Posted by yxibow on June 26, 2008, at 17:49:15
In reply to Re: forgot to ask....., posted by Phillipa on June 25, 2008, at 0:42:51
> They gave me seroquel for one night in the hospital. In the morning almost fainted and could think but not talk no words would come out the staff put me back to bed got me real coffee that I can't drink normally as it makes me too anxious. So valium for me that puts me to sleep. When my first was born I could no longer sleep as thought she might stop breathing in the night. I was l9. And before that nothing could wake me up so my waking came from having kids. Love Phillipa
And as I mentioned before, fainting is a known side effect of at least several neuroleptics. It comes from the orthostatic hypotension (low blood pressure), and is -not- a typical EPS symptom or as a result of the main effects of the medication.
You were probably given a very low dose, just from what I can surmise, not told that you had to sit up and stand up slowly to adjust your blood level from lying down to getting throughout your system.
Unfortunately that's common and not limited to APs, other agents can cause that such as Trazodone.
-- tidings
Jay
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