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Posted by jay on April 14, 2005, at 17:50:27
OK....I've had problems with Seroquel. To get it to a dose where I can sleep (between 100-200 mg's) I have absolutly awful sleep, horrible dreams, and wake up feeling miserable...like I'd been run over by a truck....in a COMA for years. The smaller doses don't make much of a difference, but I was thinking, maybe I am sleeping too much during the day, and that is why I have problems (and hence, one's with Seroquel) at night. So, today I've tried using my Ritalin to keep me wide eyed, and I'll try going down to 75 mg's at bedtime. Anyone else have these problems, and how have you taken care of them?
Thanks,
Jay
Posted by Spriggy on April 14, 2005, at 18:28:55
In reply to Seroquel a COMATOSE-like med...pls help, posted by jay on April 14, 2005, at 17:50:27
Well 25 mg's knocks me out but my sleep is not restful either. I have nightmares and toss and turn a lot.
I also wake up feeling like I have a soar throat and hangover, thus my husband had me stop taking it.I have a call in to my doctor to see if I can just go back on Restirol.
Restirol gave me a much more calm, restful sleep.
Posted by Phillipa on April 14, 2005, at 18:45:16
In reply to Re: Seroquel a COMATOSE-like med...pls help, posted by Spriggy on April 14, 2005, at 18:28:55
Restoril is just for sleep. Go back on that since you're lucky enough to have a doc who will Rx it for you. I don't think most will. That bad word addictive. Fondly, Phillipa
Posted by Maxime on April 14, 2005, at 22:15:16
In reply to Seroquel a COMATOSE-like med...pls help, posted by jay on April 14, 2005, at 17:50:27
I stopped the Seroquel. :-) Seriously Jay, you should ask your doctor if you can take some amitryptaline (I think I spelled that wrong) -
10 mg will knock you out and you won't have the nightmares. It's a tricyclic antidepressant. It's such a low dose that it won't give you any of the usual tricyclic side-effects.I know a few people who take it.
Maxi
> OK....I've had problems with Seroquel. To get it to a dose where I can sleep (between 100-200 mg's) I have absolutly awful sleep, horrible dreams, and wake up feeling miserable...like I'd been run over by a truck....in a COMA for years. The smaller doses don't make much of a difference, but I was thinking, maybe I am sleeping too much during the day, and that is why I have problems (and hence, one's with Seroquel) at night. So, today I've tried using my Ritalin to keep me wide eyed, and I'll try going down to 75 mg's at bedtime. Anyone else have these problems, and how have you taken care of them?
>
> Thanks,
> Jay
Posted by lydia on April 14, 2005, at 22:30:21
In reply to Seroquel a COMATOSE-like med...pls help, posted by jay on April 14, 2005, at 17:50:27
Yeah, I experience the exact same things when I take Seroquel for sleep; I'd almost rather not go to bed at all than to sleep so miserably.
Although, I can see how napping durring the day could cause the same things.Just some tips: I find that exercizing about an hour before bed (60minutes on treadmill) effectively wears me out, makes me sleep like a baby.
Hot showers seem to help too. and warm milk! really big feasts before bed always exhaust me. but that probably isnt a smart thing to for very long. Usually we just have to get ourselves into a good-sleeping pattern for a few days, and we're fine. One night of poor sleep seems to screw everything up, I sleep durring the next afternoon and can't fall asleep the next night, its a self perpetuating cycle.Maybe you could ask your doctor about taking ambien- or some other sleep aid, for a week or so, to get you into a good pattern.
hope this helps a bit!
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