Seroquel XR giving me terrible insomnia

[SpartanForce]

As anyone suffered from this side-effect? I take the seroquel xr 200mg at 7p.m and only can sleep at 3a.m-4a.m. I'm gonna take on the morning because this insomnia is ruining my life

[Moody]

I never tried the XR, but I had that problem with regular Seroquel. I took it at 10pm and went right to sleep, but then I woke up 2 hours later and couldnt go back to sleep for the rest of the night.

I tried taking it in the morning but it didnt work, I would sleep for 2 hours after I took it. I woke up after that, but I work during the day, so I cant take a 2 hour nap every morning.

Hopefully switching to a morning dose will work for you, I think there are some folks here at CB who take the XR version in the morning.

[g8orgirl]

I was on the XR version for two years and it did not help me sleep at all so I went back to the regular version. Taking it in the morning sounds like a good idea if it's keeping you up at night. I find the regular Seroquel helps me sleep very well.

[enlightened_plutonian]

I've found since my pdoc increased my Seroquel dose a few months ago it no longer works as a sleep aid. For a while I was struggling to stay asleep (going to bed 1am, waking about 6am then only broken sleep), but eventually I managed to get my sleep pattern back to what it should be (bed at 1am, wake at 9am).

I take half of my Seroquel in the morning and it isn't an issue.

[amy5820]

I'm going off of regular seroquel and on to Seroquel XR for and add on for depression. I'm also on a few other meds, including lunesta for sleep and effexor for depression . Does Seroquel XR help?

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