[BeyondtheRainbow]

I feel like I"m going through menopause all over again. I had waterproof covers on my pillows and took those off thinking they might be the problem but I'm still hot all night. I have 2 waterproof pads on my bed since it can cause bed-wetting and I'm a little nervous about removing even one until I'm taking my dose mostly at night and haven't had problems. At first I was sleeping so soundly that I needed a Poise pad just in case but now that's not so true. I'll be on the new distrubtion with most at night tomorrow and maybe then I can take a pad off but I'm not convinced that's the problem; I think I'm just hot or having hot flashes.

Also, I seem to be gaining weight. I had really hoped the Seroquel weight would come off and instead I've gained a couple of pounds. To be fair I haven't been up for exercising much since the med change and I've probably been a little too heavy on the carbs under the premise that right now I care more about taking care of my needs even when those are for food. And mostly it's not been that bad; I've eaten 6 servings of salad in 2 days as well as yogurt and cereal and other generally healthy things. So I'm a little worried about this.

My family dr is willing to start metformin and I'll be asking about that as soon as I clear it with my pdoc. My pdoc didn't expect weight gain but she also envisioned me at half this dose.
I'm afraid I'll wind up on more (or more of something) since I'm having a hard time falling asleep. Mostly I stay asleep and I'm still falling asleep hours before I was a month ago but I don't really have time when I have the energy to do a whole lot yet.

I am really feeling anxious because I want this to work so much (NEED it to work so much). I don't want to think about what comes next if this doesn't work. And mostly it is. I'm feeling a bit better and when we get the dosing right starting tomorrow I should improve some more. But I want to feel more certainty that this isn't going to be a problemdrug that I'm stuck with because it's all that works.

[raspberrytorte]

I really hope clorazil works out for you in the long run, rainbow. I understand how it feels when you need a med to work.

Personally I've just given up on APs. I've tried pretty much all of them with horrible side effects. I'm just going to do frequent reality checks with my husband so I don't go off the deep end!

[cashart10]

It hasn't made me hot that I've noticed but I have -ahem- wet the bed, slobbered profusely, and started eating carbs like crazy. I CANNOT afford any more med weight gain so I'm not sure what to do with that. What I can recommend is not missing blood work so there is no lapse in the medication. My life was hell on earth for about a week and I imagine that was the biggest culprit.

[BeyondtheRainbow]

The drool is disgusting, worse than the pee incidents (which I seem to have under control now that I take all but 50 mg at night). I have cogentin to see if it will control the drool but have been waiting to make one change at a time. I have my AM and PM doses adjusted now but still have some adjustments to make for sleep (my pdoc was right and this does not make me fall asleep. It makes me tired through the day which should improve now but not at night) and I don't want to not know what is causing what.

The weight gain scares me. I'm not craving carbs any more than I was on Seroquel and if my mom's scale is accurate I've gained 4-8 lbs. I am hoping this is related to spending half the month IP and the other half too tired to do much but I already had so much weight gain and really wanted the seroquel being gone to lower my weight. But my family dr says I can try metformin so hopefully I can get that set up and started fairly soon.Having energy to exercise would also be nice. I just took a long walk with my mom and her dogs and I'm exhausted from that but it's by far the most I've done in a month.

I hope you are feeling good and things get better for you now that you've gotten that worked out. I guess they are serious about telling us not to miss doses.