I took 400mg Seroquel for the first time last night but had a hard time falling asleep- probably because I was wound up because I didn't take anything during the day.

I just took 100mg "prn" this morning.

HI, Kay.

"As needed" -- so Seroquel this morning.

That is fabulous about signing the docs for everyone to be on the same page if you need them to be.

I hope you are feeling confident about your wellness.

Mari

I took the 100mg this morning, but I'm still flying high. And Xanax, don't forget that Xanax.

Tomorrow's plan:
Start out with 100mg am, add 50 an hour later if the 100's not doing the trick.
Then, we'll see what happens from there.

I think I'm wearing out the phone lines at pdoc's office, but I'll call again if I'm still a raging bull at 150/400.

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Mari,
I'm not feeling confident about my (general) wellness at all. This episode has gone on WAY too long. And I'm also in the middle of a MS relapse to boot.
I'm just trying to maintain the best level of control I can, while I'm able, and plan now for the times I can't.

If/when I become unwell and can't make my own decisions, it's just so much easier to bypass all the red tape.

I'm fairly confident in Seroquel though. I think things will improve greatly once we get the dosing right.

Kay

I've had problems sometimes rarely sleeping after taking 600Mgs of Seroquel. I have OCD also. Sometimes the thoughts don't want to stop,but for the most part I sleep after taking the meds. I take a little Xanax,and Luvox for the OCD. It's all so hard to figure out. BF

Kay,

It feels like it has gone on too long but things have the strong possibility of being on the right path.

I am happy to hear that you have confidence in Seroquel

Good luck Sunday.

Mari

Steve,

I have OCD, too and was taking Zoloft for it when this episode started. Before that it was helping, but I shouldn't be taking antidepressants. It's funny... All my OCD symptoms go away when I'm manic/hypo.

Kay

So...

400mg Seroquel at bedtime
50-100mg "as needed."

Today, 150mg is "less than needed."
Tempted to take another 50, but I don't like playing with my pills, and have already taken more med than pdoc and I have discussed. But it's just short of 10:30am here...

UGH.

I'm going to go find more things to clean.

I'm glad I didn't go up to 200mg because I started feeling lightheaded when I was scrubbing the walls this morning.

Around noon I started calming down and feeling more comfortable it took almost 3 hours though?
I may have gotten lightheaded because I was vigorously cleaning, or it could have been because I was up at 150mg.

The office opens Monday. Pdoc isn't in until Weds. but she said she has plenty of openings...
I may just stay with the 100mg am dose until I see her (unless there's escalation). I can probably stick it out. I've been through worse.

Kay

Mari makes an excellent point in her post.

Seroquel has a reasonably good track record of helping with bipolar mania.

Seroquel can be used as monotherapy or can be combined with divalproex (Depakote) or lithium for further stabilization if needed in treating bipolar mania.

Glad you are feeling hopeful.
I am very hopeful you'll continue to feel better, too.


DejaVu

Kay,

'Sorry about the M.S. symptoms.

Re the dosing: You are doing great so far and you will come up with the dose that works.

I would not be able to manage getting the signatures on the documents and putting the documents in a safe but easily located place, . . . esp. as they would require me to update them every six months (the 6 month thing is a rule . . .I think).

Keep taking care.

M