Posted by bleauberry on February 27, 2008, at 18:34:09
In reply to sob sob seroquel rained on my parade!, posted by rentalmuse on February 24, 2008, at 9:57:18
The antipsychotics scare me for reasons you have described. Even though I was on one for years. Their effects are not well known. Probably won't be for decades. I have heard that with some of them their effects can last long after the drug is gone. Not sure why. Maybe parts of the molecules cling to the receptors, or the responsiveness of the receptors have changed, or some particular genes were turned off, or whatever.
In any case I do not think an antipsychotic of any kind at any dose is a responsible prescription for insomnia until all other things have been tried, such as Lunesta, Ambien, and sedating antidepressants. If someone experiences hypomania and it is not outright mania, hey, just my opinion, but I do not see that as a bad thing. Some people are just like that all the time. If someone predicts that if there is hypomania there will follow a crash, well, says who? Is there a repeatable pattern in your own life to show that as a real risk? Maybe hypomania for some of us is not hypomania, but just the actual thrill of feeling good after so long of feeling bad.
Your best odds of success in getting back to where your were, in my opinion, is to....wait, do nothing, don't change a thing, no new meds.
Seroquel had enough opporunity in 12 days to tinker with things in a manner that might literally take 6 to 12 weeks to undo. Just wait it out. But, coax it into action as well. Remind the subconscious where it was recently. Whatever you were doing during the soft hypomanic stage, go back to doing it, even if it is an effort, to spark your subconcious and the stuff we can't see or explain to resume where it was. In all ways you possible can, get back to where you were and let the brain catch up. In other words, wait, but don't just sit back and wait.Not sure why the doc wants you on Lamictal now. Maybe he sees something or knows something we don't. All I know is you were fine before, you just had insomnia, and now things are messed up. Don't go mess it up more. The game has no end.
Anyway, I do hope you rebound. Fingers crossed for that.
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