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and really shouldnt have. i take 100mg of seroquel XR at night. i had this theory that it was making me unable to wake up the next day. i go to sleep at 10pm and can rarely get up before 1 or 2pm. i wasn't sure if it was the depression or the meds. so i decided to experiment by not taking it at all last night to see if i was mor alert and awake the next day. well i was certainlymore awake. till 5am the next morning when i finally took the stuff and a xanax cause i was so uptight. didnt wake up until 6pm this evening. i went out and did the shopping so it wasnt a total loss.
so what i have learnt is this medication does put me to sleep at night and keeps me asleep for a very long time.it means i cant have a life though. tomorrow i am going to try taking just 1/2 plus a sleeping aid that is fairly short acting. im also going to try taking the meds 2 hours earlier. im on hols at the moment and i want to be able to do things and go out a little. i dont want to feel like hell all the time cause im so drugged tired. id rather put up with the anxiety. i can keep away from the triggers while im on hols and theres always the xanax if i get into real trouble.
i needed to get this off my chest. thanks for reading.
so what i have learnt is this medication does put me to sleep at night and keeps me asleep for a very long time.it means i cant have a life though. tomorrow i am going to try taking just 1/2 plus a sleeping aid that is fairly short acting. im also going to try taking the meds 2 hours earlier. im on hols at the moment and i want to be able to do things and go out a little. i dont want to feel like hell all the time cause im so drugged tired. id rather put up with the anxiety. i can keep away from the triggers while im on hols and theres always the xanax if i get into real trouble.
i needed to get this off my chest. thanks for reading.
For example, I was put on Lamictal and I got on the internet to see if I could work out other peoples experiences from it. Most said it caused insomnia, but the insomnia wasn't so bad if you took it in the morning. So I took it in the morning. I didn;t have major problems.
I am also on Seroquel. For me, it takes about two hours to kick in. So I take it about 7pm so I will be looking to sleep about 9pm. I still get the Seroquel hangovers though. But they are not so bad.
Its just a matter of finding the timing that works for you and your lifestyle