malachite Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 I am on a low dose of Seroquel (50 mg.) prescribed for anxiety and to help me sleep (I take it at night). I was wondering if Seroquel at this dose and combined with anti depressants is effective against depression. Thanks for your replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan77 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 The recommended dosage of Seroquel when taking with antidepressants is 150-300mg. However everyone is different and you may respond at a lower dosage. Anyone that has benefited at a lower dose might through their 2 cents in! www.seroquelxrtouchpoints.com/bipolar.../seroquel-xr-dosage/ I take Seroquel xr 400mg and it has really helped my depression, my insomnia, my mania and my anxiety. It's a great medication once you get over the drowsiness side effect. Good luck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tryp Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 I think it depends on the person. You might get a bit of a lift, you might not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallowedink Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 For me it started helping at about 100-150mg. I don't think it's made me less depressed. Maybe just less impulsive, and less anxious. I certainly feel better taking it though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becks Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Yep! Everyone is different. It helped me sleep at lower doses, under 200mg, but didn't even touch my anxiety or mood until I hit 400mg. But once it did kick in, it was the best feeling in the world! Now that I've had Babes (she's 2 months old) it's not working so good on it's own any longer, so we've had to add in a few meds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan77 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 The recommended dosage of Seroquel when taking with antidepressants is 150-300mg. However everyone is different and you may respond at a lower dosage. Anyone that has benefited at a lower dose might through their 2 cents in! www.seroquelxrtouchpoints.com/bipolar.../seroquel-xr-dosage/ I take Seroquel xr 400mg and it has really helped my depression, my insomnia, my mania and my anxiety. It's a great medication once you get over the drowsiness side effect. Good luck!! Sorry, the above link to Seroquel is wrong. This is the correct one for dosing in Major Depressive Disorder http://www.seroquelxrtouchpoints.com/major-depressive-disorder/seroquel-xr-dosage/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c- Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 the p-doc put me on seroquel to try to have less disrupted sleep. i had recently had a shoulder reconstruction, and was hurting it in my sleep. he says i'm like putting down a bear, so i'm @ 400 mg. we did experiment to see if backing off of the lithium would seroquel work as a mood stabilizer. big disaster. seroquel can be a bitch to titrated up on. it did take me out of work for a month or so. but in the end, it helps. i do fear how i would react to be taken off of it. c- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LemonHead Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 I've only been on Seroquel XR 150 mg for a week, but I do notice a definite antidepressive effect, despite the antihistamine-like sedation, which I expected to be depressive given my experience with other antihistamines. Actually, I noticed some benefit from the beginning, when I titrated from 50 -> 100 -> 150. I am interested in seeing if I would feel even better at 300 mg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rattle&snap Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Don't know about 50 mg, but I'm taking 100 at night for sleep and to boost the Effexor I take at night and the Wellbutrin I take in the a.m. I was still having crying bouts with just the Effexor & Wellbutring. Adding the Seroquel fixed that but now I get fatigued very quickly when I exercise & my stomach is bloated even though I haven't gained any weight. Anybody else had fatigue and bloat from Seroquel or Effexor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rattle&snap Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Also, when I was on 150 mg Seroquel, I twitched so much when I would lie down that a co-worker thought I was having a seizure one day when I was trying to nap at lunch. I called the doc and he lowered it to 100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpmaster Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I am under the impression that seroquel only really helps with sleep at a low dose (e.g. 50mg). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enlightened_plutonian Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I am under the impression that seroquel only really helps with sleep at a low dose (e.g. 50mg). I'd say it depends on the person. I still get some sedation (enough that sleep deprivation is no longer a problem for me, when it was in the past) and I am on 600mg. Though I have never been on a low dose (lower than 300mg), and I was only on 300mg for a week so I can't really compare the sedation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan77 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I am under the impression that seroquel only really helps with sleep at a low dose (e.g. 50mg). I'd say it depends on the person. I still get some sedation (enough that sleep deprivation is no longer a problem for me, when it was in the past) and I am on 600mg. Though I have never been on a low dose (lower than 300mg), and I was only on 300mg for a week so I can't really compare the sedation. I'm on 400mg and it doesn't knock me out like the lower doses did but I know that I have to take it no later than 7:30pm or else suffer with a hangover and sedation the following morning. It still helps me sleep without actually making me feel really sleepy. It slows me down and chills me out so I can fall asleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I highly doubt that 50 m.g. is going to give you much AD effect. You could try slowly increasing it to see if an ad effect kicks in (which it doesn't for everyone). Anna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjimjam Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I am under the impression that seroquel only really helps with sleep at a low dose (e.g. 50mg). 200mg knocks me out. If that doesn't work 400mg will. YMMV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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