Posted by phil1909 on May 23, 2010, at 0:31:40
Hi people;
I'm wondering if anyone has ever experienced sleep problems whilst going on or coming off SEROQUEL XR?
The symptoms are bloody scary.
I wake up every 2 hrs through the night with what feels like a GASPING FOR AIR - SOUGHT OF A SENSATION OF DROWNING, with a strange feeling in my throat. I'm not sure how to describe it further, - either a breathlessness or shortness of breath (almost like the wind has been knocked out of me).This is a bit more of my 'story'.
I've been on seroquel for anxiety/phobia problems. (14 months / 400mg per night).
Apart from knocking me out at night, the XR has not helped with the chronic generalised anxiety disorder.
My psych has put me on NARDIL to replace the ineffective ZOLOFT (for me anyway), and I noticed a wonderful improvement after 2 weeks.
I was then recommended to slowly wean off the SERQUEL XR. I cut back from 400 to 200mg and after 5 nights the sleep problems peaked.Can anyone please help me with this? I feel great on the NARDIL and in the meantime I will go back to taking the 400mg of XR at night.
Honestly, looking back over the 14 months the side effects of SEROQUEL have been minimal and I'm not sure what the med was even doing for me. (of course other than the drowsiness and really coma like deep sleep).
Thanks for any help or thoughts anyone can share on this.
Cheers to all;
Phil
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