[sunflowers07]

To start off I take 150mg of Seroquel and 5 - 10mg Valium and sometimes an Ambian to try to sleep. Nothing is helping, I toss and turn all night and don't get out of bed till at least 11 sometimes as late as 1. I still have pain from the surgery and have a hard time getting comfortable. The dreams are not helping. Last night I a dream about drug use, which brings up a lot from the past and now I can't stop thinking about using. It seems like all the dreams I have been having are real things, the rape, the drugs, my childhood, my kids and it sticks with me all day. That of course is making my depression worse. When I wake up during the night from the dreams they start right back up when I do fall back to sleep. I have taken 300mg Seroquel in the past and also Trazadone that seemed to help better than what I'm on now, I go to the Dr. 03/15 hopefully she can change some things around.

[Sunna]

Sorry to hear that. You need your rest! Good sleep is soooooo important.

Until your doctors appointment maybe you can try relaxation tapes, hypnosis, hemi-sync? There is bunches of this stuff made for people whose minds are too restless, or too whatever, and they can't sleep. Can't hurt, may help.

[Leed]

We respond to some sleeping meds/antidepressants differently. Perhaps you're just not reacting well to the Seroquel. Many of these meds cause weird dreams/nightmares. You might ask your doctor about this and see what he says.

Something that helps me sleep are the CD's of nature sounds -- there is a whole packet of them, with sounds of the ocean, rain forest, birds, rain, thunder, etc. They are wonderful and they put me to sleep almost immediately -- and I have a HORRIBLE time getting to sleep as a rule. I'm so glad I have these CD's. You can buy them any place that sells CD's.

I hope you can finally get some rest. Best of luck and God bless. Hugs, Lee