New neuro prescribed it 2 weeks ago. I'm just on 20 mg. per night. It lets me sleep soundly and even if I wake up to use the loo, I can fall right back.

The doc said he's dx'ing it instead of elavil which had caused a lot of brain fog when I took it about 4 years ago. My main issue with doxepin is that it causes pulsating, tremory feelings throughout my body which are quite unpleasant. Doc confirmed that this is one of its side effects.

Does anyone have any experience with this drug? I'm thinking of getting off it because of the internal shakiness.

doxepin and seroquel are two different drugs, the first is an antidepressant and the second an antipsychotic.....i would think it was the former??

I took doxepin 2 decades ago for a bad sciatica attack. I was working midnights then too...it was stressful on my body.

I took 20mg also (2 x10mg capsules). It helped my pain quite a bit, but only helped with sleeping so so. The sciatica eventually cleared up when I resumed a regular working schedule.

I took it for about 2 yrs. The only side effect I had was some blurring of vision. I don't recall vibrating feelings at all.
This was before I had my hypothyroid fixed. So I still had my severely affected feet too.

It's doxepin. I don't know why I wrote Seraquel.

I just spoke w/ neuro and told him I wanted off this because even tho I am now taking 10 mg., I still have that vibration thing. He said he has patients who are taking 300 mg. pd!!

Back to the drawing board.

150mg to 300mg a day is the antidepressant dose.

The lower doses typically are used for chronic pain.
This drug takes more than 2 weeks to give any results IMO.

Low doses of Sinequan, like Elavil, are excellent for deepening sleep, so you wake up less often, and can feel more rested. It can help people sleep THROUGH pain quite nicely. I've take 10-30mg of Elavil for years now, it's a been wonderful for me. While it is helpful in lowering pain, also, you have to give it a bit of time for this.

All the antidepressants interfere with pain pathways, and are one part of a good drug plan to attack pain pathways from different directions.

Seroquel is MARKETED as an anti-psychotic, but that should not make anyone who is on it worried that their doctor thinks they are psychotic. Over the years it became clear that it is excellent for anxiety and mood disorders, and it is mostly used for that, in doses of 25 - 100 mg. With Seroquel, in higher doses, it's important to have your weight monitored, as, on the heftier doses, their can be a lot of weight gain. Low doses don't seem much of a problem with this.