Its so annoying when i take quetiapine my legs start shaking and cannot be calm i cannot sleep monday i call doctor but i dont know what med to change
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I feel you, kinda. I also take quetiapine. I started having spasms in my arms years ago, and now they are also in my legs. I had been working with my pdoc’s physician assistant when this started, and she labelled it RLS. That never sat right with me, though. I called them spasms. Now she left the pdoc’s practice, and I brought it up to the pdoc. Pdoc says it sounds more like my tardive dyskinesia. We lowered my quetiapine by 100mg to see if that will help.
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I will.not take my meds till.monday just arripiprazole
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I had it before from an AP. It sucked. I switched aps.
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My legs flail when I fall into REM
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I had it on generic zyprexa. It was a problem as it affected sleep.
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Benztropine. If that don’t work. Higher the dose. Highest dose. If that don’t work switch meds. Repeat.
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I wish this had worked for me. I’m on the highest dose of diazepam as-needed (10mg). I’m scared to switch meds because I’m able to work a few hours each week rn. I don’t think I can go higher on the benzos because I don’t think there IS a higher dose of diazepam. Nothing helps me. I end up having to get up and move around until I’m so tired that I end up falling asleep sitting up. It’s amazing I haven’t smacked my husband when my arms flail around!
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I am on quietiapine 100mg per night, and had spasms too. The doc called it restless leg sydrome but chat gpt said it could be myoclonus or something, cause i see flashing lights at night too. My doc said to reduce my quietiapine by 25mg.
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It seems like a lot of us are having issues with this on quetiapine. Hmmm.
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Yes, it’s because of my akathisia. My feet bounce a bit as I try to fall asleep.
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Yeah I do, and I don’t think its my meds because when I got off them it continued.
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I do. Not every night. But some nights I get it.
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Did you just relapsed recently? There are meds to stop the restless legs but it’s pointless since it adds other forms of side effects…just get abilify and stay on it…
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