Posted by yxibow on September 9, 2006, at 21:39:55
In reply to Heart beating funny, Seroquel?, posted by D minor on April 20, 2005, at 21:51:22
> Sometimes my heart beats funny, like arythmias. But recently it has been doing that more and more often. Is that tachycardia caused by an increased dose of Seroquel do you think?
> dm
As noted by Jeroen, when I take Seroquel (all at night) and do not go to bed at that moment, but wait up a while, I will get a) very drowsy b) somewhat faint and c) a mild amount of tachycardia upon laying down which disappears.Seroquel has a heavy effect on H1, perhaps the most out of all atypicals, in fact the most out of all neuroleptics, which explains its extreme drowsiness. Its just an unfortunate natural part of the medication, and the earlier in the evening one takes it, the better off they will be in terms of morning drowsiness.
Seroquel, while being drowsy making to a tee, also has orthostatic hypotension as a common effect, otherwise known as low blood pressure. This gives a faint like feeling upon standing up fast, especially when the half life of it is at the strongest point (6 hours). Blood pressure and pulse have somewhat of an inverse (not completely so) relation with each other, so it is not surprising that one may have 105/60 and have a pulse of 95 temporarily when the drug is at its heightened time in your blood stream. Unless you have a bad heart disorder, this is a perfectly normal response and while uncomfortable is nothing to be afraid of unless it continues for hours.
Excercise helps too.
-- tidingsJay
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