Bipolar Disorder - Can anyone explain why I wake up so exhausted?

13 Jun 2010

Several of the meds you take have drowsiness as a common side affect. I was on seroquel for a while and could fall asleep in my morning cereal. Talk with your Dr. Maybe you are starting a depressive cycle instead of your manic cycle and it may need adjusting. Hang in there. There are several medicines that can balance this, you and your Dr. just need to work on the right combo for you. Good Luck.

8 Sep 2010

Hello Maso. I hope and pray that by helping others like you have since posting this question, you've been able to rest easy and avoid any deppresive state you felt you might be slipping in to. I know that when I
try to help others, it helps me feel like I may have made a difference in someones life... no matter how small. You on the other hand, have helped people far beyond anything I could contribute.

8 Sep 2010

Wow 900mg Seroquel, they won't go above 800 where I'm at.I also take clonazepam, along with muscle relaxers (Multiple Sclerosis). I think for the first yr on seroquel I would constantly be spilling my drink on myself(nodding off). Would nod out eating all sorts of crazy things. How long have you been on Seroquel? The 900 mg? 900mg is alot plus the other meds. My psyc. Dr. can't believe I'm able to walk around and function and I'm not in a stuper. Actually it took a meltdown (I like to refer to it) and a slight stint in a "behavioral hospital" plus a misdiagnosis before I got the right combo of meds that I can sleep (not always as we all know) wake up and function as what they call normal. Maybe they need to re-evaluate you med mgs. over all maybe they are all working together and you can't shake the fatigue feeling. As someone previously mentioned all you mentioned cause drowsiness. Hang in there~Amy Lost in PA

8 Sep 2010

Maso4169, I'm so sorry. I wish that I could help somehow, but my knowledge of this topic is so so minimal... I sincerely hope that you feel better asap. Bipolar Disorder sounds so so sooo awful, that it makes me think that my c-ptsd is really nothing in comparison. At least the c-ptsd seems to be curable, and the medications that I've been put on have worked out for me (minipress + switching from Pristiq to Cymbalta). All that I can do is pray for you, and I really hope the best for you! You have been very helpful for me, and I wish that I could reciprocate the favor, but cannot. You're in my thoughts, and once again, I hate the thought of you suffering! I know how awful it is to be tiered during the day, it really is horrible. Once again, your in my prayers.
Jeff K

1 Mar 2012

Hello maso. Tad late in answering your thread. I did some reading and without having read any of the previous answers, which I do so I'm not going to be prejudiced, influenced, I think by this time I'll use the word was, I believe its the Seroquel was interacting with the Clonazepam, thats what has (was) leaving you tired upon waking up. Thats possibly what it might be. Best to you,pledge