I have been prescribed Seroquel for insomnia but my doc wants me to try the extended release version. (issues with staying asleep) The problem is that the XR version is not available in generic and is unaffordable. Has anyone here taken the XR form and found a major difference between the two versions?
Thanks in advance for any help, Melanie
Posted by frikfrak (Member # 26844) on :
Hi, I give my son the regular sequerol for sleep. I cut a 50mg in 1/4 tab and give about an hour before bedtime...works great.
He did tale the xr but it really wasn't good for just sleep...it made him zombie like all day and I really just wanted it for slep.
I only give it to him as needed...try not to if I don't have to.
Posted by terv (Member # 29410) on :
I take both. The regular to get to sleep and the XR to stay asleep. I am not sure if I am totally happy with the XR. I found that 100 mg seemed to make my sleep worse so I take 50mg. I haven't found a good time to eliminate it totally and increase the regular seroquel. Apparently I cannot cut the XR in half because it is "XR" and they dont have a pill smaller than 50mg.
I do really like the regular seroquel so if it were me I would definitely try and work with that first. I asked my LLMD if instead of the XR, I could take one pill at bedtime and another when I woke up at 2:00 AM. He said it would make me too dopey during the day.
Posted by Melanie Reber (Member # 3707) on :
Thanks Frik and Terv,
I did double the dose of regular Seroquel to 100mg for a few nights and that seemed to help a little, but eventually I was back to sleeping just 3-4 hours. I certainly don't want to be a zombie all day, the other meds are already making me a bit loopy right now.
I'll ask about taking the second dose when I wake up around 3-ish to see if that strategy might work.