Anyone here ever take Quetiapine (Seroquel)?
I'm diagnosed with anxiety and I've been prescribed this for insomnia. I've been told I probably have autism. I strongly believe I have ADHD or OCD as well.
Effexor and Mirtazapine were brilliant for sleep and crippling anxiety/depression. But I'm still very physically anxious (trembling hands etc), and lost all motivation. My mind is very confused and it's hard to get anything done.
I am not psychotic. But I foolishly thought that risperidone could cure autism, so I got put on that last year. It ironically made me psychotic, so I had to come off of it. I'm kind of concerned that I'm being put back on an antipsychotic for off label use after my first experience, and for good reason as I'll now explain.
Mirtazapine was brilliant for insomnia. But it made me gain weight and feel hungry all the time. Quetiapine 25 for the last week has me waking up every hour of the night. I read that it's just as bad for weight gain and gives you poorer quality sleep.
I've actually had a few incidents in sports that I believe were either caused by the quetiapine or the mirtazapine withdrawal. Although I've only been on it for a week. But I've gotten harassed by people.
How long more should I wait to see if it's doing anything? I've gotten so dumb on this and on risperidone before. I don't want to sound like an ass, but my brain is all I've got since my social skills are crap. So I'm worried that it'll make me dumb forever so I won't even be able work anymore.
Any thoughts or advice? Sorry for the info dump, but I'm not in the right headspace to edit extensively. I really need an ADHD test soon as my whole mind is all jumbled up. The only things I've read about quetiapine Vs mirtazapine are all negative, so I don't know why I'm doing this.
Are there any other medications I should ask for? Like buspirone or hydroxyzine or switch nebivolol for propranolol? Is there a version of propranolol that would last all day? I take 2.5 nebivolol (half tablet) for heart rate and I think for blood pressure as well.