Social Anxiety Support

baranok · 11-17-2011, 03:17 AM

for me sometimes half or even quarter of 25mg makes me just the same sleepy as 25
i take it like 2 hours before sleep

i never went over 25mg but it tolerance for sleepiness increase quickly when took more than 1 pill / day

when it doesnt work because of tolerance i dont take it for day or two (makes me imsomniac but thats ok)

also i noticed even 25mg taken along with 300mg wellbutrin a day DECREASE effect of wellbutrin over time, when i didnt took it for like 3 nights wellbutrin worked better

strange that doc's prescript antipsychotics for SA patients, crazy..

Sebald · 12-27-2011, 06:11 AM

my shrink gave me some of this to take when I was ever feeling suicidal (prn). If you are feeling impulsive it will put you in coma for three days ... you won't be able to do anything apart from trying to function as a human being! really good for sleep, but don't expect to get your highest score on Galaga the next day, trust me.

slightlyawkward · 12-27-2011, 11:55 AM

That stuff turned me into a zombie. I was put on it during my senior year of high school. I was barely able to function and almost didn't graduate.

ryobi · 12-27-2011, 09:10 PM

I was on it and it hurt my gallbladder and liver. Once I got off of it, the gallbladder and liver issues resolved themselves...

blinds8 · 02-08-2012, 01:48 AM

just got prescribed this drugs and i dont think it does anything a whole lot of marijuana wouldnt cure

Suchness · 03-27-2012, 04:39 AM

On and off it for a while. I'm taking 400mg a night now for spychosis. It helps me sleep alot.

Suchness · 03-27-2012, 04:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blinds8

just got prescribed this drugs and i dont think it does anything a whole lot of marijuana wouldnt cure

If only i could smoke weed. Thats what started my psychosis.

EricSAD · 03-30-2012, 05:46 PM

At the time I was on 30 mg of mirtazepine.

Dose: 25 mg of Seroquel

The third of taking it made me extremely sad, I balled my eyes out for a good 3 hours. Quit taking it that day and felt way better. Good luck.

GreenBean09 · 04-29-2012, 06:34 PM

I've been on this medication for over a year on and off. I was originally diagnosed with Biploar Disorder, but my doctors eventually decided on Schizophrenia. After quite a few months it morphed into Schizoid Personality Disorder (so says my doctors, I have quite a few). After multiple hospitalizations it was the only medication to keep me stable.

This medication definitely nerfs mood oscillation. Which is a godsend. The problem is, my mood still crashes, not as often, but definitely just as severe. It was coupled with a number of different anti-depressents (Prozac, Trazedone, Celexa), and we finally decided the best option was a combination of Celexa and Seroquel. My problems are nowhere near resolved, but much more manageable.

Much better than Zyprexa without any of the scary, scary side effects.

powerless · 07-21-2012, 05:44 AM

Currently on 25mg starting dose.. Taking it helps me blank out my mind and fall asleep..

silverwolf94 · 07-27-2012, 03:29 AM

This drug still gives me nightmares today.

When i was moved onto this drug it did absolutely nothing for me despite a long wait and increase in dosage.
When i stopped taking this drug because it had no effect on me i had the most VILE adverse effects ever.

Continuous vommiting every 3 hours for 3 days and EXTREMELY voilent headaches.
The adverse effects themselves made me suicidal.
I would NEVER EVER go back on this drug even if i was paid to.

aregone · 08-08-2012, 09:56 PM

Seroquel it's crap, I don't like it a bit. My ex-doc believed I'm somehow psychotic, therefore I've taken up to 300mg every day for many months. Though, it had no use for my anxiety, really, and my focus and attention were a bit disturbed. I was so addicted that I couldn't sleep without it. Now, I'm free of this drug, I hate it. Oh and it's so, so expensive, although I don't pay a penny for it.

But 200mg in combination with a antidepressant is a choice for major depression, in rest it is good to deplete your dopamine levels and makes you a zombie for many weeks.

Oh, and my current doc want me to take 50mg of Seroquel with 300mg of Wellbutrin, should I?
Given my experience with Seroquel in different dosages in combo with Paxil, Cymbalta, Savella witch obviously didn't work I incline not to. My last 30 pieces of Seroquel 200mg were donated to the local psychiatry hospital

Billius · 08-09-2012, 01:00 AM

even 50mg of this crap with 40mg paroxtine brought as close to suicide as i've ever been. during the day i was a very sleepy zombie. Then when it was nearly time for my next dose i would remember the most horrific ptsd nightmares from the previous night. Truly the anti-christ of drugs

Ferdy · 08-09-2012, 05:03 AM

I think WAY to many doctors are using Seroquel as a sleep aid, which is certainly one of its hallmarks, especially at lower doses (say under 250mg/day---usually under 100mg/day). NOWHERE is this drug approved EVEN OFF LABEL as a sleep aid/inducer, but it does works that way because it is a SUPER DUPER antihistimine. It is a SERIOUS drug for SERIOUS mental disorders---NOT a sleeping pill. It's not called an antipsychotic just because they didn't know what else to call it. Don't get me wrong, though---there are studies that have shown that Seroquel IS a good adjunctive therapy for treatment resistant depression when added to an SSRI or some of the other ADs. But NOT as a sleeping pill.

There are MUCH better and safer alternatives for sleep aids. Low doses of Trazodone would be good (25-50mg), or small doses of mirtazapine (7.5-15mg), since these are strong antihistamines as well---neither one carry the risks of Seroquel or benzodiazapines and are non-addictive--

Had to put this out there for discussion---

yesanded · 08-14-2012, 03:14 PM

I was prescribed seroquel a few days ago, and so far, I've only taken it twice. I say "so far", but what I mean is "in total" because I'm all done with it.

My doctor started me on 25mg before bed. Both nights it's knocked me out thoroughly. No sleeping pill has ever worked this well. But despite having in excess of 8 hours of sleep both nights, I can't get out of my own way during the day. Today I drank TWO Five Hour Energy drinks. Ordinarily, one is more than enough, and sometimes I have to knock it back with an Ativan if I get too jittery. Today...it didn't even put a dent in this iron suit of fatigue.

I got off Trileptal specifically because it made me dopey, and I need to be able to focus during the day. (I realize that's a trade-off with almost all anxiety/depression meds.) But this is seriously TOO MUCH.

As for psychological effects...maybe it's too soon to judge after only two doses. But it would have to allow me to walk on water and raise the dead to compensate for this head-full of cement.

Trigo · 08-20-2012, 10:41 AM

Seroquel/Quetiapine is worse than garbage, it made me extremely tired and aggressive at the same time, yet I'm always very quiet/nice. I'll never take it again or any other drugs that messes with my brain.

don36 · 08-20-2012, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yesanded

I was prescribed seroquel a few days ago, and so far, I've only taken it twice. I say "so far", but what I mean is "in total" because I'm all done with it.

My doctor started me on 25mg before bed. Both nights it's knocked me out thoroughly. No sleeping pill has ever worked this well. But despite having in excess of 8 hours of sleep both nights, I can't get out of my own way during the day. Today I drank TWO Five Hour Energy drinks. Ordinarily, one is more than enough, and sometimes I have to knock it back with an Ativan if I get too jittery. Today...it didn't even put a dent in this iron suit of fatigue.

I got off Trileptal specifically because it made me dopey, and I need to be able to focus during the day. (I realize that's a trade-off with almost all anxiety/depression meds.) But this is seriously TOO MUCH.

As for psychological effects...maybe it's too soon to judge after only two doses. But it would have to allow me to walk on water and raise the dead to compensate for this head-full of cement.

I was prescribed Seroquel by one of my old psychiatrists too - he told me that "it is the Valium of our generation". I wouldn't pay much attention to that as he was wrong about a lot of other things too. It did exactly what you described to me as well - it knocked me straight out, and left me feeling very groggy for the next day. I even tried chopping it in halves and quarters and it still makes me feel terrible. It seems to be a strange drug in that it didn't calm me at all - it just knocked me out. ( Which is totally different to a benzo - which definitely relaxes me.) Seroquel is used quite a bit in very low doses for anxiety nowadays but for me its crap.

muffzilla80 · 09-10-2012, 11:45 PM

The stuff nearly killed me.

Satou · 10-04-2012, 12:22 AM

I've suffered severe insomnia most of my life, that is basically at an end now.

Does knock me out a little longer than I'd like at times, but not being bleary eyed 24/7 feels great.

On 25mg twice a day, and it seems very effective despite those being really low doses.

MsHighFunctioning · 10-05-2012, 08:37 PM

Seroquel was the best medicine I've ever taken. I just remember feeling good, no anxiety, no fear, no obsessive worry about what other people were thinking about me. But it made me gain weight rapidly to the point where I couldn't walk two feet without my back hurting. Now I take Geodon, but it's just okay. I think I want to get back on Seroquel, but I'm going to have to do something to actively combat weight gain.

02-08-2012, 01:48 AM	#65 (permalink)
blinds8 Status: just me Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Canada Gender: Male Posts: 262	just got prescribed this drugs and i dont think it does anything a whole lot of marijuana wouldnt cure __________________ Don't spread false information that's also bordering, on doseage advice. Have a working healthy relationship with your doctor. Major depressive disorder Bi-Polar Disorder Social Anxiety

03-30-2012, 05:46 PM	#68 (permalink)
EricSAD Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Woodland California Gender: Male Posts: 16	Disliked At the time I was on 30 mg of mirtazepine. Dose: 25 mg of Seroquel The third of taking it made me extremely sad, I balled my eyes out for a good 3 hours. Quit taking it that day and felt way better. Good luck.

04-29-2012, 06:34 PM	#69 (permalink)
GreenBean09 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: United States Gender: Male Age: 20 Posts: 94	I've been on this medication for over a year on and off. I was originally diagnosed with Biploar Disorder, but my doctors eventually decided on Schizophrenia. After quite a few months it morphed into Schizoid Personality Disorder (so says my doctors, I have quite a few). After multiple hospitalizations it was the only medication to keep me stable. This medication definitely nerfs mood oscillation. Which is a godsend. The problem is, my mood still crashes, not as often, but definitely just as severe. It was coupled with a number of different anti-depressents (Prozac, Trazedone, Celexa), and we finally decided the best option was a combination of Celexa and Seroquel. My problems are nowhere near resolved, but much more manageable. Much better than Zyprexa without any of the scary, scary side effects. __________________ I'd drop any amount of intelligence I possess if I could just be happy...

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11-17-2011, 03:17 AM	#61 (permalink)
baranok Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Europe Gender: Male Posts: 260	for me sometimes half or even quarter of 25mg makes me just the same sleepy as 25 i take it like 2 hours before sleep i never went over 25mg but it tolerance for sleepiness increase quickly when took more than 1 pill / day when it doesnt work because of tolerance i dont take it for day or two (makes me imsomniac but thats ok) also i noticed even 25mg taken along with 300mg wellbutrin a day DECREASE effect of wellbutrin over time, when i didnt took it for like 3 nights wellbutrin worked better strange that doc's prescript antipsychotics for SA patients, crazy..

12-27-2011, 06:11 AM	#62 (permalink)
Sebald Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Gender: Male Posts: 26	my shrink gave me some of this to take when I was ever feeling suicidal (prn). If you are feeling impulsive it will put you in coma for three days ... you won't be able to do anything apart from trying to function as a human being! really good for sleep, but don't expect to get your highest score on Galaga the next day, trust me.

12-27-2011, 11:55 AM	#63 (permalink)
slightlyawkward Status: Hobbit Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Hogwarts Gender: Female Age: 23 Posts: 1,279	That stuff turned me into a zombie. I was put on it during my senior year of high school. I was barely able to function and almost didn't graduate.

12-27-2011, 09:10 PM	#64 (permalink)
ryobi Status: User Requested Permanent Ban Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: x Posts: 2,400	I was on it and it hurt my gallbladder and liver. Once I got off of it, the gallbladder and liver issues resolved themselves...

03-27-2012, 04:39 AM	#66 (permalink)
Suchness Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Perth, Australia Gender: Male Age: 27 Posts: 13	On and off it for a while. I'm taking 400mg a night now for spychosis. It helps me sleep alot.

07-21-2012, 05:44 AM	#70 (permalink)
powerless Status: Waiting for the End Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 4	Currently on 25mg starting dose.. Taking it helps me blank out my mind and fall asleep..

07-27-2012, 03:29 AM	#71 (permalink)
silverwolf94 Status: Silverwolf94 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire Gender: Male Age: 19 Posts: 10	This drug still gives me nightmares today. When i was moved onto this drug it did absolutely nothing for me despite a long wait and increase in dosage. When i stopped taking this drug because it had no effect on me i had the most VILE adverse effects ever. Continuous vommiting every 3 hours for 3 days and EXTREMELY voilent headaches. The adverse effects themselves made me suicidal. I would NEVER EVER go back on this drug even if i was paid to.

08-08-2012, 09:56 PM	#72 (permalink)
aregone Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Romania Gender: Male Age: 25 Posts: 15	Seroquel it's crap, I don't like it a bit. My ex-doc believed I'm somehow psychotic, therefore I've taken up to 300mg every day for many months. Though, it had no use for my anxiety, really, and my focus and attention were a bit disturbed. I was so addicted that I couldn't sleep without it. Now, I'm free of this drug, I hate it. Oh and it's so, so expensive, although I don't pay a penny for it. But 200mg in combination with a antidepressant is a choice for major depression, in rest it is good to deplete your dopamine levels and makes you a zombie for many weeks. Oh, and my current doc want me to take 50mg of Seroquel with 300mg of Wellbutrin, should I? Given my experience with Seroquel in different dosages in combo with Paxil, Cymbalta, Savella witch obviously didn't work I incline not to. My last 30 pieces of Seroquel 200mg were donated to the local psychiatry hospital

08-09-2012, 01:00 AM	#73 (permalink)
Billius Status: ut odiosis terebravisse.. Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Chasm Caves and Titan Woods Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 460	even 50mg of this crap with 40mg paroxtine brought as close to suicide as i've ever been. during the day i was a very sleepy zombie. Then when it was nearly time for my next dose i would remember the most horrific ptsd nightmares from the previous night. Truly the anti-christ of drugs

08-09-2012, 05:03 AM	#74 (permalink)
Ferdy Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 24	I think WAY to many doctors are using Seroquel as a sleep aid, which is certainly one of its hallmarks, especially at lower doses (say under 250mg/day---usually under 100mg/day). NOWHERE is this drug approved EVEN OFF LABEL as a sleep aid/inducer, but it does works that way because it is a SUPER DUPER antihistimine. It is a SERIOUS drug for SERIOUS mental disorders---NOT a sleeping pill. It's not called an antipsychotic just because they didn't know what else to call it. Don't get me wrong, though---there are studies that have shown that Seroquel IS a good adjunctive therapy for treatment resistant depression when added to an SSRI or some of the other ADs. But NOT as a sleeping pill. There are MUCH better and safer alternatives for sleep aids. Low doses of Trazodone would be good (25-50mg), or small doses of mirtazapine (7.5-15mg), since these are strong antihistamines as well---neither one carry the risks of Seroquel or benzodiazapines and are non-addictive-- Had to put this out there for discussion---

08-14-2012, 03:14 PM	#75 (permalink)
yesanded Status: SAS Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Chicago Gender: Male Posts: 9	I was prescribed seroquel a few days ago, and so far, I've only taken it twice. I say "so far", but what I mean is "in total" because I'm all done with it. My doctor started me on 25mg before bed. Both nights it's knocked me out thoroughly. No sleeping pill has ever worked this well. But despite having in excess of 8 hours of sleep both nights, I can't get out of my own way during the day. Today I drank TWO Five Hour Energy drinks. Ordinarily, one is more than enough, and sometimes I have to knock it back with an Ativan if I get too jittery. Today...it didn't even put a dent in this iron suit of fatigue. I got off Trileptal specifically because it made me dopey, and I need to be able to focus during the day. (I realize that's a trade-off with almost all anxiety/depression meds.) But this is seriously TOO MUCH. As for psychological effects...maybe it's too soon to judge after only two doses. But it would have to allow me to walk on water and raise the dead to compensate for this head-full of cement.

08-20-2012, 10:41 AM	#76 (permalink)
Trigo Status: Permanently Banned Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Montreal Gender: Male Age: 25 Posts: 103	Seroquel/Quetiapine is worse than garbage, it made me extremely tired and aggressive at the same time, yet I'm always very quiet/nice. I'll never take it again or any other drugs that messes with my brain.

09-10-2012, 11:45 PM	#78 (permalink)
muffzilla80 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Gender: Female Age: 32 Posts: 51	The stuff nearly killed me.

10-04-2012, 12:22 AM	#79 (permalink)
Satou Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: United States Gender: Male Age: 26 Posts: 156	I've suffered severe insomnia most of my life, that is basically at an end now. Does knock me out a little longer than I'd like at times, but not being bleary eyed 24/7 feels great. On 25mg twice a day, and it seems very effective despite those being really low doses.

10-05-2012, 08:37 PM	#80 (permalink)
MsHighFunctioning Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Gender: Female Posts: 4	Seroquel was the best medicine I've ever taken. I just remember feeling good, no anxiety, no fear, no obsessive worry about what other people were thinking about me. But it made me gain weight rapidly to the point where I couldn't walk two feet without my back hurting. Now I take Geodon, but it's just okay. I think I want to get back on Seroquel, but I'm going to have to do something to actively combat weight gain.