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I can't sleep and I have an overwhelming sense of dread... I don't know what to do!!
I'm getting Seroquel...heard so much about it from my b/f...and others on this board and other boards...
I wonder why when I mentioned it to Dr. the other day he put me on Ambien instead (because Seroquel also addresses Major Depression). I have been diagnosed with Major Depression.
I don't get it..Ambien is addictive (also not great for alcoholics)...and some sort of bad drug and Seroquel is supposedly non-addictive...although if it worked for me I would be addicted regardless.
Next visit I am getting Seroquel.
Now, taking it sober, I'm able to get a good night's rest. I am going to try to taper off of it as I also take celexa at bedtime and that already makes me sleepy.
I took Ambien for awhile. Of course, at the time, I was drinking, so that might have caused my problems. I found that I would "sleepwalk." One morning I work up fully dressed and my bf at the time said I started spinning around dangerously and he put me in bed.
Another morning I woke up and found a skillet in the sink, so I obviously cooked something under the double influence. As there was an elderly (wife disabled) couple living beneath me, that scared me to DEATH, thinking "what if..." I quit the Ambien immediately.
Of course, meds affect everybody differently and definitely DO NOT mix sleeping pills with alcohol!
SOBER sleep = GREAT!