Posted by Lindenblüte on October 28, 2006, at 16:40:49
Hi all,
About a month ago, my pdoc increased my seroquel dose from 50 mg titrating up to 300mg. Reason- to reduce intrusive thoughts of bad stuff, flashbacks, etc. I protested, saying I'd be a zombie. My pdoc said I'd get used to it. pdoc was right. I can't believe it.I take it at night. Within 20-30 minutes, I'm barely able to stagger to bed. Then I sleep for 8-9 hours and I wake up and feel fine. It took about a week once I got to the 300mg dose before the fatigue went away. For the first week, I could barely manage to swallow a provigil pill before collapsing in bed and getting up an hour later to make a big pot of coffee.
Fatigue did go away though. So did most of my bad thoughts and flashbacks. (I'm not psychotic, btw)
Here are my other meds.
120mg cymbalta, 200mg provigil, klonopin prn.If your doctor asks you to take a dose of seroquel, and you find it completely knocks you out, try titrating up gradually. It took me 10 days to go from 50-300.
Don't give up- I hope you will be able to stick it out for a week at your final therapeutic dose and see if the fatigue/sedation gets better each day. This morning I was feeling so awake, I forgot to take my provigil until I had been up for an hour already :)
-Li
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