Posted by jedi on July 27, 2010, at 12:43:05
In reply to Frustrated with doc !, posted by SheilaC on July 27, 2010, at 7:12:32
> He has me taking 50mg of Seroquel at night along with 1mg Klonopin. I sleep like the dead, but wake up tired and irritable (Seroquel has ALWAYS made me irritable). I hate it.
Hi,
Maybe talk to your Dr. about lowering the Seroquel dosage. At low dosages Seroquel is mostly a histamine blocker. I am very sensitive to the histamine blockers and use 50mg of diphenhydramine(Benadryl) most nights for Nardil induced insomnia. I build no tolerance to the Benadryl and it knocks me out almost every night.I have used micro doses of Seroquel in the past to provide the same histamine blockage. When I used Seroquel, I would take between 12.5 and 25mg per night. I found this to lessen the hangover effect.
Clonazepam(Klonopin) is a long acting benzodiazapine. It will still be in your system the next day when taken at night for insomnia. I also take 1mg nightly as an augmenter to Nardil for social and generalized anxiety. I recently cut my dosage from 2mg to 1mg and plan on going to .5 ASAP. If you can get away with it, lowering the clonazepam will help you be more awake and active the next day also.
Be Well,
Jedi
Jedi
Treatment resistant, atypical, double depression with social anxiety.
Nardil + clonazepam
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