Messed Up Side Effects from Seroquel (Quetiapine) ...

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Yesterday I ended up in hospital again for bad depression, suicidal thoughts really bad etc. To cut a long story short I couldn't be bothered to wait at 4am in the morning to see the mental health crisis team so I upped and left and went to my doctors at 2pm.

I explained everything to her, got fobbed off as usual, and was given Quetiapine on the recommendation in my Aspergers diagnosis. Shes put me on 400mg, but I have to start on 100mg and move up each day.

Let me just say what a messed up drug this is!

I took it at about 3:30pm. By 4:30pm I was KO'ed. I thought Citalopram were bad for tiredness, but these just floored me. I couldn't even fight the tiredness and had to sleep. I woke up at 1am, and I've been awake since then. It's now 7am.

When I woke up I felt odd. Spaced out. I was awake. I started to see things in my mind, but they appeared real life. Like when you dream, but I was awake. Then, I felt my cat next to me in bed so I stroked him with my hand. I turned round to pick him up and there was no cat there.

I know the side effects can cause hallucinations but surely not after 1 tablet?

This is freaking me out a bit, I actually feel freaked out in general. Nothing in reality is making sense to me. I keep going from feeling wide awake to very sleepy. When I feel very sleepy is when the hallucination type things come into play.

Please tell me this will subside over time?

Technically, it shouldn't be causing hallucinations.

However, it is a potent sedative, and if you're zonked out of your brain, your perceptions will be messed up (half awake, half asleep). It does subside over time.

That's a fairly high dose (400 mg.) for someone with an ASD (100 mg. isn't that high); that's usually for schizophrenia or bi-polar. It'd generally be helpful for sleep and anxiety if you have an ASD, though not much else.

I only took 25mg and it would knock me out
I would avoid anti psychotics unless you are actually psychotic though

The drowsiness will always be there but it won't be as bad once you get used to the drug. I have a childhood memory that totally makes sense now but it didn't back then because I didn't understand drugs. I went to bed at night and then I woke up and everyone was having dinner. I slept through the night and the entire school day. That must have been the first time I was put on Risperdal or Seroquel.

I saw someone put on it for the first time while I was in the hospital and that person wasn't doing too well either. He just couldn't do anything and was tired all day.

I'm pretty sure you'll adjust though. After being on it for so long I can stay up for hours even after taking my pills. I'm dependent on the drowsiness in order to sleep now but it doesn't knock me out unless I'm lying down.

Hey Jay,

Any medication which would help you defer that trip to the carpark will inevitably be useful.

Future fans of your music might not like it that you've gone to the Wild Blue Yonder--no less your family and close friends.

You probably have to adjust the dosage, though, to prevent yourself from becoming zombie-like.

How's it going with your appeal?

Yeah, Seroqeul packs a wallop at first. But that will subside after a week or so. I've found it to be a fantastic drug for autism - especially with regard to clarity of thought and perception of other's behaviour.

That was a good 20 minute walk. Do I feel better? Not in the slightest. I'm just extra sweaty now. Probably a little less tiered.