Hi,

New pdoc gave me Seroquel.
She told me I can take half of a 25 mgs pill tonight.

She also gave me a few extra Klonopin for the month without my asking.
(Did I say that she is fantastic )

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Apparently I was clear enough about the Hypnagogia (dream-lets). She said
that was a form of hallucination. I liked her enough so I was willing to play along with the hallucination thing.



M

I am so glad that you liked her.
How was the staff?
bizi

I am ecstatic that you are in love with your new pdoc!!!
Your first visit sounds very promising. She sounds very competent, and it seems like she is very experienced.

I'm impressed that she has enough experience with dream-lets to be able to assess them as hallucinations. I think that sounds like a reasonable conclusion from how you have described them in the past.

Seroquel is an excellent drug. I'm glad that she is starting you out at a very low dose. I got used to the sedation fairly quickly, but I know you are very sensitive to meds, so it may take more patience on your part, but it's been my experience that seroquel is very effective in managing hallucinations (and many other things).

I am very hopeful that this pdoc will be able to help you

I slept a lot on Friday.

Tonight I took a slightly higher dose (impossible to cut the 25 mgs exactly in half).

Not as sleepy as last night but I do feel a little bit odd in the same way I did last night -- I got some of the prinkly sensations around nose and ears.
. . .still working on being hopeful.


M

I have 100mg seroquel pills that are coated and they are very hard to split evenly without crushing them. The 100's are pretty small, the 25's must be tiny, are they coated as well?

I think feeling "odd" is as good a way as any to describe the initial effect when taking seroquel. I'm glad that you have tolerated it as well as you have so quickly given how sensitive you are to meds. I think that is a good sign
Have you felt any sedative effect at all?

I'm glad that you are working on being hopeful Mari

Is it the same crawling sensation that you had with lamictal(i think)?
bizi

Hi,

Cutting in half with the coating was difficult and darn right impossible to get at an even 50%. I did that for two nights.
Night three (last night) I took the full 25 mgs and did o.k. --- no initial side effects like the first night.

I slept a lot. Woke up. Then slept more.

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Brother texted me earlier today that he was on his way home from his tug boat job:
That's a relief seeing as how I bought the tickets a while ago for Tuesday July 12 through Thursday July 14.
I stay there on the twelfth and thirteenth. I travel home on the 14th.

M

wow that is this week! I hope you have a wonderful visit. I bought a vera bradley travel kit for toiletry items and it was great for our trip.
bizi

I can't imagine having to cut such a tiny pill with that coating… it's awful… I can see why you weren't getting close to 50/50.

I'm so happy you slept! And you didn't have any initial side effects! That is wonderful news!

Safe travels tomorrow… I hope you have a nice visit with your brother

Today, I dragged myself out of bed to deal with the bank and my PCP.
And I am behind on packing. Really could have used more sleep.


I have to sew a little bit on two shirts I bought. Somehow I lose all hair brushes and combs. If I go to the store to buy one, I will come home to remember something else I need to buy

I am worried about hubby's blood sugar. He and I have the same PCP.
Maybe
the PCPC can explain to me why she is not concerned about him.



M