Hi Linda50,

Every person reacts differently to drugs, including OTC.

I heard about Seraquel and that it helped people sleep.

I begged my pdoc to Rx Seroquel and she Rx 100 mgs. It works although it takes about 3 hours until I become drowsy enough to sleep.

Side affects: causes hunger. I have to be really careful not to overeat. I keep fresh fruit in my bedroom and kitchen.

Drowsy in the morning. Yes, I still feel fatigued but at least I can get between 3 to 5 hours (on a good night 5 hours) of sleep. Otherwise I can't sleep for days and days and that causes me to 'lose it.'

25 mg is a small dose. Your doc wouldn't give you a Rx if he/she thought it was dangerous. Seraquel is relatively new to the insomniacs of the world.

You will know of any side affects pretty quickly. My pdoc actually prescribed 200 mg but that was way too high...I tried less than 100 mg and that left me Sleepless. I tried 150 mg and that made me feel weird. For me the magic number is 100 mg.

Good luck.

I found seroquel made me more anxious and had to stop it. 25mgs is only a small doze so I'd give it a chance not everyone will get the side effects.

Hi,
Don't worry TOO much. I took S-quel for about a month. The only side effect that really bugged me was the fatigue. I was SO groggy in the morning and dragging my butt throughout the day, I finally quit the stuff. But that was pretty much it except for a little tightness in my chest. Oh, and extra weight gain for sure! It took the rest of the edge off the anxiety for sure though!
25 mg is a VERY low dose - my doc had me on 50 and she told me she's known people to take up to 800 (good grief, how do they get out of bed??)

I was tried on seroquel and I couldn't get out of bed. (geesh, I've been tried on a lot of different meds) My 13 yr old daughter is on it for her anxiety/bipolar/asperger syndrome/insomnia and she is taking 300mg XR at bedtime. The worst side effect is the weight gain/over eating. She put on more than 14 lbs in less than 2 months! And the eating is just out of control, so the pdoc took her off her morning and afternoon dose and she's just on the 300 at night. It's supposed to help her relax and sleep at night, but there are nights that she's still wide awake in the morning. The pdoc is working on weaning her off the seroquel with eliminating the morning and afternoon does and using Lamictal instead. It seems to be working and she's started loosing weight, 3 lbs in the past 4 weeks, so it's coming off slowly. Her eating is still pretty intense, but we're working on that too.

I know what you mean about the side effects/warnings. My pdoc mentioned the possibility of replacing my Lamictal with Seroquel, and I just did some research on it this morning. Scary! I just started working with this pdoc and I think she has seen me functioning so well that she might be overlooking my tendencies toward depression. I sure don't want to go back to being a couch potato. Don't get me wrong, I love to read, but I also have a lot of projects lined up to do outside this summer.

I really like my Klonopin for helping me sleep/reducing anxiety. I don't get addicted to it, it works quickly when I need it, and my mind stays clear on it.

Regarding the dose you are on, I left my last pdoc because he was stuck on prescribing the "standard" dose. He put in his notes that I was reluctant to take meds because I wasn't taking the standard dose of any of my meds, and had just reminded him of my history of side effects. Of course I was reluctant! I didn't trust his judgment! He put me on drugs that made me more depressed than ever, made me turn orange (liver affected), gave me migraines, made me vomit... Of course I was reluctant! He wanted to increase my dosage of a med (Lamictal) that made me bruised all over from bumping into things. My current pdoc got my loyalty and trust when she said what I already know: different people need different doses of different drugs. In the meantime, I'm working with my therapist to train my brain to be able to get off the drugs!

I take Seroquel for anxiety and agitation and it works well.
You will be sleepy the first few weeks but eventually your body adjusts. When I first started taking it I had to nap. It relaxes you a lot.
I started on 25mg and had to nap, but now I'm take 150mg in the morning and afternoon and 100mg at bedtime. My body has adjusted.

I have gained a lot of weight taking it, but I can't stop taking it because it works too well. Be careful what you eat and try to exercise. I've only just started swimming again.