I was having horrible nightmares right after the trauma with the home care person who was abusing my Mother when she was dying of cancer. Not only was there ID theft, & theft of my Mothers jewelry, but I was the one who caught her doing it & then she OD"ed my Mother on morphine. When I finally got my mother into the hospital for her safety after the OD, I was afraid for myself & my Mother of what she might do especially to me because I had gone to the police with it. The anxiety caused me to loose so much weight because I couldn't eat without getting sick, & the nightmares kept getting worse even while I was in the medical hospital for a month with IV nutrition because I was so sick. With all of this, there wasn't anything strong enough to help until my Pdoc finally came up with seroquel. It is very strong & really knocked me out......but I could sleep without any nightmares. When I woke up after taking it I felt like I had a hangover...but since I wasn't working & really wasn't able to even function....that wasn't a problem. The nightmares continued until I move to Kentucky 3 years later.....it was then I stoped taking the seroquel. I was also afraid of taking a medication that strong while living alone with my 6 doggies. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to even function at times & not be able to care for my eskies, so that was also why I quit taking it.....but when I needed sleep, it was the answer to stopping the nightmares & really knocking me out for a good night's sleep.

Debbie