Why does this medication make my 8 yr old son sleep for 2 days yes seroquel 150 mg?

22 Jan 2011

Hi Jessica,
This sounds disturbing indeed. Can you take your son to another doctor? Why would a doc put him on Seroquel? He has adhd? Seroquel is an a-typical antipsychotic med, and seems his side effects are horrid!
Please call his doctor asap, and tell doc what is happening to your son.
Best wishes and I hope your son feels better soon,
sweetlemon

22 Jan 2011

Hi Jessica, Hi SL, I definitely agree with everything SL said. Please call your dr office today and leave mess or get after hrs # if they r closed on Saturday. These side effects are very alarming for such a young child. Maybe dr will call something differentbin. Good luck, and keep us posted. ANNA

22 Jan 2011

I have a little cousin and she has problems but they did not put her on a huge dose at once they started her out and increased the medication it may be because from what I read 150mg is more of an adult dose (if I read correctly) that may be part of the problem one of the side effects is sleepiness, I am not a doctor but that is indeed something if this continues I would make sure the prescribing doctor is aware that this is going on I know you want the best for your child so I say better safe than sorry, voice your concerns please keep us posted

22 Jan 2011

Hi there,
This is alarming! If he is adhd, he is on the wrong med. No child should be sleeping for 2 days like that for a med for adhd. My son has adhd and has been prescribe Vyvanse 30mg. He is 12 and his doctor said he would be on the same dosage as an adult. I would tell your doctor what is happening and see if he could give you a prescription for maybe Vyvanse or other adhd drug. If he doesn't take you seriously, I would find someone else who is more professional and cares. Good luck and take care. You can friend me and ask me anything about adhd.

23 Jan 2011

Trevino.jessica,
150mg is half of the maximum adult daily dosage! I think someone may have screwed up here. I would definitely tell his doctor about Seroquel's effects on your son. If he/she doesn't change the dosage, I'd recommend finding another doctor. Hope this helps.

25 Jan 2011

Obviously the Dr. made a mistake. There is no reason why this should happen. Seroquel can really knock you out. For the insomniac this can be a good thing. For your son this is ridiculous. Talk to that Dr. immediately.

4 Feb 2011

That is way too high a dosage of this type of med for a boy his age, I have a step-son that was on this med at the age of 15, about that amount, maybe a little more and he was sleeping all the time as well. He would stand in front of a frige and stare into it for minutes at a time before making a decision all to eat and go back to bed... for so many of the stories that I am reading on this site I am alarmed because of the dosages being so high when I have never been on a dose of total of 2 meds at one time exceeding 100 mg ever and am now 43... take him off, get that dose down before something serious happens...

3 Jul 2011

15 Aug 2011

That seems like much to high a dose for an eight year old. That is definitely an adult dose. I take 100mg and it knocks me out. Please speak to your doctor in regards to this. Something is not right and I think it's the high dosage your son is on. It's too high.

30 Jun 2012

Get your son off the Seroquel! I took it as well as my son. It dopes you out! There are other options for helping your child go to sleep at night. Vistiril is one that worked well. The Seroquel was just too scary. Good luck!