Posted by GDRCPL on January 5, 2010, at 17:27:23
Hey guys, sorry for the vague title, but my question was a bit complicated to place in the Subject bar!
I have recently been placed on Seroquel for... well, pretty much every symptom there is - depression, anger (occasional, mind), anxiety... lots of stuff. I have had quite a wide experience with SSRIs, even Mirtazapine, Lofepramine and my beloved Tranylcypromine.
But now I'm on Seroquel - the thing is, it's really too sedating for me to take daytime. I'd like to try a less sedating antipsychotic, BUT I don't know whether the calming effect is caused by the anti-histamine sedation, or the dopamine-blocking. See, I don't want to go on a non-sedating antipsychotic only to find it was the sedation that was what was helping! Not that it does much... but at least I can sleep at night.
And of course I don't want to only be able to 'function' when I'm shattered from Seroquel.
I'm going to ask my psychiatrist this, of course, but he's on holiday, and I'd like to hear your thoughts : )
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