(April 5, 2014 at 11:05 am)Thunder Cunt Wrote: It is to stop manic episodes and it helps me fall asleep. Yeah it is zombifying but I don't take it during the day and it wears off after 8-10 hours. Supposedly it works with antidepressants to treat depression. I don't understand how a drug that lowers dopamine levels could treat depression however.
I would rather be zombie like than have psychotic breaks or anger. However, it doesn't really zombify me and I get more sleep on it. Tolerance to it goes up as well. I knew a lady who was on the absolute max 1500 mgs a day and she wasn't zombie like at all. She didn't even seem drugged.
On that last point, I've been told by a physician that Seroquel is more sedating at lower doses. My former psychiatrist attempted to get me though the zombie feeling by increasing the dosage. For whatever that's worth, I gave up on it after a year. I would have not been able to keep working.
