Posted by yxibow on September 1, 2005, at 17:11:29
In reply to Re: When med helps with grogginess from Seroquel??, posted by med_empowered on September 1, 2005, at 5:59:53
> hi! Sometimes breaking up the dose helps. 2X dosing is standard for schizophrenia, and 3X dosing helps with the drowsiness...
Except I dont know if the poster was taking it for a schizophreniform disorder. And it has been shown that 1x is possible. But you're right, the PDR generally says twice because of the low half life. Although its moot, I don't take it for schizophrenia, but even when I was taking Seroquel at lower doses, as much as 4x a day, I would be groggy while driving -- splitting it up too much can also be a problem. This was the same with Remeron.
>Adding a stimulating antidepressant might help...Wellbutrin, Effexor, Cymbalta, etc.
This may help -- I take Cymbalta.
>I'd avoid Tricyclics b/c of their side effects and b/c they can supposedly compound the EPS thing.Also good words
>And you could switch...low-dose Abilify was good stuff for me, at least for a while. Risperdal is also less sedating than seroquel, although its probably the harshest of the atypicals in terms of EPS...
Quite harsh, Geodon too somewhat, at least in my opinion, and unfortunately Abilify to some extent, as far as the akathisia form of EPS goes. But everyone is different. Unless if it was for schizophrenia and not an anxiety spectrum disorder I would stick to the least "harsh".
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