Posted by JadeKelly on February 22, 2009, at 19:27:29
In reply to i dont know i tryed many drugs for months not even, posted by Jeroen on February 22, 2009, at 5:38:57
> i dont know i tryed many drugs for months not even years, their response was poor except for seroquel wich pooped out, i can try a higher dosage butit will give me serious side effects
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Hi Jeroen!Thanks for posting me back. You have a few threads going at once, so if I miss an important post feel free to babblemail me. Do you use that by the way? You know you can talk like we are but its private, sent to your email, without giving out your email. It goes thru Dr. Bob. Scott's is usually off but he'll turn it on if you have an emergency.
So, you are afraid of the side effects if you increase Seroquel? What about take one in the morning and one at night? That doesn't effect my son at all, except he was sleepy at first. Then, we added a second one at night, that just made him fall asleep quicker and maybe a little tired in the morning. But it wears off (the sleepiness).Thats when he noticed he was happier by the way.
Aside from that, I don't remember any other side effects. In fact, he was doing so well for a while, I asked him if he wanted to lower his Seraquel (he was sleeping in 1st class) and he said "NO MOM"!!! I'll have an episode! So, it doesn't bother him. And now that he's taller and just had those seizures we may have to add another 100mg. I guess that would be 200mg in the morn and 200mg at night. It turned out to be our dream med compared to the other a/p's. He's 100% himself. I wish that for you.
Would you consider 100mg Seraquel in the morning, or an extra one at night? Total 200mg? Get used to that, then add 100mg more if you want to get some real a/d effect.
Here's a funny story, one morning I thought I had my vitamins in my hand, but it was my son's depakote and seraquel! I took ALL of it,haha
The next thing I knew I was in bed and slept ALL day. That was the only side effect for me but I thought no wonder the boy is tired!!! Depakote does alot of that too though. He's gotten a lot of tolerance to the tiredness. He sleeps from 10pm to 8am so thats 10 hours. He needs it.He's had to drop the first couple classes in school, this is the 3rd year. He should be a senior but he wont graduate and thats okay. As long as he's okay.
So Jeroen, I'm curious about what side effects you are afraid of adding more Seroquel? Did they try to give you more? How much? Maybe you just need to go slow? I'd do that before I'd start all over with a new drug. Do you take a mood stabilizer?
Do you have "angry episodes" like my son?I'm curious, how much Seroquel will they let you take? Could you start with just a 100mg more?
Let me know, okay? If you already responded to it, I think maybe a very slow titration if needed. Maybe you'll be okay on 200mg. My self, I'd go to 300mg where the real A/D starts.
But this is your life. I don't know what freedom you have in your med choices.
Stay calm ;-) Let me know about 100mg more Seraquel and how much they were talking about.Also what were your side effects your afraid of, okay? I want to help you. My son has been through hell and if I can give you one thing that makes your life better I will feel good too.
Your friend,~Jade
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