qutapine doses

[carla1983]

saw my pysc 2day and cause of past 2wks i been having manic and pyscotic espoides he has uped my qutapine from 300mg daily to 450mg daily he said he wants to put me up to 800mg a day i thought this is a high dose? has anyone been on this dose was it helpful? xx

[starseeker]

im sorry i havent,
but i dont like it when threads go unanswered
i hope your okay, these episodes sound scary
take care, feel free to pm me.

[[Fog]]

Hey

I've only been on it for just over a week. I started on 50mg a day and rapidly went up to 200mg a day. I was supposed to then go straight on to 400mg. However on 200mg I was literally passing out half an hour after taking it and then staying asleep for well over 12 hours, and it was impossible to wake me. When I was awake I felt like a zombie, it made reality even more unreal and blurry than it already was, and made life generally very difficult.

I have been put back down to 100mg now and I'm finding this a lot better. Admittedly I am now up until 5am every day and the psychosis is worse than ever.

Not sure why I'm posting this lol cos I'm not on such a high dose, have not been on it for long, and do not have much positive to say about it so far!!

Basically everyone reacts to it differently so it's best to follow the advice you're given, and you can always go back down if it's too much. I looked it up recently and apparently the maximum dose they should recommend is 1000mg so don't worry.

Hope it helps xxx

[lostandalone3]

im on 600mgs, and i have heard of people being on 800-1000mgs.

Everyone is different though just remember if it works for you then stick with it/

[Jetforce]

I started out on 300mg xr...that wasn't too bad i guess

Then got up to 500mg xr which i tolerated ok

600mgs xr..ugh..got alot of restless legs from it along with a dry mouth

Apparently for schizophrenia..the dosagses rangers from 400 - 800mgs from what my doctor said, from memory

Hope that helps a tad

[Ranger Fairy]

I'm on 600mg I was on the normal release but it cause extreme sedation for hours after taking it, meaning I couldn't do some things in the day very easily, however my doctor swicthed it to XL slow release (I it take it all at night ) and it's SO much better no sedation and it's really helping.

xxx

[Pomegranate]

I was on 700mg with upto 100mg PRN. It helped a little with intrusive thoughts and images and also helped with my sleeping. 800 mgs is the maximum daily dose for it but I found it made me quite sleepy and I didn't have much energy on it. I don't understand why he wants to raise you from 450 to 800 though when you might not need to be on that high a dosage? I found it took a few days to get used to the increased dose every time it was raised, I started on 100mg a day and then it was gradually upped to the 700mg level. Give it a go but if you feel the dose is higher than it needs to be then tell your psych.

[carla1983]

he puttin me on 450mg 4 2wks then rasing it towards 800mg if i still gettin espidoes im findin this amount knocks me out but i have most of it at night so its ok thanks for your replies

[one_step_closer]

I was on Quetiapine for anxiety but I can't remember what dose it was. My psychiatrist said that it's a very flexible drug and I was allowed to choose my own dosage and ammend it if I felt better or worse. Sometimes dosages can seem really big but in other medications you could get the same effect from a smaller dose, it really depends on how they work. I hope you're finding it beneficial. Take care.

[charliotta]

A consultant psychiatrist (with the permission of a pharmacist) can put quetiapine up to 1400mg if really needed (it can be quite helpful to put the dose up as a kind of rapid tranquilisation), however I did fall over everytime I got out of bed (postural hypertension) so they reduced it.

[discovery_journey]

was on 1000mg of this med. it didn't work for me.
hope it works for you

[carla1983]

its workin for me and its been uped to 500mg at night and 300mg in morning

[Pomegranate]

If you are finding the 300mg is making you really sleepy could you ask to have it broken into two doses and have one when you get up and one at lunchtime or something? I am really glad it is helping you :)

[youngmanstride]

i take 300 nightly. can't sleep or eat. nightmares. generally i believe that anything beyond 300mgs is stressing the symptoms of any mania or psychosis rather then reversing it.

[darkhopes]

I'm on 800, it's ok but I take it at night so that it doesnt knock me out during the day, I find it works pretty well but it's really hard to wake up in the morning, good luck with it xx