Seroquel

[foghlaim]

will do...

 

[Halo]

Hi NSA,

I read about your post and sleeping and I have to say that I am the type of person (for the moment anyway) that can sleep anytime anywhere. I find that no matter if I have 5 hours, 8 hours, 10 hours or 12 hours of sleep a night I am still very tired and feel like I haven't slept at all in the morning. I am extremely hard to wake up in the morning. Okay so I admit that I hate mornings :yuck:

I know for me that just getting out of bed sometimes feels hard and trying to make it through the day seems almost impossible. For me the worse that I feel mentally the more tired I am physically. Sometimes when I have had a rough day where my brain seems to be working overtime and running all day that can make me physically tired as well. I always sleep on the bus coming home from work also. It is like I am wiped and exhausted but I have found that sometimes it is not just because of working all day but because of having to "pretend" at work that things are fine and I am happy. Pretending to be okay is hard work and I find for me it takes a lot out of me. It is like wearing the mask takes a lot of work.

Anyway, I don't know if any of this helps but I hope that you solve this sleep problem soon.

 

[Halo]

P.S. - I also think that TTE's idea about what you are eating is a good one. Please also let me know if you find a difference.

Take Care

 

[foghlaim]

Hi all, what i have done is cut out the seroquel for the past 2 nights and find i'm not so tired during the day, my sleep is not great tho, but i do sleep some bit. i can wake up now in the am and not be knackered for want of more sleep. i tried using one tab only but i still felt the same, always tired.. so off it altogether now.
not what the doc would reccomend i'm sure but hey, i'm the one that's taking it and being tired all the time while on it. I will let them know when i see them tomoro week. oh and i did cut out most of the junk, didn't help.

thanks for the ideas folks. appreciate the input.

thank ye

nsa

anyway, that's where i am as regards the seroquel and being tired all the time.

 

[sister-ray]

Hi nsa,

Im glad to hear your not feeling so tired now I hope things continue to improve for you

Best wishes TTE

 

[foghlaim]

On this topic again folks.. I have a question,
does anyone know if seroquel can or does cause exessive sweating??
I am back on the seroquel since last apt and besides being tired (again!!) most of the day.. i find i'm having bouts of very bad sweating, so bad that i have to have a towel to dry my face and hands neck ect.l(lasts about half hour and just afterwards i get very cold and goosepimples rise on my arms..)
I thought initially it was the weather over here, but now not sure.

any thoughts?? ideas maybe?? anyone?

nsa

 

[Cat Dancer]

Have you talked to your doctor about that? I think you need to.

 

[ThatLady]

One of the less common effects of this medication is, in fact, sweating. Probably a good idea to let your doctor know.

Here's a little blurb I found when I researched the medication:

[If] two or more [of these symptoms] occur together, [report to your doctor]; most of these effects do not require emergency medical attention if they occur alone: Convulsions (seizures); difficult or unusually fast breathing; fast heartbeat or irregular pulse; high fever; high or low (irregular) blood pressure; increased sweating; loss of bladder control; severe muscle stiffness; unusually pale skin; unusual tiredness or weakness .

Found these here: Potential Side Effects of Taking Seroquel for Mental Illness

 

[David Baxter PhD]

I would definitely recommend that you alert your doctor, nsa.

RxList - Seroquel

This drug may infrequently cause a serious (but rarely fatal) nervous system disorder (neuroleptic malignant syndrome). Seek immediate medical attention if you notice any of the following rare but very serious side effects: muscle stiffness, high fever, increased sweating, fast heartbeat, mental/mood changes, change in the amount of urine.

Many of these medications can cause increased sweating so I don't think that alone is reason for panic unless, as ThatLady said, you also have some of the other symptoms. That said, I think you should make sure your doctor knows about this sooner rather than later.

 

[foghlaim]

thanks all, i will let doc know, at last apt, i told them about my jaws constantly being clamped together until i noticed having pain and thenrealised what was happening, (took a while to get to that realisation) I thought it was my teeth acting up again.. anyway they reduced the effexor and lithuim and put me back on the seroquel, last time i was sweating, (while on the seroquel) i never took much notice, cause we were having a heatwave over here, but this time it's ridiculous!
ok i'm rambling again,... oops!!

thanks again folks, much appreciated.
nsa

 

[Halo]

NSA

I agree with the others when they say that you should probably let your doc know about the sweating. I think that it is always a good idea to let your docs know what is happening with your body when you begin medication.

Let us know how it turns out okay.

 

[Thelostchild]

I ended up, upping my seroquel to 200mg. I have the worst hand over in the morning. I hate it.

 

[David Baxter PhD]

TLC, please tell me you did that under doctor's orders and not just on your own whim. mg:

 

[Holly]

Hi everyone,
I have done some reading about medicine, I am not the good at taking medicine for myself without my doctors fully knowing. In the past I always took my medicine under the care of my doctors.
I will let you all know why? I had a very bad allergic reaction, to a prescribed medicine, with that said I was in the hospital, very sick from the reaction.
I had to be monitored for blood clots, my heart and other complications. I personally even use the medical alert system.
I letting you all know this because it only takes one mistake, you can get very sick.
Thank goodness I am had better, so this is why I have not commented much about meds, I do let the doctors suggest medicine, if I need it.
The one thing I do, is ask questions about medicine.
I hope no one takes this the wrong way, I just letting you all know. if I have to be on medicine I do have to know certain information.
Take care and be safe.

 

[Halo]

TLC

I too hope that you didn't up your meds on your own and that you had spoken to your doctor. Speaking from experience here it is not a good thing to mess with your meds and the dosage without speaking to your doctor (please trust me)

Take care and let us know how you are doing

 

[Thelostchild]

No the doctor told me to up them.

 

[Halo]

I am so happy to hear that TLC. I was worried that you had decided to do it yourself which would not have been a good thing. I know that you said that you had a hang over feeling this morning but did it help you sleep last night at least?

 

[foghlaim]

Just a wee update on me sweating prob... i stopped the seroquel again and it (sweating ) also stopped.. now i have to figure out how to get proper amount of sleep. dum de dum.. dum de dum... lol.

thanks all for the advice... will eventually let dr know..

nsa

 

[ThatLady]

Oh, dear, nsa. I'm sorry to hear you had to stop the Seroquel, but I can understand why you would do so. Nobody wants to go about dripping.

I do hope you can find something else that will work for you. Sleep is very important to keeping us healthy and keeping our spirits up. Your doctor should be able to work with you to find a medication that works without unbearable side-effects. Please, keep us posted.

 

[sister-ray]

Hi Nsa,

Im happy to hear the sweating has stopped, have you ever tryed meditation to help you sleep, or just listening to music like the sound of dolphins or water, those sort of relaxing sounds,, I do that and it does work most times!

TTE