Posted by Caleb462 on July 5, 2003, at 0:09:27
In reply to Re: seroquel for insomnia, posted by jay beck on July 4, 2003, at 17:57:37
> o ya, using anti-psychotics only for insomnia is crazy and discusting. anti-psychotics can zombie you out, extreme sedation, make you lame and boring, cover the true personality you have and destroy your creative energy. they, as a whole, are horrible drugs and should only be used if they have to be. there a ton of other options for insomnia and almost any of them are better then getting a psychotropic drug with a shit load of side-effects, that can alter you as a person for the negative.
Seroquel's half-life is only around 5 or 6 hours I believe... meaning if you are taking it at night for insomnia, it is probably night going to be effecting you during the day. I agree using APs for insomnia might be a bit overdoing it, but there are two sides to every story - these drugs are neither "bad" nor "good". It depends on individual response.
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