seroquel and dopamine

I have tried Seroquel, Seroquel XR, Zyprexa, and Lithium, all in the space of a few weeks... I thought that they were causing me to cycle harder, but I have realized that I am getting the akathisia side effect from them.. When the sun is down, they bring up my mood, but when it's bright out, I get very agitated.. All of these drugs have this side effect as they work on dopamine. I am at a loss right now; has anyone else had this problem? I am slowly running out of medications...

lavender, peppermint. Does anyone think of something that can lessen my dopamine and boost my energy a little to overcome my insomnia. omega3, tryptophan like...etc...etc...

How safe is 200 milligrams of seroquel while pregnant and nursing? Also, is it dangerous to cut the pills in half to take a lesser dose? Or should you cut or break the pills at all?

I take dopamine and Seraquel ER. Now I was given Xanex and feel dizzy, fatigued, confused all the time. Can I mix these 3 meds, or should I stop the Xanex?

How would this work as opposed to seroquel, and if you found that you were more stable at dosing more frequently than you have ever been in your life....what would make you want to switch? Benifits,......less long term damage? Would this also address anxiety or would you still need a drug for that?

thank you for your post do you know anyone taking this med how is it suspose to make me feel. i had to go off the seroquel and abilify. i could'nt sleep for 3 nights so now i'm on lunstra 3mg and trazadone 100mg. i feel lousy. and because i had meds dropped and new ones added i don't know what's making me feel down, the going off or going on.

to add...she reminds me of a parkinson's patient in her affect and motions...

thank you for your answer although after 2 years. anyway i think still i have plenty of the above. what is good though i said farewell to depression and my problem is hypomania and mixed states. i'm still on my AP's. Of course i fear from the risk of TD, diabetes etc...but i am just coping. Going back to ILADVOCATE you say the restless leg synd.. is from the AP's. However i know with schizo...

Without any responsibility on your part, contemplate the matter concerning (B) I remember at 150 seroquel when feeling lethargic I reduced it so become less depressed and more energetic, because after all seroquel is antimanic and antipsychotic reduces dopamine. the mechanism of this drug is not understood well at high doses antimanic very low doses help sleeping disorder at perhaps 100 antidepressant effect.

I've read and read and talked and talked and even personally experimented with my own seroquel dosing. I'm a card carrying bipolar and typical of such folk have tried everything out there in pharm-world alone and in combination. For me, Seroquel is the ticket. I have one problem. A few years ago I made a move to a more healthy lifestyle which includes diet, exercise, yoga, and meditation - all good things. I even went back to work.

I just got off Seroquel which I was taking to help with OCD and depression, but also for insomnia. I got off of it because I experience extrapyramidal symptoms which I believe shows I may be more at risk for developing TD though my Dr has told me it is very rare to get TD on the atypical antipsychotics. Another Dr has now put me on Trazadone for sleep, 100 mg.

I switched to Effexor XR about a year ago because Zoloft was not doing enough for my depression. I was and still am taking Wellbutrin XL to combat the sexual side effects. Shortly after I started Effexor my doctor also put me on Seroquel. So I have been on these 3 drugs for the past year. Last month my doctor suggested I up my dosage of Effexor from 150mg to 225 mg.

For instance 100 seroquel = 1 risperidone = 3 zyprexa. My information is that all are given to prevent mania and reduce dopamine responsible for psychosis. Yet seroquel especially is given for depression too this is why it works as a mood stabilizer. Some say all atypical are the same but seroquel seems to be different from readings and at least it works for me. My combo is 75 seroquel + 1 risperidone + 1 stelazin (typical AP). It's weird and crazy usually one AP is enough.

However, a few days ago, I started to feel my dopamine is going down lowering my mood and energy. I am on risperidone 1mg, seroquel 150mg (a strange combo) which worked well. So i removed 25mg seroquel. I resemble this by throwing one bag of sand to lift the balloon. My 2 questions: -- If I keep throwing more bags, is it OK so long it lifts me up. But suppose this doesn't lift me up in the end, but helps me to survive, is this OK as far as BP handling is concerned, i.e.

BP is mainly a fluctuation in the dopamine and a deficiency in GABA. a higher dopamine makes you manic and a lower one lowers your mood and with a lack of energy. Now BP is mainly a mood disorder and not an energy disorder, why ? coz it has 3 phases: 1. mania (higher energy, higher mood) 2. depression (lower energy, lower mood) 3. mixed states (lower mood, higher energy) 4. rare case (high mood, low energy) so if you can boost your mood you delete 2 and 3.

put me on Seroquel first and then added Abilify recently (20mg), and it seems to bump up the benefits of Seroquel of which I now take 700mg per day, plus I take Cipralex 30mg (anti-depressant). It seems to be working for me, so far, but as you know its all trial and error. Some people say they gained weight from Abilify, I havent as of yet, but I did gain weight with the Seroquel, but the benefits outweigh the side effects.

I did a lot of studying and asking questions, and it turns out that seroquel and effexor has a side affect of craving carbs, and also has a tendency to slow down your activity, mentally and physically. The mental part is good, it evened me out, but the physical tiredness, and then the weight gain made me decide to drop the seroquel.

I wake up ny legs and feet hurt and are very stiff. My back, hip and head hurt. I took it at 9pm and it is 1pm. I still am in a fog. Don't even know how I have managed to take care of my 3 kids. My house is pure mess and I can't find the energy to clean it. Is it worth it? Am I suppose to stick it out and it will get better. Give me a 10mg oxycodone and I am superwoman! How come there isn't a psycho drug I can take that will make me feel like I do when I take percocet?

Seemed to mess with my appetite and had huge carb cravings. Probably due to how Seroquel impacts dopamine in the brain....not sure. Not trying to scare you, but something to watch for. Had to stop taking it though because it caused this inner restless feeling which was just too much to handle. Hope it works for you.

If you're low on glycine and taurine, which help the body make the neurotransmitters you're low on, you need to check the quality of the protein you're eating. Glycine and taurine are amino acids, and along with tyrosine and phenalynine and tryptophan manufacture the neurotransmitters that regulate mood. I would look to your diet and make sure you're eating sufficient protein.

Something interesting happened recently that both illustrates this and makes me think dopamine may have something to do with it. First, let me make it clear that I am not a druggie. I've never taken an illegal, recreational drug in my life, not even pot (and I was in high school in the 1980s!) On a couple of occasions, however, I have taken peyote with Native Americans. The reasons for that are another story. The peyote church I attended was in Arizona, several hundred miles from my home.

if you're getting low in dopamine, a lot of folks try using the precursor nutrients, such as tyrosine, or phenylalanine DL. It's found in chicken, eggs, milk and cottage cheese. Tyrosine converts into leva dopa, and you could try mucuna pruriens for that, but dosage is sketchy on each brand. L-dopa is the last stop on the train before dopamine, cuz from what I understand, you can't "take dopamine". You give your body the nutrient and it has to make the stuff.

Those are stimulatants with mood enhancing proprieties due to huge release of norepinephrine, dopamine and serotonin. You could switch back to Klonopin which is the first choice for long-term benzo since you are now a potent stumulant. You have many options here tho.

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