UpInFlames
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Yes, Glitter Kiss, low doses of Seroquel are commonly used for sleep. It looses that effect at higher doses and some people find it to be very stimulating at high doses.
I developed dystonia so badly on high doses of Seroquel that I was unable to swallow properly or walk properly. The capper was when my legs locked up on me at 2AM in my kitchen. I fell and broke my foot and several toes. I had to crawl to where my cellphone was on the kitchen table and call EMS as I was completely unable to get back on my feet due to muscle rigidity. I was hauled into the local hospital in ratty t-shirt and panties, wrapped in a blanket, and grilled about what drugs I was on by a snotty resident who didn't want to believe that i was on RX meds at RX dosing. It took a considerable amount of IV Benzos and IV Benadryl to unlock my muscles enough for them to set my foot and put it in a boot. I still have trouble with that foot years later as the "frozen" muscles tore when I went down.
And Seroquel is consider to be one of the "gentler" atypical antipsychotics out there. After failing Seroquel on top of failing Risperadol and Zyprexa, i was put on old fashioned antipsychotics, Haldol and Loxapine, which did the job, but caused movement disorders that thankfully are clearing up as i'm being weaned off those drugs and onto a new AAP called Latuda. Latuda is the first of the meds designed to treat bipolar. I am still titrating up on dosage, but so far so good other than feeling rather weird after every dosage increase. I am hoping that therapeutic dosage does the trick and that i can tolerate it. If so, and it holds good for 6 months. My doctor and i want to antempt to get me off of benzos using what she refers to as a "Diazapam taper". She seems to feel she can get me off the benzos slowly without risking my physical or mental health.
Personally I find it highly annoying that I got through several years of heavy recreational drug use without picking up a habit, and then managed to get hooked on benzos taking them undcer medical supervision and not "abusing" them.
I developed dystonia so badly on high doses of Seroquel that I was unable to swallow properly or walk properly. The capper was when my legs locked up on me at 2AM in my kitchen. I fell and broke my foot and several toes. I had to crawl to where my cellphone was on the kitchen table and call EMS as I was completely unable to get back on my feet due to muscle rigidity. I was hauled into the local hospital in ratty t-shirt and panties, wrapped in a blanket, and grilled about what drugs I was on by a snotty resident who didn't want to believe that i was on RX meds at RX dosing. It took a considerable amount of IV Benzos and IV Benadryl to unlock my muscles enough for them to set my foot and put it in a boot. I still have trouble with that foot years later as the "frozen" muscles tore when I went down.
And Seroquel is consider to be one of the "gentler" atypical antipsychotics out there. After failing Seroquel on top of failing Risperadol and Zyprexa, i was put on old fashioned antipsychotics, Haldol and Loxapine, which did the job, but caused movement disorders that thankfully are clearing up as i'm being weaned off those drugs and onto a new AAP called Latuda. Latuda is the first of the meds designed to treat bipolar. I am still titrating up on dosage, but so far so good other than feeling rather weird after every dosage increase. I am hoping that therapeutic dosage does the trick and that i can tolerate it. If so, and it holds good for 6 months. My doctor and i want to antempt to get me off of benzos using what she refers to as a "Diazapam taper". She seems to feel she can get me off the benzos slowly without risking my physical or mental health.
Personally I find it highly annoying that I got through several years of heavy recreational drug use without picking up a habit, and then managed to get hooked on benzos taking them undcer medical supervision and not "abusing" them.