[chalmette70043]

Need opinions. I sure what i'm going to do, but would just like some opinions from those who experienced the same thing and what they did.

I started last night on 150mg of seroquel xr. I was told to take it 3 hours before i usually go to sleep. So i took it about 11pm. A little earlier than the 3 hours. I never did get sleepy, so i layed in bed and read some. Then i decided just to turn the light off and try to sleep. I fell asleep pretty fast.

I woke up around my usual time of 7am. I got up did the bathroom, brush the teeth thing. Went in the kitchen got my espresso maker all prepared to put on the stove for coffee. It never made it to the stove. My legs became so weak under me and i got sick to my stomach and felt like i was gonna pass out. Plus it seemed like a wave of exhaustion hit me. So i crawled back into bed, planning for just a little bit. Instead i slept almost 16 hours total.

I have never slept that many hours and fought hard to even wake up then.

I called my pdoc's office, he was gone. But i spoke with the nurse and she told me that was all side effects and to continue taking it. I said i'll do it, but i'm going to cut the pill in half. She told me i can't cut those cause they are extended release. So its either all or nothing.

If anyone here knows me, you know what i'm going to do. I'm going for nothing.

Could ya'll let me know what ya'll did and what happened. Did you continute taking it and it did get better, if so how long did it take? Did you just stop like i am? Any responses I appreciate.

Thank ya'll so much
chal

[mick07]

I've had a similar but much less severe reaction. I started on a lower dose of plain seroquel ( not extended release) I've ocassionaly had the same weak feeling. It is pretty scary. I've been taking it for 6 months-- it still can happen but not very often. I take it 1 hour before bed and like to make sure I get at least 8 hours sleep.

[idontknow13]

Like I wrote on another post I took it only once and at a much smaller dose than you and I never took it again, I had the same reaction as you and it scared the hell out of me! I am presently going through withdrawal from benzos and it is very scary!
When I told my doctor about my reaction to Seroquel, he switched me to another thing but I just dont want to take anything anymore, I will be talking to my doctor again this week to see what I can do. My pharmacist wrote that I was allergic to Seroquel on my file.
I hope this works for you, from what I have read and that is a lot these days on different prescription drugs, what works for one might not work for the other, I should know, my doctor is scratching his head every time I walk into his office...

[iamtwilight]

wow, sounds like you're really sensitive to this med. i've never taken extended release, but maybe you could switch to the regular seroquel and start at the smallest dose? i started at 25 mg and i was really sleepy in about an hour.

i wouldn't continue taking this med either if the reaction is like that

twilight

[chalmette70043]

No more seroquel for me. Now i'm starting invega tomorrow evening. I hope that works. If it does my pdoc said he'll take me off the lithium. Quit one and start another. I hope this invega works and dont make me gain more weight.

chal

[iamtwilight]

chalmette - have you been on risperdal before? invega is basically the "modern" version of risperdal, and if you haven't gained weight on risperdal you probably won't gain any with invega.

good luck!

twilite

[chalmette70043]

Hi twilite. No i havent been on risperdal. Actually don't recall ever hearing of it. I'm going to have to look that one up. I hope so bad i dont gain any more weight. I saw my medical doc today and she made a comment about how much weight i've gained. I told her its all these meds the pdoc puts me on. I walk, but what lose 5 lbs and gain in back in a few days. Not worth the effort. Brings me down, ya know.

I'm going to be starting the invega in just a few hours. I gotta see my Ghost Hunters show. I dont' know if this med is gonna make me tired so i wanna wait till the show is over. lol

Thanks for responding
chal

[ffgal]

I take 250mg of Seroquel. I've been on it for about 2 months. It makes me extremely tired & I sleep until about 2pm every day. Am not sure yet if it is helping or not.

[JimboJones]

Originally Posted by chalmette70043

Need opinions. I sure what i'm going to do, but would just like some opinions from those who experienced the same thing and what they did.

I started last night on 150mg of seroquel xr. I was told to take it 3 hours before i usually go to sleep. So i took it about 11pm. A little earlier than the 3 hours. I never did get sleepy, so i layed in bed and read some. Then i decided just to turn the light off and try to sleep. I fell asleep pretty fast.

I woke up around my usual time of 7am. I got up did the bathroom, brush the teeth thing. Went in the kitchen got my espresso maker all prepared to put on the stove for coffee. It never made it to the stove. My legs became so weak under me and i got sick to my stomach and felt like i was gonna pass out. Plus it seemed like a wave of exhaustion hit me. So i crawled back into bed, planning for just a little bit. Instead i slept almost 16 hours total.

I have never slept that many hours and fought hard to even wake up then.

I called my pdoc's office, he was gone. But i spoke with the nurse and she told me that was all side effects and to continue taking it. I said i'll do it, but i'm going to cut the pill in half. She told me i can't cut those cause they are extended release. So its either all or nothing.

If anyone here knows me, you know what i'm going to do. I'm going for nothing.

Could ya'll let me know what ya'll did and what happened. Did you continute taking it and it did get better, if so how long did it take? Did you just stop like i am? Any responses I appreciate.

Thank ya'll so much
chal

hey chal,

I started with the 50mg extended then 150mg extended after about 8 days. A few hours before bed ... well bedtime for me is whenever my meds (ambien too) make me tired, otherwise I don't sleep well. For me the extended release stuff stayed in my system way too long and I was hung over well into the next day.

Anyway, I wanted to ask if you have stayed off of it since your original post. I ask because when I had a strong reaction (but not a severe reaction like yourself) to Seroquel at only 50mg, I switched to the regular release so I could take a much smaller dose at first. (I quartered 100mg pills acutally). After my first 150mg XR dose I slept so long my mom came down to my room because she thought I had tried to take too many ambien. I took it slow (like 2 weeks at 25, then 2 at 50...), and now I can handle the 100 okay.

I just joined but I've seen a few Seroquel posts already where the poster has taken a first dose of like 200mg and had a bad, bad, reaction. That would have rallied me for sure and the 150mg XR would have gotten me good to! I'm greatful that I got on a low(er) dose to start because the med is helping so far.

Good luck I hope things work out for you.

[chalmette70043]

oh yeah, that one time and that was it.

He wanted me to start taking 300mgs after 5 days. I brought that bottle right back to him. (pdoc)

[eskielover]

Originally Posted by chalmette70043

Need opinions. I sure what i'm going to do, but would just like some opinions from those who experienced the same thing and what they did.

I started last night on 150mg of seroquel xr. I was told to take it 3 hours before i usually go to sleep. So i took it about 11pm. A little earlier than the 3 hours. I never did get sleepy, so i layed in bed and read some. Then i decided just to turn the light off and try to sleep. I fell asleep pretty fast.
I miss read your other post about the passing out part....I was on seroquel after going through the trauma with my Mother & the home care person's abuse because of the nightmares I was having. It was just the normal....not extended seroquel. I would take it & have to be lying down within a few minutes or I would be flat on the floor passed out. It was immediate for me on the sleep. I would sleep for almost 12 hours....if I got up before that, it was like I was drunk or at least a bad hangover....more like still drunk though. I would function for a few hours very late in the afternoon.

As soon as I took it again....I was out. This was good for me at that time because I couldn't function anyway & had so many sleepless nights that my body needed the sleep more than anything.....I needed to be knocked out because the nightmares would haunt me otherwise. I ended up on 600mg.....which is probably why it was so bad for me....but I wanted to be knocked out. Since I couldn't function anyway at the time....it really didn't matter how bad or how long it took me to get going in the day. It served it's purpose.
I woke up around my usual time of 7am. I got up did the bathroom, brush the teeth thing. Went in the kitchen got my espresso maker all prepared to put on the stove for coffee. It never made it to the stove. My legs became so weak under me and i got sick to my stomach and felt like i was gonna pass out. Plus it seemed like a wave of exhaustion hit me. So i crawled back into bed, planning for just a little bit. Instead i slept almost 16 hours total.

I have never slept that many hours and fought hard to even wake up then.

I called my pdoc's office, he was gone. But i spoke with the nurse and she told me that was all side effects and to continue taking it. I said i'll do it, but i'm going to cut the pill in half. She told me i can't cut those cause they are extended release. So its either all or nothing.
I have had the worst side effects to most of the meds.....I finally got to the point where there was nothing I could take so it was NOTHING.....I couldn't even find an anti-anxiety med that would work & anything that would work on the anxiety I had a side effect to. Valium was useless....I could take 100 of them & have no effect.....only I should have been dead.....my body works so strange with meds. I finally have resigned myself to the fact that I just have to deal with my feelings on my own without meds.....as far as depression, the best was the high dose of the OMEGA 3 EPA xtra 1060mg of the EPA & 275mg of the DHA. Actually the only thing I ever saw help with depression....not only that but the best side effect was my memory.....I could actually read a book & remember what I had read.
If anyone here knows me, you know what i'm going to do. I'm going for nothing.

Could ya'll let me know what ya'll did and what happened. Did you continute taking it and it did get better, if so how long did it take? Did you just stop like i am? Any responses I appreciate.

Thank ya'll so much
chal

I hope your experience with the new med you are on now after stopping the seroquel really works for you......let us know

Debbie

[chalmette70043]

Hey ((Eskie))), I saw my pdoc again today. It's been two weeks since the seroquel day. I feel like the invega is trying to work. Well was. The last two-three days have been bad for me. And i'm trying so hard to not do anything, you know what i mean. I was triggered by something that has caused this, so its not the med causing it.

My counsler and pdoc are aware of my 'wishes' right now. Just a P.S.

[eskielover]

((((((Chal))))))))))),

I hope you can get through what is triggering you. I know how that can cause feelings that you sometimes wonder if it's the new med. It's good you can recognize what is bothering you so you can determine better what you are really going throu.

I know those strange feelings that can come & kick you in the rear & then you wonder what just hit???? No meds can actualy help with those triggers....maybe lessen the effects, but not get rid of them.

Hope your tomorrows will be better,
Debbie