Posted by yxibow on January 2, 2007, at 1:29:31
In reply to to llurpsie, posted by Jeroen on January 2, 2007, at 0:08:50
> hi, about the heart racing for an hour
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> i have it too with seroquel if i take 300 mg
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> i hope it helps , i think its the best medSeroquel can cause that because of postural changes, it affects blood pressure. So does Cymbalta probably in some people -- I guess I have enough benzodiazepines in me that 120 doesn't put my normal pulse much above 80 -- don't remember what it was before, probably high 60s anyhow due to anxiety.
As to the previous question, I take 800mg of Seroquel, Jeroen, actually tapering down now at 750, of Seroquel, all at night.
As for the weight gain, I can understand your concern -- just as a layman comment I would say that 300mg probably has a bit less weight gain than I work against at 750. It doesn't carry the higher lipid gain among more people like Zyprexa, but it does have some.
When I was really overweight, and that was actually mostly due to the results of being on Remeron, which helped, but caused, as you have well observed, a desire to eat. Eating can be, unfortunately for the metabolically challenged, a problem, because when one is depressed, one either doesn't eat enough, or sometimes eats too much.
Nonetheless, keep track of what sorts of food you eat and how much and what sort of weight gain if any you have. I dropped a lot of body cholesterol (and I'm a vegetarian) from going to the gym. And that's not to look like a dolt in the bowflex commercials, its to lose weight and maybe have a little muscle.
I'm not saying go sign up for a membership or that will lose your problem -- I still struggle, and can't believe I'm in the weight range I am -- on the other hand, I have made strides. So its not impossible, its just an inconvenient attribute of a variety of quasi-antidepressant category items.And be proud of yourself to be talking openly about your PTSD to a therapist. And ordinary folks. It sort of sounds like the ruminating thoughts tend to fall in the OC Spectrum classification somewhat -- and I'm sure Seroquel if it has abated it that much is a good drug so I'm not at all saying to switch to anything else.
On the other hand, there are OCD agents like high dose Luvox or especially Anafranil which also help with ruminating thoughts. In fact if you took a higher dose of Luvox and a lower dose of Seroquel, it might work too. But that's for your and your doctor.Best wishes '07
- Jay
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