Posted by yesac on February 28, 2006, at 14:53:03
I've been on Seroquel for some time (over a year). It seems to help me-- of and on-- more than anything else I've taken, and I've tried A LOT of drugs. Basically it calms my mind, reduces irritability and agitation, and lessens the intensity of depressive symptoms/ general misery and despair. I'm just not quite as distressed on Seroquel.
Right now I'm taking 600mgs of lithium and 500mgs of Seroquel. I've upped my Seroquel dose over the past 2 months. Before that I only took 50mgs.
The big problem, however, is that Seroquel makes me sleep for excessive amounts of time. At 50 mgs I slept for about 9 hours, which was annoying but somewhat bearable, but now I usually sleep for 11-12 hours per night. This really bothers me, and I feel like something needs to be done.
Has anyone had this problem and it wore off after a while? I've only been on 500mgs for about a week.
I was thinking of trying Provigil or some stimulant to see if that might help at all.
Or the other option is to try switching to something else altogether. The only atypical (besides Clozaril) that I have not tried is Geodon.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
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