[krisakira]

I started seroquel a week ago for insomnia, and the first few days I slept way too long but then it evened out and while it takes me forever to get to sleep, once I am asleep I sleep a reasonable amount of time. I'm not really like it because of it taking too long to fall asleep still. Well, lately I have been having severe emotions about my relationship with my boyfriend that he will leave me, or that he doesn't want me. It's affecting our relationship, which makes me feel even worse. I am beginning to think I am becoming paranoid. All I want to do is cry. I feel like he is breaking up with me, but he isn't. He doesn't plan to. He loves me. He recently told me that my weight is affecting our relationship, especially intimacy, but I took it way out of proportion and reacted very poorly, thinking he was going to leave me because of my weight. He says there are problems in our relationship but I can't stop thinking that he doesn't love me anymore, and doesn't want to be around me. He told me he has no plans to leave me, and I know the problems can be worked on and I'm pretty sure that's what he wants to do- work on the problems and still be together. But I am sooo paranoid... the only thing that has changed recently is that I started taking seroquel. I take 25-50mg at night. I know that's not a lot, but I am med sensitive. I know seroquel is supposed to HELP people with paranoia, but could it be having the opposite affect on me??

[eskielover]

I am extremely sensitive to meds also & the extremely high dose of seroquel I was on didn't effect me that way. I was on it after going through a horrible trauma & my mother's death in order to sleep.....depression & anxiety are my major issues (along with PTSD & anorexia) so I don't deal with a Dx that has paranoia as part of it. Dont really know how seroquel might effect paranoia if you are dealing with a dx that has paranoia as part of it. From my experience with bad side effects, I never trust how a med will react with me. Usually never had those kinds of side effects...mostly physical issues.

[Lexi232]

(((((kisakira)))))
im on seroquil too (and started it just within the past month) im not sure if it can cause paranoia. for me it makes me able to see and understand where other people are coming from, where usually i would of got angry and cycled down a self defeating spiral.
when i first started it, (it could of been the other meds they started me on in that same week too but...) i believe seroquil made me A LOT more anxious there for awhile.

ps. i was inpatient during that period of time, and the pdoc there told me that diffrent doses of seroquil are used for different things (such as 25mg during the day causes that whole reality stabiliztion for me, and 50mg at night is taken for sleep. but i've heard it goes as high as 200mg (the inpatient pdoc told me that was for psychosis related cases). so in my own mind i sorted it out to say each dosage is almost like a diffrent med in the way it helps.

[-jimi-]

The antipsychotics I tried gave me an increase of anxiety. I haven't been on seroquel but I probably would react bad to it as well. Sometimes a med just doesn't fit your body chemistry.

[medstudent84]

hmmm....I started on a low dose of seroquel about 3 months ago and it was like a miracle. first few days were a bit odd but then, bang, I felt better than I had for about 10 years. Literally no anxiety, no depression.

Everybody's different but I doubt the seroquel is causing your 'paranoia'. You do have to entertain the idea that the paranoia you are feeling is justified and normal.

Speaking as a guy in a long term relationship, there are times that I just don't want to be around my girlfriend. It's not because I love her less, etc. it's just that a lot of men need their 'man time'. I've had many an argument with my girlfriend where she has felt that I don't want to spend time with her.
The fact of the matter is, you can love someone, but it doesn't mean you want to be around them all the time. I think this is more true for men than women.