Seroquel effects?

odowd

We started my MWD on Seroquel about a month ago, 12.5mg once each evening. It seems to have generally helped with that time of day. However, just over the past 7-10 days, she is now way more agitated than she used to be the rest of the day. From the time she wakes up until the evening dose, she is scared and wanting to go home. Before the Seroquel, this was something that would only generally start around 3 p.m., then ease up a bit at dinner, then start again around 7 p.m.

Is this behavior something to be expected? I'm thinking it may mean we need to add a dose in the morning as well.

M1

don't know that it's expected, but you could easily check with whoever prescribed it and add a morning dose. The doses can be ramped up fairly quickly—12.5 is a good place to start, but could go as high as 100 mg per dose and can be dosed 3-4 times per day. Doses up to 800 mg per day are used in schizophrenia, just to give you an idea of the range.