Michael_25
Bluelighter
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I've noticed as of late that when my 400 mgs of IR Seroquel kicks in before bedtime, I hear voices, as in people conversing. I think it's coming from my neighbours in their homes. Occasionally I'll hear voices in my house, too. Mind you, this is usually at 2am or later, so everyone is asleep. Hence I know that what I'm experiencing are auditory hallucinations. I have never heard of such a side-effect from this drug.
I don't have a psychiatric illness, but the good doctor thinks otherwise. My psychiatrist wants me to start taking 200 mgs in the morning. To date I haven't done so. I'm very wary about taking this stuff during the day. For one reason (apart from not being psychiatrically ill) it's too sedating for day-time use, and since I'm not ill it's pointless. For another reason, if I'm having auditory hallucinations while this drug is in effect, then it's hardly going to help me with my so-believed "problems." I have not told my psych about this experience, because when I last visited him these experiences weren't transpiring. As I wrote earlier, this has been happening only as of late; that is, over the past week. My next appointment with my psych is in roughly 4 weeks. I'll mention it then. But for now, I'd like to know something from Bluelighters.
Has anyone on here who has taken Seroquel, and been in the midst of its effects, suffered from auditory hallucinations? This seems a very odd side-effect, since it is basically contradicting its supposed therapeutic effect. (There is only one reason I continue to take this drug: it helps me sleep.)
I don't have a psychiatric illness, but the good doctor thinks otherwise. My psychiatrist wants me to start taking 200 mgs in the morning. To date I haven't done so. I'm very wary about taking this stuff during the day. For one reason (apart from not being psychiatrically ill) it's too sedating for day-time use, and since I'm not ill it's pointless. For another reason, if I'm having auditory hallucinations while this drug is in effect, then it's hardly going to help me with my so-believed "problems." I have not told my psych about this experience, because when I last visited him these experiences weren't transpiring. As I wrote earlier, this has been happening only as of late; that is, over the past week. My next appointment with my psych is in roughly 4 weeks. I'll mention it then. But for now, I'd like to know something from Bluelighters.
Has anyone on here who has taken Seroquel, and been in the midst of its effects, suffered from auditory hallucinations? This seems a very odd side-effect, since it is basically contradicting its supposed therapeutic effect. (There is only one reason I continue to take this drug: it helps me sleep.)