Posted by emmanuel98 on June 14, 2011, at 19:30:21
For the last two weeks, for reasons that I don't fully understand, I have been consumed by terrible, constant anxiety. It is a horrible feeling and makes it difficult to function.
My p-doc doesn't want to give me benzos because I have had problems with addiction and drug abuse (opiates). So he prescribed 25-50mg seroquel. I took 25 mg on Saturday and slept the whole day. I'm not sure if it was because the seroquel sedated me or because, in the absence of anxiety, the depression I suffer just took over, but I've been wary about taking it since.
Today my therapist said I needed to try it and get this anxiety under control, so I took half a pill (12.5 mg) in her office. An hour later, I felt calmer and was a little spacey but not sedated and able to drive.
Was this the seroquel? Will my body get used to it so I don't get spacey or sedated? I know this is a very low dose, so is this a real calming effect or just placebo/coincidence?
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