Low Dose Seroquel for Sleep

I will cut right to it. I have severe anxiety over psychosis or mood related disorders due to misdiagnosis when I was a child and into my early 20s. Turns out repressed trauma and a very bad upbringing can cause some serious ptsd, ocd, and panic . Imagine that! Lol. In all seriousness my doctor prescribing me 25mg seroquel as needed is scaring me half to death since 20 years ago I was misdiagnosed as rapid cycling bipolar and put on all sorts of things that disoriented me. My diagnosis for last 8 years is the above diagnosis I just mentioned. I am highly functioning and have a family with a senior level corporate job which provides me reassurance. Im 36 and now and just want to get better and have faith in medical practitioners. Anyone else struggle with a similar story that causes them to be fearful of medication and or physicians ?

Lilly2442!

Date posted: 1y

I also struggle with the fear of schizophrenia! It causes panic attacks. Why were you prescribed Seroquel ?

Mike0310

Date posted: 1y

@Lilly2442! Sleep problems ! Can’t get a full nights rest due to the “ restlessness “ caused by anxiety. Seroquel is used off label for severe anxiety and insomnia as per my doc… with my previous difficulties with wrongful diagnosis it obviously was triggering to hear this drug brought up.. what I can say though … is it did help with sleep haha

Lilly2442!

Date posted: 1y

@Mike0310 Okay! Makes sense my anxiety also makes it hard to sleep for me but I do eventually fall asleep. I know you struggled a lot with the stuck sounds before how is that recently?

Mike0310

Date posted: 1y

@Lilly2442! Still stuck :/ some good days some bad .

Mike0310

Date posted: 1y

@Mike0310 Today is a particularly bad one . Been sick with bad cold and lots of med adjustments. Just feel antsy .

Lilly2442!

Date posted: 1y

@Mike0310 Mine went away and then I started to think about sounds getting stuck and now it does happen again. Does that tend to happen to you where if you don’t focus on the sound you won’t hear it in your head untill you start thinking about it or ?

Mike0310

Date posted: 1y

@Lilly2442! Definitely . Comes in waves . Less important it becomes the less it happens . The more hyper focus you put on it the more it sticks

Mike0310

Date posted: 1y

@Mike0310 Try paying attention to what’s going on in your life when it does happen .. I’m noticing the increased stress of fear of something is what brings it on . Almost like a compulsive automated response. Unfortunately we just repeat things in our head over n over

CDub80

Date posted: 1y

I take Seroquel for sleep ( 12.5-25) and it has been a great help for me in getting sleep after this recent loop of OCD caused me many nights of insomnia and mania. So I feel you. I was prescribed this after a hospital visit for my OCD and was so consumed with fear and over researching the drug that I didn't take it. However after having a honest chat with Gp, he said that he would not prescribe it if he didn't feel that the benefits were more critical than the side effects. I totally understand your fears but I am also sure what a could night of sleep cam do for how you are feeling. Sending you light ✨️

Mike0310

Date posted: 1y

@CDub80 Great insight here. Good nights sleep and healthy living can cut these symptoms completely in half. I want to get to a point where I’m not looking at a row of pill bottles in the morning but more looking forward to my breakfast or my schedule for the day .Whats brutal is that my ocd was dormant for about 6 years .. came back when I did talk therapy for a year and discovered repressed traumatic moments from childhood up till present day . That’s when the mental compulsions and defense mechanisms ran wild ….. now here I am !

Lizethh

Date posted: 25w

Medication?

So i have an appointment with a doctor in 2 days, but im terrified of taking medication for anxiety, i tried it twice at 15 and would immediately stop taking them after a week or 2 because I was so scared of the side effects, then I tried fluoxetine at 18 and it gave me such bad anxiety with even the first 2 pills that I stopped that as well, now I'm 25 and im willing to try again and stick to it but my mind keeps bringing up all the reasons why I shouldn't and that it could make me worse, make me manic, make me numb, change me etc. Any help or advice welcome

eb123456789

Date posted: 20w

Medication Symptom Management

This is kind of a weird question, but I recently increased my SSRI dosage and have experienced tremendous relief. It has quieted my intrusive thoughts so much and my compulsions are no longer as all-consuming. However, I don’t want to be on this high of a dosage forever and know that medication alone shouldn’t be my only fix. I’m seeing a new psychiatrist on Wednesday and am wondering if the recent decrease in frequency of my symptoms will be a bar to my getting ocd treatment? In other words, if in this present moment I’m doing better, but up until a few days ago my compulsions were taking up pretty much every moment of my waking day, will I still be classified as having ocd? I start getting worried when I feel better that I don’t actually have ocd and just use it as a defense mechanism to avoid consequences of my actions/I’m secretly a terrible person

Megcurry

Date posted: 20w

Starting new anxiety meds

Hi everyone, I’m 23 and have been on Zoloft since I was 16. For the past couple months I’ve been having panic attacks more and I’m sick of feeling like a zombie everyday. My boyfriend said I’m very sad and unhappy then when I first met him 2 years ago…. He thinks it’s the medicine. Throughout the years I have upped and lowered my medication, but now, I feel as though it’s not helping. Either it was too much where I didn’t feel emotions at all like very scary stuff or it wasn’t enough to help me. I was given 5mg of Lexapro to try…. I’m scared to take it. All I know is how Zoloft is. I don’t want to go crazy on it, be allergic to it, etc. I feel like I’m going to trip myself out when I take it and not actually feel the difference. I could really use some positive feedback I really just want to be a normal human😭

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