Seroquel for gad
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It is also prescribed for other things such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective, GAD or severe insomnia (because of the sedation, and in smaller doses).
It can be sedating at first, but usually this lessens as you get use to it. I have taken seroquel for about a year and am now on 500mg a day. Have you been prescribed it?
But this is just one more bit of evidence that we need to look
one time I thought I was having freaking heart attack and I felt like bugs were crwaling in my skin, i went over to the E-Room and they told me that I had GAD, this is when Xanax came in to my life. I stopped taking the ambien because the Xanax helped with the sleep.
This Wed I went to see my Dr. and he prescribed Seroquel and Effexor, now correct me if I am wrong, but in order to get off Xanax can't I just ween off of it and take half a pill until I come of of it.
The psychiatric community knows that ADs can cause poblems; Lamictal is approved for BP depression. So is Seroquel. They might as well go down that route, instead of putting people on ADs straight off of the bat. I go with my shrink's advice until she talks about messing with the Lamictal and then I put my foot down.
But, you also have to be careful with the medical professional you are seeing...
The Zoloft might be the wrong med for you. Augmentation means adding medications to other medications. but the proper way to do this is only if the first med is actually working and you just need it to work better. If the Zoloft didn't work very well augmenting it isn't going to do the trick, you need to try a different first med. As for seroquel, I also advise people to check out this med for themselves.
I dwell on everything I say, which causes me to not talk to anyone UNLESS I'm manic than I have great conversation skills. Unfortunately I'm terrified of mania also. I also have debilitating panic/anxiety attacks, even when in busy grocery stores etc. I assume once I get stable those might get better and my thought processing will be easier and I won't feel like the things I say are so stupid.
This drug is for the GAD, but not if it's just for the insomnia. If it helps with the GAD it will apparently help with the insomnia, but antidepressants aren't sleep aids. As the above suggests, melatonin is for sleep. A lot of people are put on drugs that have an unwanted side effect of making people sleepy, but that doesn't make it a good choice for sleeplessness.
seroquel is a great crisis drug for some people but it isn't a good way of life..took it for months and hated the clumsiness it gave me (athlete) how lazy it made me feel..the overly numb feeling..the blood pressure drops..tardive dyskenisia which i get with most of the drugs lesser with anxiety meds than anti psychotics..Some people just don't do well with these powerful drugs and there isn't a lot of sympathy from people who prescribe them..Omega 3 pharmaceutical grade..CBD oil..
For almost a week now I havent felt quite right I've been having alot of headaches , earaches , sweating although my feet feel cold , increased anxiety(i have GAD) , nausea sometimes w/vomitting , no fever i dont think , difficulty sleeping , drenching nightmares and sudden sharp pains at the base of my skull/top of my neck , I take Cymbalta , Seroquel , Trileptal , Neurotin, and Klonopin daily I dont know if I just dont feel well from depression or stress or if it's manifesting itself p
I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and have been on Seroquel 200 mg for approx one year. Since being on the med I have experienced extreme forgetfulness. My short term memory is especially affected and it's getting progressively worse. I don't think forgetfulness is listed as a side effect of Seroquel. I was wondering if anyone else on this med has experienced the same.
said replace the 3rd xanax with the seroquel 25mg before be d to seep how it works. OK i start taking Seroquel Fri night. Sat. i feel tired a little out of it and feel like I'm gonna have a panic attack. I say OK it probably just the meds getting into me. sun feel the same way. Mon. feel like a zombie not in my own body, very jittery lightheaded. also i flipped out on my husband for no reason. took it again Mon night Tues.
If this is the case, then it is in my opinion not a bad choice, though some would argue there are better(safer) options due to the risk factors involved with the class of drugs to which Seroquel belongs. There are a number of other(*safer*) drugs that are being prescribed for sleeping issues which includes antihistamines such as Atarax/ Hydroxyzine or Phenergan/Promethazine or small doses of tricyclic drugs like Doxepin/Sinequan, Mianserin/Tolvon and many more.
Believe me, I do understand. I haven't been able to sleep properly for years now because of the effects of medication. But the key is, since sleep meds interfere with normal patterns of sleep, they make the problem permanent, particularly the difficulty getting to REM sleep. Everyone has to do what they feel is best, and I know natural remedies won't work for everyone. Neither will meds.
25mg/3x a day), and several weeks ago, he had me get off the xanax. He then prescribed me seroquel (100mg) for the anxiety, and it seems to be helping, but I'm still 'paranoid' and have anxiety. I have very strong/weird fears of people. Every time I leave the house, I feel as someone is watching me and it makes my head 'spin'. I'm afraid of what people think of me, or what they might if they see I'm so paranoid. I kinda cant stand it anymore.
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