Posted by chemist on May 4, 2004, at 19:18:39
In reply to seroquel to geodon ... weight and sleep?, posted by jtevers on May 4, 2004, at 16:52:43
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> > With all due respect Chemist - Seroquel in the 150-200 range will knock out a horse for 3 days. I started on Seroquel 25mg during the day for anxiety. Now I take 200mg for insomnia. I've been on it for a year. The sluggishnesss and hangover are still present. Weight gain is horrific.
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> > Now, this is my experience - and I bet if you do a search you'll find many on this board taking Seroqeul will tell you it's VERY sedating.
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> > Jerry :-)
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> to one and all, esp. chemist, jerry and friends,
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> i have been on seroquel since a 2001 diagnosis of bipolar disorder and am currently on my third attept to switch to geodon.
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> i have gained over 70 lbs. in two divided increments over the past two winters all of which will not respond to diet ( tried Atkins ) or exercise ( i walk, jog, or swim daily ) ... hence, the switch to geodon.
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> but, now i am experiencing the polar opposite of the "sleep problem" i lived with on seroquel. where once i slept over 10 hours per night ( i agree, jerry, that the hypersomnia caused by seroquel diminishes only very slightly and i was forced to take most of my dose at night ), and am not sleeping a wink on geodon.
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> i want to lose weight and would rather a little to too much sleep. i am fighting to stay on geodon but don't know how to get a wink of sleep without adding seroquel... any advice? i have heard that benzos and even ambien are of little help long term.
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> wish me luck and i thank you for your time.
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chemist here...sorry to hear about the weight gain and that increased seroquel poved to be as sedating as lower doses....and equally problematic is geodon......i can only relate my experience with sleep and benzos/ambien, and i have found that ambien worked quite well for me when i needed it, and that earlier trials of xanax and halcion put me to sleep, but the hangover was a little much: it took a lot of coffee to get out of the fog in the a.m. if i recall, there is an edge on ambien over benzos in that your stages of sleep are preserved, i.e., on ambien you get a ``quality'' snooze and with benzos there are some stages that are not visited for the requisite amounts of time....all the best, chemist
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