Posted by CareBear04 on April 15, 2009, at 12:53:14
In reply to Seroquel and Anxiety, posted by Zana on April 15, 2009, at 8:39:40
at lower doses, when my tolerance to seroquel was low enough, seroquel knocked me out so that i slept well, and once i got used to the sedation, i was fine during the day. then in the past 6+ months, my tolerance has gone through the roof so that i need 400mg or more to fall asleep. i think because of this high dose, i've experienced akathisia like others have mentioned. it used to be just at night after i took the seroquel-- i would feel this horrible twitchiness in my limbs, especially my legs, and felt incredibly uncomfortable like i needed to kind of flail around but got no relief from doing it. after awhile, i started getting akathisia symptoms during the day as well. my pdoc prescribed propranolol, which has helped me in the past when i've had akathisia. in my exeprience, propranolol is far superior to cogentin, benedryl, or other drugs suggested as treatments for akathisia. it might help with your shakiness.
cb
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