I’ve had a tumultuous year and I’ve been back to the hospital. I’m on Prozac for the third time in my life, but more significantly, I’m on a new atypcial; Seroquel (Quetiapine). It’s better than Zyprexia for absolute sure, because it’s been allowing me to eat more and even though I get a little sleepy more often, it doesn’t knock me out for 10-14 hours like other anti-psychotics have done.
Anyway, my pdoc recommend that I take a higher dose, from 25mg to 50mg. (From one tablet before bed to two.) But since I have started doing so, some symptoms have come back, and I’m having radio static and countless intrusive thoughts again.
I’m kinda freaked out right now. I didn’t think this could happen. Has this happened to anyone? Is this placebo? Am I just being anxious? Anything would help
50 mg is a really low dose. Most people take 200 mg or higher for SZ. It makes me hallucinate more but I usually fall asleep so it doesn’t matter. You may have an adjustment period where your brain is getting used to the higher dose.
It did but it wasn’t worth sleeping 12 hours every day. I said that because I’ve been trying to find a medication that gives me my appetite back without the downside of sleeping all day.