Posted by green hornet on March 18, 2004, at 11:50:07
In reply to Re: seroquel and sleep » Pandabear, posted by Tony P on March 17, 2004, at 1:45:42
> > You know, I have wondered that. I am taking it every night because my doctor and therapist want me to but, I was wondering about if i really needed to. I tried not taking it one night and I wasnt able to sleep at all. When i told my doctor that she wasnt too thrilled because she said I should take it every night...but im thinking about asking her again.
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> My pdoc was quite definite that _some_ people experience a very fast increase in tolerance to Seroquel for sleep if it's used every night. That doesn't mean you may not need it for other reasons, e.g. to reduce chance of a hypomanic episode.
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> Tony PHi again,
Strange that Seroquel for sleep should come up. I have been on 100mgm at bedtime for a couple of years and over the past year along with 10mg of Celexa.. I have gone off the Celexa. Exactly six weeks after the Celexa was discontinued (still taking the Seroquel at bedtime) one night I had the worst time going to sleep I have EVER had (and I am old!) When It happened the second night in a row, I realized that I was extremely restless -- legs moving, tossing and turning, etc. Now, I had this same reaction when taking 200mgm of Seroquel alone way back when I started it. With the celexa/Seroquel combo I dropped like a rock one hour after taking them.
?Akesthesia? I think it is. I went for the warm milk cure the second night and cut the Seroquel in half and every thing was fine. Anyone have any input here?
Oh... I should mention that I typically have an idiosyncratic reaction to a lot of meds....caffine makes me sleepy, klonipin makes me hyper etc.
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