Took my first dose of Seroquel IR last night
I intentionally took a small dose.
I took it at around midnight, was up for a couple of hours and then it knocked me out cold.
Woke up today feeling very sluggish
I am not going to take it everyday and there’s no way I’ll be able to handle 50mg!
I’m taking 6.25mg to 12.25mg AS NEEDED ONLY
That stuff is too potent for me.
It’s almost 1pm the following day and I’m still in my pajamas half comatose working on my fourth cup of coffee!
I used to be on 50mg for sleep. Don’t need it now I’m on melatonin.
Hey @Wave, you seem to frequently adjust doses of medication on your own without doctors approval. You also seem to pay the price in that your symptoms often get out of control and you have many mini crisis’s. Are you sure you’re going down the right path with adjusting doses on your own? I mean once you started doing that it seems you find it hard to take the dose your doctor recommends and you seem to have frequent “episodes”.
My mainstay medications are Risperdal, Depakote and Clonazepam as needed.
Seroquel was prescribed to me on an as needed (PRN) basis only.
My doctor gives me a lot of wiggle room room when it comes to my PRN meds
I basically take the Seroquel when my manias become out of control.
I’m not experiencing mania lately.
I took a small dose of Seroquel to see how I react to it.
Now I know.
I’m on 50 mg seroquel for sleep, i hate it, but i’m an insomniac (literally no sleep) without.
I have tried a couple of times when I felt anxious during the day to half 25 mg with a razorblade, and it actually works. 12.5 mg is bearable.
Good luck, maybe try mirtazapine if it’s for sleep.
Thanks @bluebutterfly
trazadone works well for sleep i know…I used to take 300 mg, then 100 mg…then none…
He prescribed 50mg tablets, up to 100mg of Seroquel as an emergency anti manic medication, not for sleep issues, although many times I have trouble sleeping
That most difficult thing to deal with after schizophrenia for me, is the medications effect on tiredness for sure - now that I don’t smoke, my oxygenation should hopefully be efficient enough for me to work more when i finally find students to tutor i hope
@Wave, I take 150 mg of Seroquel every single night in addition to 240 mg of Geodon in the daytime and 3 mg of Risperdal at night. And I’m almost never groggy or sleepy in the daytime. And I generally sleep well at night anymore (ever since I got my weighted blanket)(they help autistic people sleep.) Goes to show how different we all are.
I’ve gone up to 350mg of Seroquel in the past and it made me tired during the day.
Yeah it does show how different we all are
Ok, it just seems like you’re always going up and down on your med dosages. Maybe I imagined it.
No you did not but my doctors know that I am a seasoned consumer and have enough insight, so they allow me to adjust my doses on my own.
Not everyone can do this