Posted by SLS on February 3, 2005, at 6:35:58
In reply to Re: My incompetent psychiatrist, posted by med_empowered on February 3, 2005, at 6:02:14
> hey! lots of shrinks are doing this...unfortunately, they tend not to explain to their patients that an antipsychotic is an antipsychotic, no matter what its used for, and they neglect to mention many side-effects. Seroquel gave me nightmares and caused all kinds of problems, and then my then-shrink had the nerve to ask me to take it again, in lower doses, for sleep. Pshaw. I said no, got a straight up SLEEPING PILL (Ambien), and had insomnia no more. The use of seroquel for sleep may be trendy, but I think sleep disorders are best treated with therapy, benzos, and, rarely, short-term use of the barbiturates.
I should think that short-term use of Seroquel would be preferable to using a barbiturate. There is far less risk of developing a life-threatening event taking an overdose of Seroquel than of dying of respiratory depression from a barbiturate should someone opt to go to sleep permanently. 50mg of Seroquel seems to act wonderfully as a sleep aid. I would agree that it should not be used as a first-line treatment for insomnia in cases where psychosis is not involved. There are too many other drugs to choose from. Even the use of low dosages of sedating antidepressants is an option, in my opinion. I don't see why barbiturates should be brought in to the equation so early. Maybe I am just biased against them because I haven't seen them used in recent years for anything other than seizure disorders.
- Scott
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