Passed out lastnight. Seroquel?

Lastnight I took 1200mg of Seroquel, first night I've taken that much ever. I usually take 900mg, but she bumped it to 1200mg... About 30 minutes after I had taken it, I was walking to the bathroom and next thing I know I was waking up on the bathroom floor face down. Somehow when I passed out, I hit my head and have a big knot on it now and knocked a tooth loose from it. Has anyone ever passed out or felt as if they were going to pass out while taking Seroquel? This is really scarying me and I have severe insomnia without my medication. My pdoc won't call me back.. I've called twice. urg!

Anyone? I need some sort of feedback. My doctor isn't calling me back, I've called her two more times and I haven't gotten any response and I know I shouldn't just completely stop talking my Seroquel all at once. I almost passed out again lastnight. Barely made it to the bed before I got real dizzy. Anyone ever had these effects?

Bama, my husband only took 50 mg of Seroquel and was zonked in about an hour. I've heard that the higher the dose the less sleepy it makes you, but that has not been my experience with him.

It sounds to me like you need to change how you take this med until you talk to your doc. I would suggest sitting on your bed and taking the medicine, then laying right down. Don't move around anymore than you have to.

I wouldn't quit cold turkey. Sorry I don't have any better answers. I will keep my fingers crossed that you hear back soon.

i was so glad to read your post! i was put on seroquel last week.....i am only taking 400mg in the evenings and about 20 minutes after i take it i feel like i'm on a merry go round.....your dosage is very high.......i don't see how you are functioning at all!....please get ahold of your doc! sounds like a serious situation....and please keep in touch.i'd appreciate knowing how you are doing

Yes, the max amount of Seroquel there is is 1200mg and that's what I'm on, I have severe insomnia. I only took half of that tonight and hoping it will help me sleep rather than being up all night restless. I'm going to Florida in two days and need my rest before I head down that way. I'm so glad to know I'm not alone in this. I really think they need to take Seroquel off the market. It just seems too dangerous. I'm still having dizzy spells every since I fell on my head when I passed out. I have a doctors appointment in the morning to have my head checked out. I'll let you guys know how it goes.

Thanks for the responses. I'm so glad I'm not alone. Can't believe they prescribe a drug that can make you plumb stupid while on it or even pass out. It's crazy!

I took Seroquel for a while and it knocked me out after taking it. If I remember correctly I was taking 800 mg. I too have trouble sleeping and it really helped. I never got dizzy or passed out but it definitely put me to sleep.

I hope your pdoc calls you back soon. I know it is not a good idea to stop taking it all at once. They recommend ramping down unless it is a medical emergency.

Good luck and be persistent with your pdoc. That is what they are there for.

I've called again three times today already. They said she won't be in until tomorrow and tomorrow is when I leave for Florida. This is a bunch of BS, excuse my french, but it is. She's my pdoc, she needs to be available when her patients are having bad side effects with their meds or when the patient just needs her pdoc. Grrr!

Thankfully, lastnight I was able to sleep better and not feel all wacky and crazy. Woke up a lot during the night, but at least I didn't feel like I was going to pass out.

I guess if you aren't going to get hold of your pdoc before leaving for florida & you don't want to continue feeling the way you have been feeling, I would drop my dose down to where you feel you may be able to tolerate it.

I am on seroquel because I am being haunted my nightmares of what happened last year. I am only on 200mg at night & then as needed throughout the day. At 200mg, I am able to sleep soundly throughout the night & very seldom do I even have a dream (but when I do, they are always bad). I only weigh 98 pounds, so 200mg is quite a bit for my size.

I have been passing out lately too but I know it is caused by being dehydrated which is a serious problem at my weight also. My life required me to be very active outside in the 105+ weather here in the Mojave desert. I have been hospitalized several times this summer for the dehydration & passing out.....as soon as I get re-hydrated, the passing out is much better until the dehydration hits again......I don't know if you have anything else in your life that may be causing you to pass out besides the seroquel?

If not, & since your pdoc isn't there for you to manage your meds, it may be a good thing for you to do until you talk with her. My pdoc lets me determine my own dose that works which is surprising after all the OD's in my past record & the number of times he had me hospitalized.....but he trusts me now....& I was the one that upped my dose to 200mg.....initially I was at 75mg 3 x day & the nightmares & depersonalization experiences just kept getting worse....now then are more under control, so I am pleased with the work seroquel is doing for me.

I hope you can get your dose under control,
Debbie

Yeah, that's what I'm gonna do... I took 900mg instead of the 1200mg lastnight and it was a lot better. I still couldn't sleep well, but I wasn't passing out and didn't feel like I was going to, so I'll stick with the 900mg until my pdoc can change it to something else.

PS: Sorry about all your health problems. Hope they get better.

Bama,

I am glad you have found a dose that seems to be working at least a little for you. Hopefully you will be able to sleep a little better soon. I am with you on the fact that passing out is a horrible feeling. Everything goes closes into dark & I go cold all over. Then I come to on the floor. If I am lucky, I can catch the blacking out & land myself somewhere safe before the floor hits. It is a horrible feeling.

Take care.....hope you have a good time in Florida,

Debbie

I'm on seroquel to I got prescribed to me on thursday and have yet to take it cause I was out pertying this weekend but I shall start tonight hopefully I will not have any of the sideffects that ever1 else has had.

a suggestion.....take it in the evening after you are settled in....it really is a woozie......lol

You won't need to party when you start out on Seroquel. My first few weeks were fuuuuun. Take's it about a half hour to kick in, and pray you're close to your bed! Then when you wake up, it's like being full-on drunk for a few hours, stumbling around, knocking into walls, etc. But, the side effects calm down, and you can wake without the drunk effect.

Good Luck with this one.....I hope that it works to your advantage.....Grace

I always hated the "drunken" feeling of Seroquel. Been on it for a long time and it always made me feel that way after I woke up and right before I went to bed, just only passed out once while taking it.

My pdoc put me on a new sleeping medication called Lunista(sp?)... Took it for the first time lastnight, worked well.

Yay!

Yay on this end too! lol

She kept me on my Seroquel for my bipolar, though. Instead of 1200mg she lessened me to 900mg again and put me on Lunista for sleeping. 900mg of Seroquel doesn't make me sleepy anymore, so it's strictly for my bipolar now.