Is Seroquel a sleeping pill?

@Nat101: I know exactly what you are going through... the same thing happened to me.

No, Gravol isn't bad at all when taken in recommended doses. Here in the US it is most often called Dramamine and is very closely related to Benadryl (diphenhydramine). It's marketed to treat motion sickness, but it works best as a sleeping pill for sure. It is safe, don't worry about it.

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Anyway, back to Seroquel... my doctor prescribed this to me for my anxiety as well (I have a severe anxiety disorder... exact diagnosis is still unknown). What he probably failed to tell you, as did mine, was that he believes your anxiety is caused by bipolar mania because Seroquel is a mood stabilizer for the treatment of bipolar. However, all it did was make my anxiety MUCH worse and I started having intense rage episodes and an intense, unbearable sense of inner restlessness when I reached the 300 mg/day dose. At first it caused me to get really sleepy, but after I started getting the rage feelings I started getting terrible insomnia. I would just lie there wide awake, my thoughts racing. It also started having adverse affects on my motor movements and I acted totally drunk. My speech was very slurred, I would stumble around trying to keep my balance, and my short term memory practically disappeared. I couldn't even complete a freakin' sentence because I would forget what I was saying after a few words. When I saw my psychiatrist again, he said to go off immediately (Ya think? I was SO pissed.), and I did and everything returned to normal. I did some research and determined that virtually all of the adverse symptoms were caused by an OVERANTAGONIZATION of the D2 receptor because I AM NOT BIPOLAR. I have never experienced any "highs" or "lows" like bipolar people say they do, I've always felt the same for the most part as far back as I can remember: excessive anxiety. Nothing fluctuates.

Yes, you need to get off of this immediately with your doctor's supervision. If you quit cold turkey, you run the risk of seizures and life-threatening things like that. Now I don't know where you live, but here in CA I buy medical marijuana legally from a dispensary just down the street for my anxiety. Since marijuana is a D2 (dopamine type 2) receptor agonist (as opposed to Seroquel being a D2 antagonist), I found that by having some it TOTALLY got rid of the irritability. Basically it worked like a total antidote and I had immediate relief, it was wonderful. So yeah, start getting off of it NOW, and if you are open to the idea and desire immediate relief, go get some weed and enjoy while you are tapering off of the Demonquel. Life is too short to feel miserable like this.