Please,
Anyone be ultra careful with Seroquel.
Loretta, We've spoke about this, and I am not arguing with you, as you know. I so Very Much Agree with what you're saying however!
I just want to warn about the Seroquel-----it's side effects!

I have an RSD friend, who has had the sleep test, and got on CPap.
But, this person had been put on Seroquel earlier.
Gained MUCHO pounds! Like, a Lot!
Then, this person would wake during the night, and start acting out. Raiding the refrigerator, then starting "housework", and destroying the "fabric of the family"!
I've not even "heard" of this sort of behavior from street drugs!

My doc gave me a sample of Seroquel, quite a few years ago.
I took half of a 25 mg. It ZONKED me out for two days!
Now, my friend was on some Hundreds of Mg. I don't recall.
But, I stayed with this person and spouse for a couple weeks last year, around the holidays, and went to the Neuro with.
He said, STOP THE SEROQUEL! STOP IT!
Oh, was also on the other MONSTER DRUG, PROVIGAL!

STOP THAT TOO!

Think about that.
It's Downs to go to bed,
and Ups to clear your head...
It's just not right.

I've postulated (FOR MYSELF) a couple of decades ago, I want the SMALLEST DOSE of anything, that will do it's job, for me!
Period!

And, doctors can be very liberal with the dosages they give you!

Always, Always, ask about titrating UP, to see where you get the desired effect!
And, stop there! (Then, discuss that point with your Doctor, some meds, You need to take full dose. Some, you don't).
So, don't take this on your own, speak with your Doc!
Or, all you're doing over and above that, is working your liver and kidneys, with meds that may not need the "High Dose"!

Seroquel, and it's sibling drugs, are NOT ASPIRIN!
They're HDuty meds, and their makers, are hiring doctors, to do studies. (This is HUGE Money for the docs).

So, take it from there.
The cure, is NOT in a PILL!

It's in a complete rethinking of your lifestyle!

Exercise!

Diet/ Nutrition

Mental health. (Have a psychiatrist who specializes in chronic pain, in your "Line up". Refer there, when you get "out of sorts".

And, finally and definitely lastly, your medications.
Be sure you know what they are, how they interact, and take the lowest dose that works for you!

Be well, ya'll....

Pete
asb


PS After writing this, I Googled "Rolling Stone Zyprexa"
Which is, an article about Zyprexa, another "Aytipcal" med for the same illness' as Seroquel. I invite you all to do this.
If you're using, or thinking of using any of these meds, your eyes will pop open!

Even with all the "losing lawsuits" against them, the drug companies, keep producing, and paying doctors to do "clinical trials".
Why?
Because of simple math.
They make more, MUCH MORE, selling these drugs, than they Lose, in the lawsuits!
They're actually making friends with the lawyers!

Think Hard about this.