Playing the medication guessing game again

[ranae1221]

I haven't been here lately, and I am sorry for that. Things haven't been great. My doc added Wellbutrin to my medication regime, and it seemed to make me much more irritable and angry. So I stopped it and that seems to have sent me into a sprial of ups and downs.

Saw doc few days ago. I take Seroquel 25mg a night, mainly to help me sleep but it helps keep my mood some what stable. I feel like I needed more of it, but worried it would make me too sleepy and I have to be able to work. So she is having me start the Seroquel XR. Took first dose tonight.

Has anyone tried or used Seroquel XR? Do you feel it worked better than the regular Seroquel?

It's been 10 years since I started treatment for mental health issues. It seems I find a medication cocktail that works for awhile, and then it stops working or the symptoms return. I try to not think that it's hopeless, that there has to be something that works. But if there isn't. What if this is as good as is gets. Ugh, got a bit off topic there. What I really was hoping to hear was if people found the Seroquel XR helped and the tiredness/sleepiness doesn't last through the next day.

[eoghanacht]

Sorry Jess, have never been prescribed that one. I'm on Venlafaxine at the moment.
Hopefully you'll get some answers from someone else soon.
Take care.

[WantToHeal]

Sorry I can't give any advice on Seroquel. No personal experience. I can, however, empathize with the med-go-round. I'm on day 6 of Pristiq for depression and anxiety. Please keep talking to and working with your doctor until you find something that's right for you.

[ClayTheScribe]

Originally Posted by ranae1221

I haven't been here lately, and I am sorry for that. Things haven't been great. My doc added Wellbutrin to my medication regime, and it seemed to make me much more irritable and angry. So I stopped it and that seems to have sent me into a sprial of ups and downs.

Saw doc few days ago. I take Seroquel 25mg a night, mainly to help me sleep but it helps keep my mood some what stable. I feel like I needed more of it, but worried it would make me too sleepy and I have to be able to work. So she is having me start the Seroquel XR. Took first dose tonight.

Has anyone tried or used Seroquel XR? Do you feel it worked better than the regular Seroquel?

It's been 10 years since I started treatment for mental health issues. It seems I find a medication cocktail that works for awhile, and then it stops working or the symptoms return. I try to not think that it's hopeless, that there has to be something that works. But if there isn't. What if this is as good as is gets. Ugh, got a bit off topic there. What I really was hoping to hear was if people found the Seroquel XR helped and the tiredness/sleepiness doesn't last through the next day.

I've been on Seroquel, I don't think it was XR. That's perhaps the worst medication I've ever been on because it made me feel like a zombie, cut out all the brightness and light from my mood. I felt like I was in limbo.

I have the same problem with medications. I'm on 5 now and definitely overmedicated, yet they still aren't working good enough. I personally think the drug companies make those medications that way so we'll move onto something newer and ultimately ineffective and repeat the cycle until we're no longer viable customers (read: dead). I'm not good with the hopeless part, but I'm glad you can keep your head up. That means you're one step closer to the recovery I know I'll probably never have.

Good luck

[Found]

A lot can depend on dosage.

Because I was taking one medicine as prescribed, I was taking ten times the amount of it that I should have.

Don't not take as prescribed though.

I think it is natural for life to have phases when one set of meds were (roughly) right and then have another phase when one has to discover a completely different set of meds.

In my present case the meds I am on have addressed some very long standing complaints so that makes them extra suitable. In recent years I took some very unsuitable meds as well as unsuitable doses.

[litbitblack]

first of all, I don't have bpd, (that i have been dx with lol) to afraid to go there but it does run in my family. My husband does have bp2 and social anxiety and alcoholism and add..could probably add more but thats enough. I just want to throw some input in here as a nurse. You are the only one who really knows how the medicine is affecting you. It affects everyone differently and can take some time to see a difference. Some of the side effects you get in the beginning will go away the longer you take it. Also, If you have issues with your meds don't just stop taking them. Let your doctor know. Call them at their office. that is what they get paid for. Make them earn their money. Keep your loved one in the loop also. anyway thats all folks. Just keep your doc in the loop and they can work with your meds more thouroughly.

[Astro]

litbitblack, welcome to our forums! Thanks for sharing your experience, hope to hear more from you.

[juniperskye]

I just wanted to say how glad I am that there are others out there going through the medicine run around. I was depressed way before I started drinking and of course drinking only made it worse. I have been sober for a few years now but the depression and anxiety still creep up often. I am put on a medication and it works for a while and then I have to switch. I am wondering if anything ever really works or am I just hoping it does. I just wanted you to know that you are not alone in trying to find the right meds and being frustrated by it. Its so comforting to me to know that I am not alone. Sober love to all.