How come your having a hard time sleeping? Did your doctor take you off the Seroquel. BF

Hi, Abbie,
'Sending hugs.
M.

Dear Brokenfriend,

Abbie is still in a mixed mood. Her meds are not cutting it. i know you take a low dose of Seroquel and that works for you for sleep, but maintenance therapy and treatment of acute episodes are very different. Also, people respond very differently to different dosages. I, for one, would not even notice 25mg of Seroquel. To get solid sleep i was having to take SIX HUNDRED mg of Seroquel. 400 gave me parasomnias... i would sleep but i would keep waking up and be all messed up and stuff. and i was not even in an acute state as is Abbie. So you see there are many different factors to consider.

Mixed moods are notoriously difficult to control. They involve the energy of mania so, in a mixed state, sleep can be one of the first things to go out the window - either become irregular, scarce, or absent.

In case you had not seen it or all of it, Abbie originally started posting about this in her thread Any one ever felt this way?? but it sounds like you have since you mention the Seroquel.

Forgive me if i am out of place; I am answering you because Abbie has indicated she might not be around... i hope you don't mind... I hope Abbie doesn't mind...

((( Abbie )))

Dear Abbie thank you for letting us know. Good Luck and hang in there! I will be keeping you safe in my thoughts as i'm sure will others.



~ waves ~

Abbie

You are in my thoughts too.

Donna

Let me go back and read,"Any one ever felt this way?" I have a hard time reading sometimes,so I don't read alot of the threads at this time. I go into something like a overload,if I read to much. I wish that I didn't have this problem.

Thanks for letting me know. I'm on 300 Mgs of Seroquel a night. They want me to take over 400 Mgs.,but my ear started ringing,and I went back down to 300 Mgs. The seroquel may not be the problem. I'm taking other things into consideration.

I have mood swings,and I took a test on Thursday at my counsellors office,and I ended up saying yes to all of the questions. My Nurse Practitioner said in a report that I may be Bipolar,and this test at my counsellors office was conclusive.

I'm thinking what. Do I have about 5 mental disorders? These things never end in my life. I go from disorder,to disorder,to many disorders at one time. These individual disorders are not at full strength all at once,thank goodness,but they are bad enough to keep me afflicted,and wondering.

I didn't sleep well with 300Mg's of seroquel last night. It happens sometimes. BF

Dear Friend,
Maybe if they can get a good grip on a diagnosis, they can give you better medications and improve your other treatments as well.
Don't worry about how many diagnoses you might have.
Bipolar can be an umbrella and cover a few of the other ones for you.

Sorry that you missed a night a sleeping at 300 Seroquel.

M.

Yea finally another week end..... I don't know why but I am anxious during the week days, once a Friday comes I relax. Although Wednesday nights are my week midway point and also my ghost hunters shows are on...

Friday I love ghost Whisper, the last two Fridays they had basket ball on CBS.

I have to take time on the weekend to read all the post and see how everyone is. I have a new job very part time work from home. Investigation accident claims for insurance companies. No workers comp invest. This company does not do that. Mostly work with commercial vehicle accidents, or businesses in the area that have catastrophic events.

No quarentee for hours, assignments as claims come in for my area. I am the only hire in this area. Had my feet wet yesterday with collision invest. The car was likely totaled and the other party that was at fault's carrier had me take pictures to show the damage area and bills involved.

It is nice not working in an office with the drama. I hope it works out.
My husbands employer closed a few weeks ago after he worked there 42 years. He is only 61, so we need something to help with benefits at least a year, maybe 4. If our house was paid off it would be better, but we strugle with that.
Oh well got long, I have to go read about Cobra, looks like I have to pick up part B and D now....

have a good weekend
di

Dear Di,
Sorry about your husband's job.
I hope that he can get something that is just as good.

Good luck with your new job.

Mari