UPDATE ON MY USAGE OF SEROQUEL

[TEAH35]

I have been prescribed Seroquel for my recently diagnosed bipolar. I take one little tablet/ngt, with instructions from my psychiatrist to increase the dosage via 1/wk if my RLS could tolerate it. During the first few days there was a hint of the return of RLS so of course I was reluctant to increase the dosage ...

so I didn't.

However, that stopped the Seroquel from doing it's intended job. (Which is to level out my mood swings.) I was assured that these incredibly low mood swings that I was experiencing would indeed pass ... but WHEN. Two nights ago I did the unthinkable .... I took two tablets. AND yes I had no effect from RLS. And the sleeping ... oh the sleeping. 6-8 hours of uninterrupted sleep every night. One could get very used to this.

It really is the saddest of feelings but absolutely nothing at all is capable of making you feel happy.

Maybe it will take my body just a wee bit longer to grow accustomed to Seroquel. And maybe I will be able to increase the dosage on a monthly basis, instead of the weekly.

I am not aware if you O/S folk get to celebrate Mother's Day, but our mother's day is this coming Sunday, and I have been estranged from my son for fours years now. I have not seen him or his children for the 4 years ... and not even the one photo, (which, as you can imagine has been heartbreaking for me).

Tonight my daughter text me to tell me that my son has asked her for my address. Maybe I'll have a happy Mother's Day after all.

BTW ...HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL THE MUMS ON THE FORUM.

[involuntarydancer]

Hi Grany,

Are you still taking sifrol? I hope it is continuing to work for you and also that you have not had to increase the dose. Hopefully the more gradual increase of seroquel will allow you to titrate up to a dose that helps with the mood swings. You could also look at the list of rls friendly anti-depressants - there is one on the rls website. I'm not sure how they perform for bi-polar however.

I hope you get all you wish for on Mother's Day this Sunday. We celebrate Mother's Day in March but I, and I am sure all the other mothers on here, am happy to take the good wishes twice a year!