Posted by firestorm on January 22, 2005, at 4:40:15
In reply to seroquel withdrawal syndromes?, posted by ttt on November 13, 2001, at 20:57:40
My DX = Bipolar 1 with more trouble with mania.
I was on depakote 1000mg and seroquel 100mg but I had pretty lousy sexual side effects (SSE). My doc switched me to 600mg seroquel only whiched seemed to improve the SSE's, but it sitll had some. i've been on 600mg for about a year. (yikes). i'm worried that being on such a high dose for so long has re-wired my brain or caused damage or now i have a chemical dependence on it.
Anyway, I just changed pdocs. He wants to switch me to lamictal...which i'm very hopeful will have less side effects. But i'm very worried that when i stop seroquel i will get insomnia.. I have really bad problems with insomnia.
even with 600mg of seroquel i *still* have trouble sleeping. this usually happens if i do anything mental (like work) too close to bedtime. my brain will just keep going ...i can't stop thinking and i can't go to sleep. it sucks. if i can't sleep, i'll take an extra 100-300mg, but then i feel like crap the next day (zombiefied).
anyway, i've read that lamictal can cause insomnia too. has anyone experienced it? what about at 200mg (that's my target dosage)?
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