I’ve was recently prescribed 50mg of slow-release quetiapine, to be taken at bedtime, along side 100mg of Trazodone.
The trazodone alone was enough for sleep, but because my daytimes are absolute hell, I was also prescribed the Seroquel.
This makes absolutely no sense to me. I don’t see how a second nighttime med is supposed to help my daytime, unless it’s supposed to accumulate in the body?
Seroquel is usually so incredibly sedating for me, I can’t function on it, and I can wake up. I told my doc this, and he promised me this time these wouldn’t be as sedating.
This morning is the worst. I couldn’t open my eyes or get them to focus, for about an hour. Then I could sit up a little, and slowly I was able to get up. I still feel so weak and dizzy. My eyes can’t really focus well, and I feel like I have a serious hangover, or something. Trying to write this out was a nightmare! My hands wont even work, and my arms are almost too weak to lift.
I’m suddenly very irritable and emotional, as well. I just want to crawl back into my bed, again and cry till I fall asleep.
Does anyone know if this is something that the body adjusts to and will pass?
I don’t see my doc again, for 2 weeks.
Tomorrow I’m going to try taking it earlier.
Any other advice for these awful mornings would be helpful, thanks.
What I did is I wrote stuff down for my pdoc to read. I think I was able to accumulate more in between meetings and actually got more bang for my buck when I did see him
It also occupied me a little and gave me a sense of control over everything. Ultimately I was more persuasive this way. My memory, and thinking on my feet, are compromised so the writing helped me.
I do that sometimes too, haha. Thanks.
Nice! think it’s something we can do that helps.
For me It got my doc to quadruple my Ativan dosage. Ultimately it was a disservice, but it got me heard and got my folks attention. It felt significant.
My doc won’t give me Ativan or anything for the daytime. That’s all I’ve been asking for. I’m living in hell and ready to switch to a new one, because this guy doesn’t even listen to me, either.
I did a test, when I he said “How are you?” I said a bunch if gibberish nonsense, then “You?”. He just kept staring at his computer, and said, “Oh, good”.
Makes me angry.
Seroquel tried to kill me.
How?
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I was the same way when I started it but over time you get used to it.
Went unconscious tried to three times. Seroquel helps other folks. Though
I only took half tonight. I’m going to try easing into it.
Your body does adjust in the long run but I think slowly building up to it is sensible. Won’t be such a shock on the system. These drugs are known as major tranquilizers so they will sedate you.
I got off it. I’m on Cymbalta now, which also isn’t working.
The seroquel gave me horrible panic attacks, eye twitches, and shooting pressure sensations in the front of my head.