Changed my meds AGAIN....Seroquel?

I have been changed from Geodon to Seroquel. It makes me sleep ALL day. Anyone else on it? Any advice? Thanks.

Hubby took a small dose of Seroquel for about a year. He took it right before he went to bed and once he got up in the morning he seemed to be ok. If you're not taking it at night, I would see about switching. If you are, then you may need to talk to your doc again. Everyone reacts differently to every medicine. My friend works with someone who takes 12 times what my hubby took and it doesn't make her sleepy at all.

The higher the dose of Seroquel the less likely you are to be sleepy. I take mine at night, sleep very soundly, and wake up refreshed.

The doc has me on 25mg in the morning, and then 25mg in the afternoon. THEN I take 300mg before bed. So I am on it ALL day. Maybe I just have to get used to it, you think?

I'm on Seroquel 100mg at bedtime. When I first started the dose, it took me a good two, almost three weeks to get over the sleepiness. We're talking full-on drunk for 3-4 hours when I'd wake up in the morning. Give it some time; hopefully the side effects will subside for you.

Dolfin

Thanks for the info Dolfin. Hopefully everything will be ok. I think I am already starting to tolerate it a little better than I was.... especially the daytime doses. Taking it during the day is really what had been giving me the trouble. But now things seem to be getting a little better!! Thanks again!!!

You are more than welcome. I was put on Seroquel after a major manic episode, and it has worked wonders for me. I hope you can get the same relief I am. After the side effects subside, it's nice to have that clarity I have so sorely missed the past couple of years.

Dolfin

I had gone off all meds....things seemed to be ok with an occasional klonopin while going through crap with my husband. When my Mother's cancer took over, there was trauma involved with the home care RN, ID theft, threats, & accusations about me that brought in the police. I felt like I couldn't take anything because I had to be seeing things without there ever being an issue that I was on drugs & didn't know what was going on. When I ended up spending 24/7 in the hospital with her, I needed something because I was exhausted. my pdoc upped my klonopin but within weeks it had no effect & I kept needing more. I continued using the klonopin for the two months I was in the medical hospital myself after my mother died. When I got home, I found that I had some left over seroquel from a year before. I felt desparate to find something that would help. The nightmares were horrible & the sensation of not really being me was wierd. I found myself completely avoiding sleep. I started taking a low dose like before & it did nothing. I upped the amount to 200/300mg at night & was amazed at how well I sleep without the nightmares either. I would wake up rather dizzy....but had been having that problem anyway. It was such a relief that I told my pdoc what was working. His DX is PTSD on top of the major depression recurrant & anxiety that I had before. He is great at working with me, knowing that I have horrible reactions to almost every med he has prescribed. Since it is working so well, he pretty much agrees to let me take the amount that works & now provides me with samples since I have no prescription insurance & my migraine med costs about $900/month.

I still take it at night with only a few nightmares now & then....& only take it in the during the day if I really lose it. I work out daily with my horses & am training for dressage showing which I do about once a month. At times I feel dizzy in the morning but it passes rather quickly after I get up & going. It is about the only med I have really found that works without horrible side effects. Originally it was a replacement for thorozine that he had me on...thorozine caused me to have Parkinson's reactions for several months before it got out of my system.

Seroquel has given me a way to get along with the things I am going through & get the needed sleep that I just wouldn't allow myself to have.

Hope you have a good effect from it,
Debbie

Debbie, Thanks so much for telling me about how you responded to Seroquel. Now, I am feeling a little better taking it. I don't seem to be as sleepy from my daytime doses. And, I can REALLY tell a difference when I miss a dose. It makes me fell horrible without it. Thanks again.

Mental,
I am so glad it seems to be working for you and are settling into the the amount that gives you relief. Not glad that you feel worse without it, but at least you know it is working when you can actually tell a difference.

Take care,
Debbie

Ive just been put on Seroquel too, I take 25mg 3 times a day and 100mg at night. at first I was taking them when ever thru out the day, like am ,pm and evening then the 100mg, man for 3 days I could not stay awake if my life depended on it hehe.
Now, I take one whenever needed like if I feel anxiety starting or if I know Im going to be in a situation where Ill get anxious, and then my bedtime one. Im also on Cipralex too in the am.

Im starting to feel the effects of the Seroquel and ive been on different meds my whole life and this one...seems to be doing good.

Hope all is well!
Take Care
Erin

I take this stuff, too, most of the time. Not now, for a while. It helps greatly with insomnia and quiets random crazy thinking. The trouble with it, for me, is it turns the world flat. It is like my undrugged brain is a tv that gets great color, but randomly changes stations, and sometimes the reception is bad. With Seroquel, it stays rock steady on one clear, but very boring channel.

I was tortured for over a year with Seroquel. I was over medicated at 400 mg. If I had it to do again I would do without it. Seroquel was the last med I ever used. If you can do with a smaller dose great.

I've heard that about higher doses of seroquel not having the sleep-inducing effect of the lower dose, but I've never taken enough to find out. My doctor started me out on a small dose of 25mg twice a day and upped it to 50 after a while, but I never got over the intense sleepiness. I couldn't accomplish anything while taking it - all I could do was sleep. It helped for a while since I was extremely sleep-deprived but it became counterproductive. I hope it works better for you. If it doesn't tho, speak to your doc about it asap.