Posted by BarbaraCat on July 14, 2004, at 15:59:01
In reply to Help for akathisia- please help, posted by cpallen79 on July 12, 2004, at 9:30:30
Hi Chris,
Are you still feeling badly from Seroquel? I discovered something that helped me quite a bit and might help you, since we both seemed to have experienced the same nasty side effects. Benedryl! Benedryl is an anti-histamine mainly used for allergies, but some people use as a sleep med. After our discussion with Chemist et al on another post, I got to thinking that Seroquel might be working to increase a histamine pathway that some of us do poorly on. So I figured what the heck, Benedryl is an anti-histamine and Lord knows, I needed to sleep after that ordeal. So the past two nights I've taken 50mg of diphenhydramine hydrochloride (generic Benedryl), slept like a baby and woke up feeling a lovely peaceful feeling. I think there's some fascinating piece of sleuthing work in this and histamines might play a large part in my particular problems. You might give it a try and see if anything comes of it. - Barbara
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