Posted by yxibow on October 14, 2008, at 12:34:47
In reply to Re: I just woke up from Seroquel 200mg - YX, posted by rjlockhart04-08 on October 14, 2008, at 12:21:17
> Why in heck did this doctor tell me 1-2 100mg at night? the first thing he did was take me off Temazpam (which i'm glad), but i dont understand the high doseage of it. It does effect me during the day.....it affects me during the 2 hour "wake up" period.
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> Plus, i've told him about Compazine (short acting derevitive of Thorazine) that lasts a short period of time, 4-6 hours. Which will shut down thought process's. But he's the doctor.
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> That was "new" news for me. Thanks...i didnt understand it.
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> Rj
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>If you react to medications like I do you will absolutely NOT want Compazine. Its not used as an antipsychotic anyhow typically -- it is used in ERs for nausea and vomiting associated with things like the flu, and I can tell you the akathisia was positively the worst thing I've felt.
Of course that was my feeling, but it was almost worst than what I came to the ER for in the first place. Reglan would have been better but I don't believe it is as fast acting, hence why they still use Compazine (ugh).
A typical, if your chemistry is the same will increase the level of EPS considerably and is not really a great choice for sleep.
Maybe you just need to have your receptors adjust back again and try to sleep naturally for a short cycle, even if it is interrupted, things may come around again and you can try Seroquel again if you like, at a much lower dose.
Another choice is about 10-20mg of amitriptyline at bedtime. As a TCA at a low dose it will also have an antihistaminic effect somewhat like Seroquel.Either of these choices will slow down the habituation level rather than temazepam (Restoril) which is really only a short term agent, one of the metabolites of Valium.
-- best wishes
Jay
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