remedy48 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Are there any sedatives that work pretty good compared to the seroquel but aren't weight gainers or antipsychotics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorrel Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 For what purpose? Sleep, anxiety, what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remedy48 Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 Sleep. I know what your thinking though why not just increase the seroquel but I don't want to for personal reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorrel Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I wasn't thinking that actually. In fact Seroquel is often less sedating at higher doses. There's trazodone which I am a fan of, but it doesn't work for everyone. There's the Z-drugs (Ambien, Lunesta, etc.) There's benzos, although some docs don't like to prescribe them for sleep. There's antihistamines (prescription ones) which aren't used that often, but in many ways Seroquel is like Super Antihistamine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remedy48 Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 Yah I realized that. I could tell a difference betwen the 400mg I used to take and now the 300mg I take now. I find I get better sleep with 300mg but the problem is that the sedation is wearing off. My pdoc wants it like he treats it as a priority for me to sleep. The first med that actually came to mind was trazodone. I'll talk to my pdoc about it but I just have one more question. Is trazodone offered in Canada? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirMarshall Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Most of the TCA, tricyclic antidepressives (e.g. elavil, doxapin?sp) are damned good sedatives as are the early antipsychotics. A number of the sleep aids coomon int he 1950's were just a little too dangerous and are no longer used. Chloral Hydrate (ie. Micky Finn, knock-out drops) is still available but uncommon. It is available only in liquid form and requires a lot of trust by your pdoc that you won't attempt to re-create any platinum blonde hotel scenes. Supposed to have a nasty after taste as I recall. We've have two or threee members use it. Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) is also sold as one of the two OTC sleep aids in the US. I've never used the other one (Unisom?). Tooo lazy to look it up tonight. I prefer the drug interaction checker at http://www.drugs.com/ because IMO the aidsdrugs, while a little less technical, historically had too many missing psych meds. HOpefully theyv've impfroved. http://www.rxlist.com/ has concise but reasonably thourough PI sheet summaries. Most people can learn more about ther {This comptuer is goting to be reduced to singing "Bicycle Bult for TWo" byt end of the week I swear, IF I can get the &*^*&^&*(^ memory working in the replacement sitting here). ...ahme,. It is also possible to scare oneself and end up arguing with ones doctors instead of shuttin gup and taking the remcommended drugs. Good luck! a.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recoverymouse Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 remeron works great for lots of people who otherwise have trouble sleeping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cairn Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Trazodone has worked well for me in the past, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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