Posted by Erin59 on October 6, 2001, at 1:49:13
In reply to Re: Seroquel for hypo-mania?, posted by Gracie2 on October 5, 2001, at 2:27:24
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> I am the cheerleader and the poster-girl on this board for Seroquel. I've been cursed with sleeping problems since I was a teenager and it's effected my whole life...falling asleep in class, being groggy and confused at work, wandering around the house at 3am like a sad ghost. I could sleep for only 2 or 3 hours at a time until, after a week or so, I was so exhausted that I would fall in bed and sleep for 20 hours. Then it would start all over again.
> With seroquel, I can go to sleep when I'm supposed to, sleep like a rock for 8 hours, and get up in the morning without drowsiness. It was truely a godsend for me. And I'm not schizophrenic.
> -GracieI agree with Gracie that Seroquel can be a very good drug, but for a different reason. I am hypersomniac but I was given Seroquel to quell suicidal tendencies, morbid and distorted thinking that is symptomatic of my depression ad PTSD. I too was a bit freaked out when I was given an antipsychotic primarily used for schizophrenia (my Dad was severly schizophrenic). Although it makes me a bit groggy in the AM, I notice I will go a full day without a dark thought, flashback or suicidal idealization. In this respect, it has worked well for me.
Erin
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