Seroquel For Insomnia (Page 4) (Top voted first)

I have been taking Seroquel for a year now for insomnia. Anybody else take Seroquel for this? I have looked around and it doesn't even seem that Seroquel is normally given to someone for this.

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Re: Bill Tschida (# 15)

It's not a good drug for insomnia TRUST ME! You'll get hooked. It IS addictive, chemically it contains ethanol in it's molecular structure.

I am withdrawing from the stuff after stupidly taking it to help me fight alcohol and for the old excuse to get sleepy. It will do your head in

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Re: Rebecca B (# 17)

Your so funny good read. I laughed so much lucky I wasn't having a drink it would be everywhere haha.

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OMG don’t.
Taking atypical antipsychotics when you are not schizophrenic can cause delusions.
My mother was bipolar and they gave this to her for anxiety and insomnia. 10 years later they had her on Risperidol shots because of the psychosis. Now she is dead.
Stay away from antipsychotics unless you are psychotic. Even then, you have to evaluate if the benefits are worth the risk.

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Hi I live in the UK and tried xanex for a couple of days 2mg 3 times a day they worked well im currently trying to get some in the UK but having no luck as of yet talking to my doctor tomorrow morning but not sure how she will help me if she doesn't ill have to order them from the US I suffer insomnia and get around 1-2 hours sleep a night I sufer most days have no energy at all I only want to sleep a normal 8 hours a night every night havnt slept for that long for years now ive tried most drugs available but nothing helps nothing that I can get on the NHS they just won't prescribe me anything to help me really get a sleeping pattern back fingers crossed on the doctor tomorrow or ill be online tomorrow to the US ordering wot I need cant carry on anymore walking around like a zombie just hope she help

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I am a 37 year old and have had problems sleeping since I was 10. I have tried everything under the sun, my doctor put me on seroquel about three months ago, but i have mixed feelings about it. Sometimes it works fantastic and sometimes i'm up till 5 or 6 in the morning, but when i wake up i don't feel like a zombie like i did with ambien.

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I have been on zopiclone for about 2 years. If I not tired thinking a lot, I will go to the kitchen and eat - anything. It's like I'm in a trance and next day I have to really think whether I had a eating binge the night before. I hate it but I'm a cronic insommiac, my mind races. Any suggestions or ideas. Thanks

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I was put on Seroquel 25 mg last summer because I was not able to sleep without taking Immovane. Seroquel calmed my anxieties and helped me sleep. But by the end of the year, because of the stress from school, I was not sleeping again. I increased the dosage to 75 mg but it didn't help the insomnia. For the last 3 months, I have been taking Immovane to help me sleep. I am only getting 3-4 hours of sleep per night. Tonight I am trying Zeldox. Really hope it helps. I am really sleep deprived.

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I also have been taking Zopoclone...and have eating binges just before bed...The drug helps me sleep for a short time.(if i can stop eating and go to bed) Its a bad side affect i think!

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Just KNOW the weight gain is awful and I watch what I eat, exercise....never had a weight problem....went from 120 to 147 lbs in just under 3 months....I will NEVER EVER take serokill again....that's my name for it....works like a champ, but I want to wear my clothes.....

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I was recently prescribed seroquel 12.5 mg-50mg at night for sleep.
I tried Trazadone 25mg-250mg and was only able to get 3 hours of solid sleep and had no side effects.
I have tried the Seroquel for 2 nights now and I was able to sleep 6hours solid; not sure about side effects; it feels like I'm really hungry but not sure if its a side effect. It's harder to fall asleep but once asleep it's solid.
I really do wish the trazadone kept me asleep longer as it put me to sleep quick and I felt no side effects at all. Increasing the dose only gave side effects but did not prolong the sleep cycle so 50mg was enough.

So fR with Seroquel I'm at 12.mg and will try for a week then see how I feel (increase to 25mg or stop and go back to trazadone)

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Josie, have you had problems with weight gain?

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I'M NOT GIVING ADVICE HERE STUPID...I'M SIMPLY GIVING MY TESTIMONY...THIS DRUG AFFECTS EVERYONE DIFFERENTLY....

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SEROQUEL WILL CAUSE FAST AND FURIOUS WEIGHT GAIN. Be careful taking this medication...I have NEVER had a weight problem. My dr. prescribed Serokill (that's what I call it) @ 150mg per night, but I have to add 1 (one) Ambien and two (2) 1mg Valium....well it worked for a while....then it seemed like over night I had gained 10lbs. I took this drug back 15 years ago or more and remember that weight gain was the reason I stopped using this med. Well, I went on a vacay for about 5 days got home and forgot where I had stashed my meds. So I was off of Serokill for 2 weeks and dropped the weight instantly, but no sleep...none, you know what I mean. Anyway, I found my hiding place (my bad) and started taking it again....WHAM I have gained almost 12-15lbs. I am beside myself....so I quit taking it for a couple of days, no sleep, but maybe a nap on 5mg of Valium...I started spinning out because of no sleep, you know that weird feeling, your body is fatigued and it seems like maybe blood pressure is increasing and I'll get a terrible headache over my left eye.... I look awful in the mirror, won't even let my husband see me in anything except clothes, I have been complaining about the weight gain and he hasn't said much, but I know he is freaked out too because he doesn't respond when I talk about how fat and ugly I feel.....I got so mad last night because I was so tired that I took too much and was like a zombie all day, impatient, angry about any and eveything because I don't want to eat anything and I am just plain PO'ed ...I had called in to the Dr. office to tell them Seroquel was making me gain weight, and we needed to find something else, and my Dr. wants to wean me off of it, _uck, I don't need to be weaned... I can just stop and have before. I can't begin to list the # of meds we've tried that work, but only for a short time...Told his nurse I was totally depressed and what use is this drug if it depresses a person already taking anti-depressants. I hope you don't have these side effects.

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seroquil is usually prescribed for various psychosis. It has many DANGEROUS side effects. I've found Ambien safe & effective when taken as prescribed.

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i take one (1) 150mg of seroquel, one (1) 12.5 mg ambien and two (2) 1mg xanax for insomnia when I feel dead tired and need to sleep which is often at 3, 4, 5 or 6am...I have had to experiment to get this combination to work...I don't think my Dr. would be to happy, but he isn't the one dealing with what used to be 6,7 or 8 nights in a row of no sleep....I watch my weight like a hawk. I normally weigh between 115-120 ibs and sometimes the weight creeps up 2-3 lbs so i go on a liquid regimine...it works for me. I'm a former dance instructor and extra weight makes me crazy and pissed off...so , for me adjusting what i eat is tantamount...my fiance wants to eat dinner between 5-6pm and I just can't eat that early.....during my dancing days i didn't get off of work till 8:30-9pm so I have always eaten late. If i HAVE to eat early, i can hardly eat even 1/2 of what is served....I drink a lot of Gatorade, OJ and apple juice....which definitely curbs MY appetite....I allow myself 1 Dr. Pepper a week and some popcorn, usually on saturday nite....buy Yopalit yogurt, it's 80-100 calories, low in fat and very tastey....I also walk at least 1 mile a day, if I don't , I don't eat as much...I drink to fill up, try drinking a full glass of ICE COLD water b4 you eat and it will help fill you up, I don't really like water so I buy fresh lemons ans squeeze lemn juice in the water, when I eat out i always order water with lemon, yu can save a couple of hundred calories that way....I weigh every morning and the # on the scale dictates to me how I am going to have to adjust my eating for the day....I refuse to gain weight, I hate to look in the mirror if i'm even 3-5lbs over my ideal weight....hope this helps.....

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I just added G Monster Sleeping aid to my supplements Program; it has helped me sleep and has been helping me recover my muscles from the brutal training that I put on my self. It gives me a little buzz before bed and that is good for me because I do not drink, since alcohol weakens athletic performance.

6 Perfect meals a day

Work 6 hours a day; 7 days a week
Sleep 8 hours a day; 7 days a week
Train 6 hours a day; 5 days a week
1 heaping tablespoon of G Monster 30 minutes before bed.

Wake up: 2 tablespoons of Metamucil (this is to remove the bi-products and soreness from my body brutal training
Immediately drop a deuce, and then have first meal.

Late Morning
1.5 hours: Boxing; Muay Thai; Jui-Jitsu
30 minutes circuit weights
3 times a week; mixing it up every time
1 hour: stretch

Post meal replacement while sitting in an ice bath

Late After Noon
1 hour: Boxing; Muay Thai; Jui-Jitsu; Wrestling
90 Minutes: Bikram Yoga or Power Yoga or Gimnastics
30 minutes: stretch

Post meal replacements while sitting in an ice bath

30 Minutes before bed I take G Monster to help me sleep; when training like this, my body is tired but my mind does not want to shut off; I was sitting in bed thinking and thinking. G Monster has the ability to help me relax and get the REM sleep plus the GH response to rest and recover for my next brutal day ahead of me.

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