crazyguy82 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 I have treatment resistant depression and anxiety and take the following meds. Moclobermide 450mg, Lithium 1000mg, seroquel 400mg and 1mg of Ativan per day. Lithium was added recently but it's not helping enough. Does anybody think increasing seroquel likely to be of any help? Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyRedhead Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 (edited) 4 hours ago, crazyguy82 said: Does anybody think increasing seroquel likely to be of any help? Do you take Seroquel IR, or do you take the XR version? Edited December 5, 2017 by CrazyRedhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyguy82 Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 I'm taking the IR version 400mg at bedtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceberg Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Depends...is it too sedating? Typically they don't go above 300. Have you tried ability/rexulti? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyguy82 Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 My doctor has given me the extra tablets 600mg per day, it's meant to be taken twice a day but I can't take it in the day. Taking at bed time is no issue. I've not taken the meds you've mentioned. I suffer from anxiety i would be afraid the abilfy might make that worse . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceberg Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Wait he wants u on 600x2 a day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamp56 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 1 hour ago, Iceberg said: Wait he wants u on 600x2 a day? Same question. A dose of 1200mg is 400mg above what the highest recommended dose is for Bipolar Disorder or Schizophrenia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyguy82 Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 Sorry I didn't type that very well it's 2x300mg tablets so daily total of 600 mg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtac Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 It's worth a shot to see if it helps your depression, although it's understandable if you can't tolerate the drowsiness from it during the daytime either. Perhaps the XR version would be worth a shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceberg Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 The jump from 3 to 6 is pretty big...I went to 4 (XR) first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyguy82 Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 I've decided to stick with 400mg for the time being, and give Lithium a bit more time. I'm a little worried about the amount of meds I take Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savannah Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 I take 500mg Seroquel plus 500 Lamictal, 200 mg Zoloft and add Prolixin when I get paranoid or psychotic. last time I was hospitalized they took me off Prolixin and had me take 800mg of Seroquel. I didn't feel any different with the higher dose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
looking for answers Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 i was on seroquel 400 it wasnt doing the trick, we added lithium i was at 400 seroquel and 900 lithium and still wasnt right..........we went to 550 seroquel and 900 lithium, i felt awful, switched to 400 seroquel, 1250 lithium ER, and i finalyl feel decent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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