Posted by CareBear04 on January 18, 2005, at 13:49:09
In reply to Uh oh / Seroquel yeast infection, posted by tygereyes on January 17, 2005, at 6:01:22
eek! sorry to hear about this! maybe talk to your pdoc or PCP? i know it's a personal topic, and i would probably be hesitant or embarrassed, but as for quick answers and feeling better, that might be the most direct way.
i just added seroquel, too, a few nights ago. it's mostly for sleep. the first night, i took 50mg and still woke up really early and couldn't sleep more. yesterday, i took 100mg, and though i sleep for longer overall, i woke up really often, and it wasn't too restful.
when i first tried seroquel at 25 or 50mg awhile ago, it knocked me out, almost as bad as on zyprexa, but without the weight gain or as much cognitive dysfunction. i don't really understand why all my drug tolerances, especially for sedative-type meds, are kicking in all at once after two or more years on the same dose. if anything, i would think my body would be more sensitive to meds because it's taken a lot of hits recently, my metabolism has changed, and i had a period of rapid and excessive weight loss and i'm still working on gaining it back.
seems like maybe when your mind is more disorganized and really 'needs' a med, you can maybe tolerate a higher dose. that has been the case for me, especially with things like lithium or haldol. as one pdoc said to me, "no one asks for haldol unless they need it." i don't know anything about dose-dependent side effects and whether it has that inverse relation seen in, say, remeron. i've been on all the atypicals except for geodon, and the side effects seem positively correlated to dose except for abilify. i wasn't on it for long, but i felt sleepier on the lower dose. it may have just been my body's getting used to the drug.
anyway, good luck! let me know how it works for you!
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