Posted by yxibow on December 16, 2008, at 2:49:16
In reply to Goodbye Seroquel, posted by ricker on December 15, 2008, at 17:37:40
> Yes, I know it's only been 4 days, but I know when my body does not agree with a med. I went to 150 mg. ---- lay in bed for 3-4 hrs after taking my dose... sleep is not refreshing.... tinnitus is severe.... I am feeling tense, slightly agitated and a bit nervous. I do not like how this drug is making me feel. I have been taking meds for 20+ years and for those that can relate, you understand when I say, "I know this drug is not for me". I'm not saying Seroquel is a terrible drug, works wonders for many, just not for me.
> I will be going back on Zyprexa. I now realize the weight issue is trivial given the smooth and positive response I had.
> I can hardly wait untill 8pm, I get to suck on my Zydis! Ya baby!!!!! Oh I'm sooo tired.
I can see you have some side effects that certainly aren't pleasant and may very well be something you want to discontinue, but it can also happen by going up too fast on a medication as well.
4 days and already at 150mg except under severe hospital cases isn't normally a schedule of starting Seroquel, which is usually gently gone up from 25mg and rushing a medication uptake can really cause a lot of problems, believe me (or dropping -- don't drop an AP cold, besides the withdrawal dyskinesia, which is almost always a passing phase but uncomfortable, extreme anxiety can occur and I've been there)
As for the half life, its not taken twice a day by most people -- you couldn't stay awake. The 6 hour half life isn't all of it, its the plasma steady state which by evidence based psychiatry has been shown that only a single night dose is necessary.Seroquel XR is more or less a patent extension, its not regarded as a necessary agent in place of regular Seroquel. I mean I take Seroquel for other reasons, I suppose I'm curious what it would do differently but I can't say it would change the plasma level any different than a steady state of Seroquel itself.
Anyhow, however you choose a AP, its something that can't really be even judged in the first several weeks. As a pure tranquilizer, I mean, I suppose Haldol could knock someone out who is aggressive, but there isn't such a thing as a one-off dose of APs for sure.Great improvements may not even occur with atypicals for several months. I'm not saying that you wouldn't gradually feel better, I'm talking about getting back a great deal of functionality which takes time.
-- best wishes
Jay
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