[LindseyM]

Hey... A friend of mine was just reciently (Thursday) diagnosed with diabeties. Last night, I went over to her house to lend her moral support and while I was there she had to take her blood sugar. I am taking seroquil and I know it can make a person's blood sugar go up. Knowing this I suggested that we both do it, so that she doesn't have to feel bad that she is the only one to poke her finger. Her's was pretty high (173, but that is to be expected because she is still learning how to eat and she just started the pill to help it come down) and then we took mine. It was pretty low (74). Now the real question. Has anyone ever heard of Seroquil or Lamictal LOWERING a person's blood sugar, or is this something I should be concerned about?

you can google both meds to find out the side effects. seroquel.

I took the following excerpt from the Seroquel Prescribing Info. HYPERglycemia refers to high blood sugar. I realize your question is about low blood sugar or HYPOglycemia but this is all I could find in regards to the Seroquel.

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Hyperglycemia and Diabetes
Hyperglycemia, in some cases extreme and associated with ketoacidosis or hyperosmolar coma or death, has been reported in patients treated with atypical antipsychotics, including Seroquel. Assessment of the relationship between atypical antipsychotic use and glucose abnormalities is complicated by the possibility of an increased background risk of diabetes mellitus in patients with schizophrenia and the increasing incidence of diabetes mellitus in the general population. Given these confounders, the relationship between atypical antipsychotic use and hyperglycemia-related adverse events is not completely understood. However, epidemiological studies suggest an increased risk of treatmentemergent hyperglycemia-related adverse events in patients treated with the atypical antipsychotics. Precise risk estimates 15 for hyperglycemia-related adverse events in patients treated with atypical antipsychotics are not available.

Patients with an established diagnosis of diabetes mellitus who are started on atypical antipsychotics should be monitored regularly for worsening of glucose control. Patients with risk factors for diabetes mellitus (eg, obesity, family history of diabetes) who are starting treatment with atypical antipsychotics should undergo fasting blood glucose testing at the beginning of treatment and periodically during treatment. Any patient treated with atypical antipsychotics should be monitored for symptoms of hyperglycemia including polydipsia, polyuria, polyphagia, and weakness. Patients who develop symptoms of hyperglycemia during treatment with atypical antipsychotics should undergo fasting blood glucose testing. In some cases, hyperglycemia has resolved when the atypical antipsychotic was discontinued; however, some patients required continuation of anti-diabetic treatment despite discontinuation of the suspect drug.

[darkeyes]

I use Lamictal, it never lowered my blood pressure, or blood sugar level.
Everyone is different though, so maybe it's the Seroquel and/or the Lamictal.
It's best to check with the prescribing physician.
Take care,
DE