Seroquel-feedback please

Slept fine last night but feel really sleepy this morning. Isn't taking my next dose this morning going to make me want to sleep all day!?
I'll take a shower first then take it, don't need to fall in the shower
When I see doc on Tues I will ask about the XR mentioned, sounds like a good idea to avoid daytime drowsiness.

I've been taking seroquel 50mg 1-2 times at bedtime going on 2 weeks now, but only as needed. I was prescribed this along with lamictal and so far I haven't had any crazy side effects. I don't take the seroquel if I'm falling to sleep on my own, I take one if I'm not sleepy, and take 2 if I'm being kept up because of my thoughts. I also found that taking two helps me when I feel a mixed episode coming on, in which I only have at night now. Good luck!

Will be increasing my dosage at bedtime tonight to 50 mg (2 x daily) -as directed by doctor.

I have no idea how I am ever going to be able to sit at my desk for 8am Tuesday morning ready to function!

How long did it take any of you to get past the day time sleepiness??
Would taking the XR tab at bedtime only be a better idea??

I never got over the sleepiness. I had a bad experience on seroquel. Seroquel and I go way back. It turned me into a walking, grumpy, personality less zombie. And it made me gain weight.

I hope you have a good experience though.

Good luck!

Ya I feel like it's hard to form sentences and speak clearly! And this is on a tiny dose. Oh boy

I take a small dose (25mg) at night for sleep. If I tried taking it in the morning as well it would be very difficult to do my job, can't imagine how tired I would be! I hope you are able to get used to the morning dosage and function properly, but if you find that nothing changes then it might be worth considering just taking it at night. Good luck!

I have been on quetiapine (Seroquel) for nearly eight years now. There are pro's and cons as Anti-psychotics are powerful drugs. I have a chronic condition yet I need a fairly reasonable 300mg. It was upped to 500mg for two to three years but it dampened my mood a lot so it was decreased. I am amazed that someone can tolerate up to 1500mg! But like others have said 50mg is a low dose.
Side effects for me? Not so much the weight gain, I did while on Olanzapine. I would be more worried about lithium to be perfectly honest as it is a salt and will rot your liver and it messed up my thyroid in a mere three months! The quetiapine was started right away at 300mg for me but I needed it as I have racing thoughts and the inability to sleep. I experienced dizziness and low blood pressure to begin with but no in a complete turn of events my pulse rate is high and my b.p. is just normal. I take a combo of mirtazapine and venlafaxine for depression.
My biggest fear is diabetes as my gran had it and my uncle has it. I had to put sugar in my coffee after swimming today as my hand was shaking, which is low blood sugar.
You have to watch what you eat and drink on these medications. You may also have to build up fitness. I will never be as fit as I was now I need meds though. But, meh I can give up jogging no big loss.
I have tried all these - risperidone, Haldol, aripirazole, clozapine, amisulpride, Olanzapine. Now, clozapine nearly put me six feet under and Olanzapine is horrible. Risperidone was pretty rough too - throbbing calf muscles, face twitching, restlessness, stiffness, periods stopped, paralysed tongue yet it was nowhere near as effective as Quetiapine because I needed the sedative.
It is a case of cannot live without it. I know their is a big long-term risk but if I look after myself I may be okay. I just live and hope that they will develop new drugs with less side effects.
There's no cure but symptoms can be alleviated 100%. I do hope I do not develop TD as it sounds quite debilitating.
Quetiapine is a life saver for me and the best one I have tried.

I was prescribed 200mg a day of this, starting on a lower dose.
After a few months I became allergic to it.
Reading about some of the side effects I wonder if not taking this med is "for the best"
Regular monitoring of blood sugar etc tends not to be done in the uk
A GP prescribed this and said I was "doing well" on it although we had not spoken for months

Here goes --- 50 mg----

Took the 50 mg last night then again this morning. Let's just say I haven't gotten out of bed yet and it's 1pm! Had some nausea and panic attack type feelings this morning. Gone now. Just so bloody sleepy. Good thing I took today off work. Would never have made it in
This could surely eliminate my BP symptoms, I'll just sleep my life away. Good golly!