Posted by TomG on March 9, 2005, at 13:23:17
I have recently started 50mg Seroquel nightly. I was posting about my Geodon experiences on this board where it initially worked wonders for my symptoms but after two months it gave me this weird sleepy dampening effect.
Anyway I am hoping the Seroquel works, but I am wondering if holding at 50mg a whole month is too slow of a titration. It seems slow to me, and my doctor said we have alot of room to work with meaning that the dosage can go up pretty high. I responded to Geodon at only 20mgs/day.
My main symptom is that my thoughts don't seem to flow. I have problems vocalizing thoughts and feel like it is hard to talk to a cetain degree. I feel like my speech is really slow almost like I've been drinking. My mind seems tense and "locked" up. My doctor thinks this is a symptom associated with the cognitive confusion of schizophrenia. The only med I've ever responded to over one month is Geodon. For some weird reason I also responded to lithium for only 5 days about three years ago. Could've been a placebo effect.
Mainly, I'm just looking for people's response dosages of Seroquel and how fast they ramped up the dosage. In the two days I've taken the Seroquel I've slept great, but too long, and I also have this hangover feeling. Thanks.
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