS! Why so long? If I try to wake up earlier, the symptoms that I have are: swolleness around my eyes, cannot focus my eyes to read, light hurts my eyes, dizziness and trouble walking or standing up, my brain/thoughts seem to be racing, and I have a feeling of starving for food immediately, and I have a headache and stiffness in my neck and back. What I have discovered through trial and error is to get up, go to the bathroom, take two extra strength excedrine with a drink of water, run cold water on a washcloth and go lay back down with the washcloth on my eyes for 20 minutes while my body stops being in pain, my eyes stop swelling, and my mind comes to some clearity, and then I try to get up again and eat something and start reading my E-mail and checking my voicemail which is how I start my work day. I was unable to function in the normal people's working routine so I'm a stay at home worker. I'm new to this forum. I feel like I'm alone because I don't have a support group or people around me who understand bipolar. I don't have a doc anymore because I can't afford to. I get my Seroquel from AstraZenca program for people without insurance and the prescription came from the health dept. nurse practioner. I've just found this site, and thought I might also find some help here. Thanks!  I feel like my symptoms in the morning and the number of hours I'm sleeping are not right. |
Oh yes; seroquel.. you have really nothing to be quite worried about. But then again, I am NOT a doctor, or I'm not your nurse practitioner, but I will tell you my personal experience with it.
First off, I understand the whole sleeping for 10 hours thing. Thats why I am glad they told me to take it during the night time. At first they told me to take it in the evening around "dinner" time, but then they said well, the side affect of this medecine is that it will make you really tired at FIRST. Keyword, at first. They told me this side effect should wear off a little after awhile. The extreme tiredness, the grogginess your feeling in the morning, the foggy, blah feeling. I know exactly how you feel! I remember the first night I took it, I was out like that. Then the next morning, I got up and I sat at my computer desk, and I was literally slouched down in my desk chair, sedated feeling. Not wanting to go on the computer, just sit there and stare at the wall. Thats how "blah" it made me feel in the morning. But this went away after about 6 days for me. But, I myself did sleep for 11 hours the first 2 weeks I'd say, then it got shorter and shorter, to the point where I could actually get outta bed and not be sedated in the morning, or groggy feeling.
I hope this med works out for you, for me it did nothing for my depression. I was having auditory hallucinations though, and it did stop those. But, other than that, it didnt work for my depression or anxiety whatsoever. Who knows, it could be the one thing that works for you!
Private message me if you have anymore questions about my experience!
Good luck!
