Guest guest Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 Alenna Seroquel is actually an anti-psychotic, but is used to treat depression,schizophrenia, Bi-polar disease, Parkinsons, insomnia. I can't remember what else. Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 Lee, Seroquel also bothers my RLS too. I can't take it if I'm not taking clonapin or a narcotic pain reliever, because the RLS makes me crazy! cyn At 03:46 PM 10/30/2004 -0400, T Lee R and Jeri J wrote: i have a script for it for when i am manic and dont think i can get out of it...or its a very unomfortaable mania for me. it works very well...it makes me really tired tho... i would take it more but it makes my *restless leg* issue worse... lee clmerritt@... yahoo im id cynmerritt site mod for Neo-Slither site mod for Humourists site mod for List-Helper site mod for HerpChat site mod for Herp-Photography site mod for Fibromyalgia_Support_Group site mod for FSGMODS owner & mod for Creamsicle owner & mod for HerpMods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Dear , You said: <<Thanks for the info on Seroquel. I was aware that it was an anti-psychotic when my doctor put me on it for sleep. I was hesitant about starting it but needed something to help me sleep. Lastnight I tried to sleep without it but no luck. I had to take 50 mg of it. I only have a few of them left. I do go to my medical doctor to discuss my newly diagnosed diabetes next Tuesday. I wonder if I should ask him for more of this drug since my psychiatrist wont give it or should I just stop it? >> * A drug like this cannot be abruptly stopped; however, you may not have a choice depending on your fasting blood glucose. If this is not out of control you may consider slowly (10% at a time) discontinuing this drug while closely monitoring blood glucose. As far as sleeping, you'll find your problem is even worse. The drug disrupts Circadian rhythms. There are things in our files meant for lessening anxiety but these are also good for helping a person sleep. You may want to take a look at them. Sometimes stopping the drug eliminates the diabetes, but more often it doesn't. -- Regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Hi , I'm sure you will be hearing from , but I wanted to share my experience. I was on Zyprexa for 3 years. It is almost the same as Seroquel. It is the same family and same type of drug, an atypical antipsychotic. I did go cold turkey but only lasted 12 days b/c the withdrawal, insomnia, nausea, and anxiety were so severe. Not only could I not tough it out, but thank God I found this group b/c they told me that toughing it out would lead to lasting neurological damage. They said withdrawal could last for years. So I took their advice and went back on the drug. I have been tapering for 8 months, very slowly, and am almost off. I totally understand your doctor's concern about the diabetes and blood sugar. That is of course very real. However, cold turkey is not the way to solve it. I suggest that you obtain more medicine from whatever doctor will give it to you. There is a lot of info here about tapering slowly off a drug. Most everyone here has done it and we can help you. The ones that went cold turkey will also tell you how horrible it was and still is. It is suggested that each cut be only 5 or 10% of the current dose, and that you wait until you feel stable before cutting again. Take care, __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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