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Default Apr 23, 2020 at 10:12 PM
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I have been on Seroquel 100mg at night for many years. I have tried to get off it but no Seroquel means no sleep. With heightened anxiety on many fronts my P'doc prescribed 25mg of additional Seroquel when I needed it and also to use it to head off my normal anxiety coping mechanism of bingeing.

His comment to me when he wrote the script was that is wasnt addictive (like benzos). Is Seroquel not addictive? I dont use the one prn everyday but I find myself using it more and more due to my anxiety levels. The drug itself might not be addictive but have to wonder if I am relying on this medication more where will it end?

My p'doc says he would rather me use the Seroquel to avoid bingeing. I am just worried that I am trapping myself into higher use of this medication.
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Default Apr 24, 2020 at 12:44 AM
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I don't think it's chemically addictive, but it could be psychologically addictive. Maybe you can take something else for anxiety, too. It might be that your body is used to taking Seroquel to help you sleep. I don't remember having trouble getting off of it.
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Default Apr 24, 2020 at 06:44 AM
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Psychologically addictive does make sense. Maybe I can tell the P'doc about that. I am also already on 1.5 of klonolpin per day along side the Seroquel. My body has gotten used to that benzo.

I took over a year trying to get off seroquel but the physical somatic symptoms were worse. Body tics and spasms bleah. Trying not to be too upset when the tics break through in these times.
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Default Apr 24, 2020 at 08:05 AM
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I'm not sure to what extent seroquel causes physical dependence. I'm on a high dose 200 mg 4X a day. If I miss a dose or two during the day I don't miss it, but if I don't take it at night, no sleep. But that only lasts a day or two and then I'm usually able to sleep again.

I started out on it 7 years ago at 25 mg/day prn, which gradually switched to daily and then increasing doses. So I feel I definitely developed a tolerance to it. And I do feel like I'm psychologically dependent on it.

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Default Apr 25, 2020 at 12:34 AM
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Thank you for letting me know your experience splitimage. Sometimes things are never as defined as the docs would like to make out.
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Some people are "addicted" to the sedating affects. I know when my daughter was in rehab they didnt prescribe it due to that.

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Default May 10, 2020 at 12:50 PM
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Same for me. I don't sleep without seroquel. Benzos don't do anything for me sleep wise and never have. Sometimes seroquel doesn't work either. Wish I'd never been put on it. But I'm generally against medication, so that's not saying much.
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Default May 18, 2020 at 02:22 PM
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Suddenly, or too quickly, stopping Seroquel = no sleep. It is most certainly a physical reaction.

However, I was on 50mg for sleep, then was able to drop it down to 25mg. A month or so after that, down to 12.5mg. AT 12.5 I was still able to sleep well.

Two months later I stopped the Seroquel entirely. My sleep was not fabulous, but it was tolerable. Melatonin has helped to a decent degree.

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Default May 21, 2020 at 10:24 PM
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I have been on Seroquel for many years. I have tried stopping it over a very long taper but it didnt take. Now I still am having 100mg at night while prns when needed. It is not every day or even every second day. Interesting to note that since using seroquel prns my blood sugar levels has increased again.
I am now supposed to be on insulin but cant do that because I cant see the diabetes educator due to the covid restrictions. Hmmm.

It has been at least a week of not having prns which is good. I felt like I was going down some kind of rabbit hole for awhile there.
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Default May 21, 2020 at 10:37 PM
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I've been on 150mg nearly a month. After 30 - 40 minutes it used to make my body feel heavy but now I can't notice any difference. Not sure why but it might be working because I don't have sleep issues for the past few days.
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Default May 22, 2020 at 06:52 AM
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Our bodies can adapt very quickly to medications. The effect that they have on us when we first take it will often lessen as the weeks go by. As long as they continue to do what they are designed for it is a good thing.
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