My doctor proscribed me some Quetiapine but I won't take them unless I cannot get to sleep due to epileptic activity. It is a neuroleptic. Or a minor tranquilizer. Imagine your brain is filled with all these neurons that are activated, all jumping around like dancing beans. Well, the neuroleptic basically puts those beans to sleep. Needless to say, my first experience with anti-psychotics (first generation) really knocked me down. Weight gain, bed ridden, and so forth, but my hallucinations stopped. I discontinued early because I felt "claustrophobic" for lacks of better terms. Whoa, it's tough to guess why you've gotten that combo unless you are "hysterically/anxiously" depressed??? I have only read a few of your posts so far so I am unsure where you are at.
See here's the claim.
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news ... on-anxietyThose taking Seroquel showed greater improvement in depression symptoms than those on placebo.
"There was improvement in all the things that are impaired when you're depressed -- sleep, appetite, suicidal thoughts," Weisler tells WebMD.
When I get "depressed", I go low functioning and blank out. At it's worst a little drool, know what I mean? I don't notice sleep issues, or appetite issues, and I never suicidal thoughts. However, people will notice me not functioning, or I will spend hours trying to do something and my brain will not go there.
Me personally, if I were given that combo, I'd consider it reasonably safe and would continue with a trial run. That's me though. While I absolutely hate neuroleptics, I consider the Quetiapine to be a weak tranquilizer. The first generation ones are much more potent.
I think it is safe to say that if your depression is of the low functioning non moody kind, you may want to consider taking tranquilizers lightly if there is no hallucinations or psychosis you are trying to curb. I'd keep a log, and watch how long the run is, and I'd start to reconsider which direction I was moving after a month or few.
Hope that helps.
I feel awful atm and like there is no hope.
There is always hope. The best thing I ever read which totally turned the way I perceive these things, is called, "the brain that changes itself" by Norman Doidge. It talks about how the brain is constantly in a state of regeneration and healing.
This is not from the book, but for example, when I did the first gen anti psychotics, it knocked me down, and I was worried that I had done more harm than good, but my brain started "fresh" for lacks of better terms the way I see things, and healed itself more "evenly". For sure, I am only guessing, but book is so great and positive I thought I'd mention.
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