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Anyone tried seroquel? comments?
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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 365015" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>My difficult child 2 has been on Seroquel and Seroquel XR for two years now and is doing pretty well with it. We did see a ravenous appetite initially at the lower doses, as well as a LOT of sedation. But once we got up to a higher level that addressed his symptoms more effectively, the appetite issue went away and the sedation improved significantly. He had initially been on Risperdal for about two years but it started losing effectiveness for him. Then we went to Abilify for a bit and that seemed to help pretty well. But then he developed a illness-induced neurological problem unrelated to the medications and we had to stop Abilify and try Zyprexa. That resulted in a dystonic reaction that had me running to the ER because I didn't know what was happening! We went back to Abilify, same dystonia. Tried Risperdal again, same thing. Our psychiatrist said Seroquel has a slightly different profile compared to the other atypical-antipsychotics, so you don't see the movement disorder side effects as much. So far, it's been very good for us.</p><p> </p><p>My advice would be to give it a try because that's all you really can do with these medications. If one stops working and you've exhausted all the dosage options available, it's time to move on and try something else. I hope you find something that works well for him, soon!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 365015, member: 3444"] My difficult child 2 has been on Seroquel and Seroquel XR for two years now and is doing pretty well with it. We did see a ravenous appetite initially at the lower doses, as well as a LOT of sedation. But once we got up to a higher level that addressed his symptoms more effectively, the appetite issue went away and the sedation improved significantly. He had initially been on Risperdal for about two years but it started losing effectiveness for him. Then we went to Abilify for a bit and that seemed to help pretty well. But then he developed a illness-induced neurological problem unrelated to the medications and we had to stop Abilify and try Zyprexa. That resulted in a dystonic reaction that had me running to the ER because I didn't know what was happening! We went back to Abilify, same dystonia. Tried Risperdal again, same thing. Our psychiatrist said Seroquel has a slightly different profile compared to the other atypical-antipsychotics, so you don't see the movement disorder side effects as much. So far, it's been very good for us. My advice would be to give it a try because that's all you really can do with these medications. If one stops working and you've exhausted all the dosage options available, it's time to move on and try something else. I hope you find something that works well for him, soon! [/QUOTE]
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