Seroquel(8)

NicoleP

My mom is in what we think the mid stage of alzheimers(based on her behavior) and has been showing signs of aggression and agitation. Because of this her Dr. put her on Seroquel. We have just started it 50mm (I think) per day. Because she won't take it by us just handing it to her my dad needs to put it in her OJ in the late morning. I know everyone is different but on average how long after beginning to take it should we expect to hopefully see some positive results from it.

ButterflyWings

Hi Nicole - Welcome to our club which no one wants to belong to. You will see that this greeting encourages you to keep reading and posting, engaging this very special, helpful, caring circle even while confirming that all of us wish it did not need to exist.

For us, it helped pretty quickly. Within a couple of hours of taking Seroquel, DH was able to sleep through the night (after some really hairy wee hours of the morning drama for weeks). It did not sedate him, which I was happy about. We started Seroquel at 25 mg at bedtime, then, 2-3 times a day and I always detected a difference right away. That dosage was actually too low but helped take the edge off a smidge. His neuropsych increased the dose to 3x daily in a couple of months, and later to the current dosage of 50mg in a.m., 50 at midday, and 50 at bedtime now.

A couple of silent UTIs in the last year, made some of the most challenging behavior return which caused us to address the UTI but also increase the Seroquel and Sertraline (anti-depressant - he takes 50mg at night and is angry and agitated if he misses a day of that, or a dose or Seroquel). I have put them in blueberries or other fruit in his morning cereal, by the way. Makes life so much more manageable in our world. Wishing you all the best on this rollercoaster that is dementia.