Posted by Camille Dumont on January 5, 2006, at 11:10:08
In reply to Re: AP's, posted by cecilia on January 4, 2006, at 1:37:45
It's almost automatic now if the ADs don't work well enough. They gave me Seroquel at 100mg to help with insomnia and "augment" the ADs. I stopped because it was making me a zombie ... and get this ... GP then hands me a script of all things Zyprexa at 5mg (to start) and tells me that this will "help me sleep". In his defense it did make me sleep ... like 20h a day and then I started twiching all over, could barely speak, was unable to write or read or type and ended up with seizures that wouldn't stop.
Suffice to say this was my last experience with APs. I don't care what they say I have, I will never willingly take an AP for as long as I live.
> But I am scared of them. They do seem to work well for some people. But I don't understand why doctors seem to be prescribing them so freely these days. Seroquel prescribed for insomnia, for example, seems crazy to me. It's like using a machine gun to kill a fly. I'm not sure if it's because the drug reps are pushing them so hard or just that most doctors are so benzo-phobic. Cecilia
poster:Camille Dumont
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