I was just put on serquel because i was haveing trouble sleeping. at first it was helping but I have

Hello Frances Sweeney,

I'm not a professional, however, it seems to me that this could possibly be a side effect, so I'd talk to the pharmacist and then to your doctor.  Unfortunately a drug used to treat one condition sometimes causes another condition.

Work with your psychiatrist to come up with a possible solution.  I'm not in a position to recommend what drugs you take; however, I know that there is a drug you can take for Restless Leg Syndrome, if I recall it's called Requip.

Now, I'm not endorsing any drug, and I'm not a big fan of taking drugs unless they are absolutely necessary and prescribed at the best effective dose by a competent psychiatrist.  I'm aware that Seroquel is used to help people sleep better; I know someone for whom this is prescribed, too.  Using Seroquel to treat insomnia is in my book much preferable to using Ambien, which is highly and instantly addictive, and the other addictive sleep aids.

So work with your doctor to see if maybe the dose of Seroquel needs to be adjusted.  I'm loath to suggest you keep adding new drugs to counter every new side effect that comes up from each drug you add, yet after your careful consideration of the pros and cons, the choice would be yours as to whether to add adjunct meds.

I wish you some relief from this problem.

Best wishes,

Christina