Mindful Momma Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 ok so i am noticing that when lay down for bed (because this only happens at night time) after i've taken my seroquel 200mg dose and my 12.5 ambien cr dose and am rather drunk with tiredness that i am hearing things. almost as if someone forgot to turn the television off in the living room (when we are lying in bed in our room). it's like i hear the noises and characters from whatever program we just got done watching and think that "well the t.v. must still be on and it must be another episode of the same show". i have yet to actually get up and go look to see if the t.v. is on because i KNOW that it's been shut off. so i'm wondering, could this be a side effect of both the grogging effects of the seroquel AND the ambien? like i said it only happens about 30 minutes after taking my dose and when everything is shut off in all the other rooms and i am laying in my bed in my bedroom trying to fall asleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tryp Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 That happens to me on Seroquel. I've read that it's fairly normal for people to hear voices when they're falling asleep (it's called a hypnogogic hallucination). It never happened to me before I took Seroquel, but it's happened to me a few times on Seroquel. I mentioned it to my pdoc and she said it's nothing to be worried about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirMarshall Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Ambien is a form of hypnotic that can alter how your brain processes sights and sounds. Visual disortions are extremeley common, and I've noted that I interpret sounds differntely. Top that with seroquel and that process of falling asleep, anything is possible and not of any psychiatric concern. Good on you for staying in bed. Don't go wandering around with seqorquel and ambien on board. a.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindful Momma Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 thanks, good to know i'm not going truly over the edge. i figured it had to be something caused by the meds. i have tried to wander off and get out of bed while on the meds, transfer from bed to couch, couch to bed or to go to the bathroom and i have to grasp onto the wall or crawl so i don't fall. so even if i'm in panic mode i really can't do much about it but just lay there and hope that i pass out. fortunately if i give it an hour (at most) i will relax and go to sleep even if i am panicking so badly i think i am dying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enlightenedfool Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I can relate to your experience, in that I often have had some sort of hypoagonic (typical before passing out) hallucinations. It can be pretty pretty frightening at times, but it helps to keep in mind that this has happened before, it is because of the medicine, and so on and even to review this BEFORE going to bed so that you are prepared. I've also found it helpful sometimes to leave a light on, a door open, or even some familiar music playing (with headphones so I don't drive my roommate completely off the edge ). It can also help to familiarize your enviornment and place whatever you need to feel safe. I have this poster of various pictures of family and friends I hang on my wall and sometimes it helps just to turn the lights on and glance at it for a minute. Anyway, best wishes. ~Jen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILLH Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I didn't hear any voices, but when I took Seroquel my nerves down the back of my legs hurt when I went to bed. Then there was the dysphagia and other EPS. Other than that it was the best drug (seriously) I had taken till that time. It calmed me down tremendously for the next day, I need Seroquel with all the sedative properties but without all the EPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murmur Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 They took me off the Ambien when I self-harmed, but I'm now on 800mg of Seroquel... I usually put the radio on a timer as I'm going to bed, so I don't notice the voices and sounds as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarn Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Really interesting you guys have that. I have, voices, you can hear them but can't hear what they're saying. They scare the @#$@ out of me! My psychopharmacologist just said they were breakthrough symptoms. They only happen at times of stress for me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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