Anyone takes Seroquel (Quetiapine) 100mg for insomnia for long term and how's the effect?

8 Dec 2010

Hello,

I suffer from bipolar disorder and also insomnia. I have been on seroquel for over 4 years and this atypical second genereation antipsychotic has done wonders for me, I am actually on 200mgs now, but have been on higher doses. The drug itself does not lose its effect, however like with any other medication one builds up tolerance to it, and therefore in some cases the dose must be adjusted.
Seroquel has been great for me, before I started taking it, I slept 2 to 3 hours. As I mentioned I was on a higher dose 800mgs, but then gradually lowered the dose to what I am taking now due to its effectiveness.
It does make you tired and sleepy the next day but that eventually will wear off, how long it will take, it is relative , bare in mind that not all organisms react in the same way to medications, we are all unique and it took me a couple of weeks, it may take more or less for you depending on the factor I mentioned before and how well your organism tolerates the drug.-

Take care.-

10 Dec 2010

hi,ive used quetipine for 8 years and its primary purpose for me was to stop thinking suicidal and generaly very angry or depresed however i soon found that it makes you sleep v.deeply which is /was good for me coz i cant relax anxious an paranoid as i am,i started on 600mg then kept goin up to 1600mg(prescribed) per day after a while i added to this,up to a total of 3500mg,then major tripping out happend so i slowlydecreased it to 15mg per day over 2 years and just got used to goin to sleep i woyld say to u dont use it as a drug for sleep all that wil come of it is u getting fat andlazyand your brain scrambled,hope this helps

28 Dec 2010

i've been taking seroquel alot of yrs i'm on 800 mg of seroquel and it helps me sleep but i also help me psychosis and i take more pills but this is a seroquel talk see ya.