[wildflowerchild25]

Spoke with pdoc on Friday. On Tuesday she was going to out me on lexapro, which I didn't want because I had been on it before and it had done nothing, and ADs tend to put me in a mixed state anyway. But Friday I was so desperate for something to take away the horrible depression that I was going to take anything.

Except she suggested Seroquel. It floored me - I guess I think of Seroquel as an older drug, even though I don't think it's that old, one used for severe cases. This is just the perception I have, and not necessarily the truth. I also know that Seroquel is one of the big weight gainers. I can't stand the idea of gaining more weight (risperdal caused fifteen extra pounds to settle in). I just sucked it up and bought new jeans and work pants to accommodate the risperdal weight gain and now this? Of course she said it doesn't happen to everyone but if I gained weight with one I'm likely to gain weight with another. I also know that Seroquel has a sedating effect, which I am nervous about because I don't handle sedating medications well, they tend to knock me out for much longer than most people.

That being said what was I supposed to do? She wouldn't prescribe anything else and I couldn't live with the depression - it was immobilizing. She said just try it for now and see how things go. She wants me to go up to 300mgs by Tuesday. She gave me cogentin to counteract the restless leg symptom I had the last time I took Seroquel.

This morning I don't have the same sense of dread that I have had for a week. But I'm also feeling restless. I feel like my skin is crawling. It's not the same feeling from mania because I am still super tired. Does anyone else get the restlessness with Seroquel? If so is it temporary? I'm supposed to go up to 200 tonight. I'm not sure if I will if this restlessness doesn't stop.

Wish me luck, this seems to be my only chance to get out of the depression. The next option is ECT, which I really don't want to do again. I'll be out of work for weeks if I do that.

[Jcon614]

I can't take seroquel because it makes me faint and it puts me into a deep stupor. That being said, I'm sure it works for many.

I'm confused as to why seroquel for depression? I was prescribed it for high anxiety.

I really hopes it works for you as you clearly need relief from your deep depression.

I was put on seroquel in the hospital several years ago, it was part of a combo that brought me back out of depression. At the time I was on depakote, seroquel, effexor and klonopin(prn)

[wildflowerchild25]

Ok now I have a problem. I cannot take Seroquel without cogentin to counteract the restlessness. I took cogentin in the morning and became really dizzy but I thought it was holdover from the Seroquel because that is a side effect I've reAd about. Now I took cogentin again at 6:30 without the Seroquel and suddenly at seven my computer screen started moving an so did everything else. I got really dizzy again. So it's the cogentin that makes me dizzy. Does it do that to anyone else? Will it go away? I can't take one without the other :-/ but I can't spend two hours of my work day holdin onto my desk for dear life!

Damn my body chemistry! I always get the weirdest side effects :-/

[unlived]

How many mg cogent in are u taking? Sometimes lowering the dose to 0.5 or 1 mg can sort out the side effects while still helping

[Amelie10]

Seroquel has been a good drug for me. I did not gain any weight and the side effects were minimal. I really hope it works for you. The depression can be unbearable. Please keep us posted on how you are doing/.

[Victoria'smom]

Seroquel XR makes me restless but I only take it PRN.

[Anika.]

Hmm cogentin made me throw up repeatedly for days when I was taking it for akathisia brought on from ability also made me very dizzy. So could be from the cogentin.