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Posted by cee on May 2, 2009, at 12:25:26
GOOD DAY
My pdoc has asked me to try seroquel xr for my bad anxiety and mood swings that i get. Iam
already on 60mg cymbalta which has helped with my depression. Has anybody else out there had any sucsess with seroquel xr or is this something new?
god bless
cee
Posted by yxibow on May 2, 2009, at 20:20:43
In reply to SEROQUEL XR -For anxiety and mood, posted by cee on May 2, 2009, at 12:25:26
> GOOD DAY
> My pdoc has asked me to try seroquel xr for my bad anxiety and mood swings that i get. Iam
> already on 60mg cymbalta which has helped with my depression. Has anybody else out there had any sucsess with seroquel xr or is this something new?
> god bless
> cee
I think... and I didn't try XR long enough, is that it spread out things just a slight throughout the day so that symptoms didn't increase quite as much in the evening. But I seemed to have also gathered a little more weight because of this.
Because my weight issue is a problem, I discontinued it, but I can't honestly say that causality was necessarily causation. It may have had nothing to do with the weight gain.
I might have also felt a little more awake.
So I'm back to regular Seroquel at the moment.All things that have a margin of error and placebo effect. I think still primarily the use of it is considered limited, and a patent extension.
If you've never tried Seroquel period, I would go with regular Seroquel -- the 6 hour half life is largely insignificant actually for just about everyone who takes it.
Regular Seroquel also has the ability to step up with lower sizes of pills than Seroquel XR affords and antipsychotics should be stepped up, not jumped onto so EPS can be monitored. I think XR fills a space for those already at a steady dose of say, 400.
You can't and shouldn't cut XR pills, its a waste at best and a mess at worst.
Just a thought. I'd speak to your doctor on what he's encountered with regular Seroquel in general.
-- Jay
Posted by Shen on May 13, 2009, at 12:54:37
In reply to SEROQUEL XR -For anxiety and mood, posted by cee on May 2, 2009, at 12:25:26
> GOOD DAY
> My pdoc has asked me to try seroquel xr for my bad anxiety and mood swings that i get. Iam
> already on 60mg cymbalta which has helped with my depression. Has anybody else out there had any sucsess with seroquel xr or is this something new?
> god bless
> ceeHi, Cee
I've been taking seroquel for 16 months for mood swings and anxiety. It has been a great help to me, and also has been amazingly helpful in curing my insomnia. I am on a low dose, and have had no side effects.
I am writing a blog about my recovery. You can read it at:
http://reunitedselves.blogspot.com/
if you're intrested.
Hope this helps.
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