Quetiapine side effects - help! 🙏🏻
I was started on Quetiapine 50mg XL for insomnia on the 28th of January. It works wonders for insomnia, I'm able to sleep 8 hours and wake up rested. However 3 days after I started taking it I felt some physical anxiety like tightness in my chest and palpitations which are now gone, but I still feel slightly physically anxious, the anxiety being mostly felt in my upper chest, as if I had a not there and chills throughout the day.
I would like to know if these are "normal" side effects of the first few weeks and they will be gone once my body adjusts to the medication or they are more likely to remain. I wouldn't like to discontinue it as I sleep very well on it but the physical anxiety and the chills are very annoying.
I also suffer from Anxiety and I've been taking Escitalopram for that, but my anxiety was completely under control until I started Quetiapine. Please let me know your experiences 🙏🏻
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@silmil93
My husband was given this medication while hospitalized and it worked wonders. But once he returned home, it was a if I had given him a caffeine pill. He was anxious, couldn't sleep, sit still. I tried a half dose to no avail. We finally had to stop.
You might check with your pharmacist and doctor to see if this medication is right for you. Maybe there's something else you can try.
I hope you get your answer soon. Sleep is so vitally important. Good luck.