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Nov 22, 2013, 06:46 PM
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What's your thoughts on Seroquel?
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Nov 22, 2013, 07:15 PM
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I like it because it helps me sleep. It also gives me a feeling of peacefulness that I didn't have before. I do find that I want to eat more at night since taking it, so I see how people can gain weight on it. It's so easy to eat late at night when your strength is down. At 200 mg it did make me really hungover in the morning. It would take until noon for the effects to wear off. I'm now at 100 mg. I still get some of the benefits of seroquel but without being hungover for so long.
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Nov 22, 2013, 08:15 PM
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Not a big fan of Seroquel since it causes weight gain, fatigue, and more weight gain and more fatigue!! One thought-Latuda!!!
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Nov 23, 2013, 05:54 AM
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I really like it.
I'm on 200 mg, for anxiety and as an additional mood booster adjunct to my anti-D.. I've been on it since March and haven't gained any weight. I do find it makes me drowsy though. splitimage
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Nov 24, 2013, 09:24 PM
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I hate it. And I'm only on 100 mg a day. It makes me tired all 24 hours, and it messes with my speech.
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Nov 27, 2013, 12:37 AM
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Latuda and I aren't friends. I tried it for about 4 months or so, and I didn't find it to be particularly effective, plus, because you have to take it with a significant amount of food, I would vomit at least once a week because I didn't have enough food in my stomach. |
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Nov 27, 2013, 09:37 AM
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I liked Seroquel and it certainly helped me sleep. Had to go to bed earlier than I was used to but as long as I took around 6PM it didn't give me any trouble the next day. But when the doctor quit giving me samples I found I couldn't afford without insurance.
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Nov 28, 2013, 09:54 PM
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I've been on Seroquel for about a year and half. I am up to 600mg of the IR version.. Once your body gets used to it, you don't have the fog all day. Took me about 4 months to get to that point. Now I sleep a solid 8 hours and wake up with no fog. I guess depending on your physiology it can be different.
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Nov 29, 2013, 04:42 PM
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With Seroquel all I wanted to do was eat junk. I look it at night and it made me too sleepy during the day. They sent me to the sleep center to see if I was having sleep apnea because I was so tired. I only took 200mg a day at bedtime. My friend on the other hand feels that he cannot live without Seroquel, but sleeps over 12 hours during the day and is up all night.
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Nov 30, 2013, 09:28 AM
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I absolutely hated Seroquel. I gained a huge amount of weight that was very difficult to lose even after I stopped taking it. It made me fuzzy. I couldn't think or talk right. And I was tempted to overuse it because it produced sleep.
I have found that the very old med, Thorazine, used just for sleep or for agitation, has been a great drug for me. It is the old style anti-psychotic, but at lower doses is considered a major tranquilizer. Thing is you can't really abuse it or overdose on it so it is completely safe. There are some side effects, but not at really at low doses.
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Nov 30, 2013, 09:52 AM
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Love my seroquel! Helps me sleep! I take just 12.5mg at night (about an hour before bed) and I'm good! We started with the full 25mg but it gave me that horrid hangover effect, so I chopped it in half and voila! I haven't had the weight/eating issue, likely, I'd guess, cause it's such a small dose.
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Nov 30, 2013, 02:29 PM
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Hi i'm on 450mg and i'm fine with that Dose , helps me Chill And get a good night's sleep i may have put a pound or so on but it's worth it the peace i get now , x
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Nov 30, 2013, 03:24 PM
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Nov 30, 2013, 06:50 PM
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Nov 30, 2013, 08:18 PM
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For some reason the 400mg tablets of Seroquel gave me heart palpitations so instead of taking 800mg I dropped back down to 600mg.
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Dec 05, 2013, 01:57 AM
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I take 200mg at night. I can't say it really helps me sleep, but most mornings i battle to wake up
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Dec 18, 2013, 04:45 PM
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My doc gave me a script for 50mg of Seroquel, mostly to help me sleep but also he is not crazy about having me on Wellbutrin and Zolft with bipolar history and wanted to put me on something he said is geared for bipolar. I wanted ambien, he said let's try this first. I've read previous threads regarding Seroquel and this was the latest so instead of starting a new one I thought I would bounce this one back up. I have had trouble falling asleep for the past 10 years! Only ambien has helped. Will this really help me?
So now I am on Wellbytrin 100mg 3x day, Zolft 100mg 1x, Seroquel 50mg (for now) 1x and Xanax .5 PRN.
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Dec 19, 2013, 01:24 PM
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Dec 21, 2013, 01:59 PM
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I'm already a big guy, and my weight normally fluctuates. So I little gain doesn't bother me. I'm actually losing weight albeit slowly but I am losing weight on Seroquel IR.
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Dec 21, 2013, 04:12 PM
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Dec 21, 2013, 06:07 PM
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Nothing keeps me asleep either. I usually wake up every hour or other hour. I can get 6 uninterupted hours with ambien, or trazodone 100mg + 1mg Xanax but I hate wasting my xanax on just sleep.
Ok, I took 50mg of seroquel at work just before I left because it takes about 45 mns to get home. I got home did some stuff around the house and in my office and wasn't even yawning. By this time it was over 1 hour. So I took another 50mg pill waiting another hour, a few yawns but I did notice I was feeling more relaxed so I went to bed. I think I fell asleep in about an hour or so which is really very good for me! I did not wake up every hour. I slept 3 hours, woke up, slept 2 hours woke up, slept 1 hour and stayed up. Not bad! Better then trazodone on it's own and around the same with xanax. I think tonite I will try 150mg. BTW, no hang over effect afterwords, and I do not feel like a zombie. SO for now any ways, I'm ok with seroquel.
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Dec 21, 2013, 07:04 PM
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Are you taking the XR version or the immediate release? I take the regular (immediate release ) and it knocks me out cold. Trazadone gave me horrible insomnia, Seroquel is the miracle drug for me. Without it I will not sleep.
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Dec 21, 2013, 07:11 PM
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Immediate release of course
 My doc admitted he was prescribing a very low dose, I gave it a chance but realized that 50mg will never do any thing for me. I am encouraged with just 100mg!
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Dec 21, 2013, 10:16 PM
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Seroquil 500mg. good drug.
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Dec 22, 2013, 11:28 AM
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Yea, the weight gain is not cool. I wuz 115 lbs this summer, now I
am wayy more. I have to admit it helps w my bi polar and impulses tho. I feel mainstream on it. Cheers to Seroquil!!! 
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