For any of you who have read my previous posts, it's been a long bumpy road. After being on AD for over 12 years, I was finally diagnosed as BP 2. I went though symbyax and also abilify (both tried separately, along with lamictal 50mg (still titrating up to 150) at nighttime. The Symbiax was too sedating due to the zyprexa it contains and it made me very groggy the next day and also gave me a very heavy feeling. It was as though someone had shut off a light in my head. The Abilify gave me the opposite effect. Even when I took it in the morning. I could not sleep for more than 3 hours strait and was extremely hyper. I also got a bad swelling of my face, which became very HOT and RED and a mild fever . So even though my PDOC wanted to me to stay on it I was firm and he decided to try the SQ. So far so good. I notice my intrusive thoughts have ceased. it didn't knock me out like the zyprexa (symbyax did) but when I did fall asleep I slept an interrupted full 8hrs! This hasn't happened ever. And that was only on 25mg! I hope this is finally the right cocktail for me. I still am taking 18.5 of Effexor which is a ridiculously small dose, but I haven't been able to get off completely as I find it gets me going during the day. With Seroquel, I feel so far as though I have more patience, am less impulsive, less angry and reactive, These are all good things
I hope it helps to kick my alcohol habit as well. Does anyone know it is better to take the immedtiate release as opposed to the XR? The Dr. Gave me the XR(50mg), yet still told me to cut it in half at 1st few days. I wonder if the immediate release would get me to sleep faster and help me have less tiredness during the day? Just a thought. Once I get though my sample pack I will pose this question to him.Thanks for listening
