Seroquel xr

Copied from new member board.. I probably should have put it here instead.

Started seroquel xr yesterday at 2pm. Yesterday afternoon, I felt drowsy.. But my anxiety decreased significantly. Then I felt wired and kinda normal and hungry. Woke up today and felt tired and then wired and hungry. I kinda felt like I was on an upper.. I was excited about all the things I had to do since I was feeling better.

Made all sorts of plans that started with eating food and going to Walmart.

Got extremely dizzy in walmart and had to sit down in an aisle. Then I had to leave the cart. Came home and laid down. Husband brought donuts.. Wrong kind. Not the kind I asked for.

I got pissed! He then started in on me about money because I was online shopping this morning for Easter basket stuff. Nothing crazy excessive, just moderate. My planning was for nothing, you see. I won't be feeling better for Easter and now all I've done is upset my husband for spending too much of his money on our kids. Things I want to buy them because I've felt so guilty for not being so happy and outgoing. I want to see them happy Easter morning because I got them stuff they have been asking for!

So then I was so mad I felt like taking the donuts and smearing them in his face. I started to get mad at stuff the kids were doing. It was snowballing so I removed myself. Now I'm in bed again.

I felt SOOO mad. And now I kinda feel loopy/dizzy again. My anxiety is creeping back in because I feel anxious about being mad and being horrible to the people I love. And I want to cry. I want to give up. I'm so tired of fighting and still messing it all up! It's never going to get better. It always goes back and forth.

Is this how it is when you start a med like this? Is there any red flags or should I trudge along?

Of course, before the med I just felt like sleeping and crying and isolated myself in my room a lot so I could feel anxious about being messed up and wanting to press the off button so I don't feel this way. It always comes back to dying for me! Always! It's been like this for a month!

Did I mention I'm pregnant? Oh, and we have researched meds etc and know pretty well what is/isn't safe based on benefits/risks.

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When I first started Seroquel, it made me very tired and a little bit dizzy. It also made me feel wired and crave sweets. AND - yes, I found myself getting just FURIOUS about stupid things. Fortunately, it didn't last. I think it took about a week for my body to adjust. I think I only had a day or two of that extreme anger.

I've been on it for 8 months now, and most of that stuff is completely gone. The only side effect that has lasted is getting sleepy. I take the IR and so I find that if I sit or lay down, then I'll crash and fall asleep. If I'm up and doing stuff, though, I don't get tired anymore.