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Q: Seroquel - Doing Things In Your Sleep?

asked by: geekylotus on April 19th, 2007

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I recently had Seroquel added to my mix for bipolar.

I also wear a mask for a CPAP machine to treat sleep apnea.

Almost every night since I have been on Seroquel, I have taken the mask off in the night. The machine sets off an alarm if it does not sense breathing in the mask. I have not only been taking off the mask, but I have been shutting the machine off. No alarm goes off. The mask also requires that it be unhitched at one of two points at the bottom to come off smoothly, so I am making a very deliberate effort to remove it.

The machine is by no means a serious problem... the apnea just keeps me from getting restful sleep... it does not threaten my health if I take it off.

Last night, I vaguely remember doing it, I think... or I woke up as I was doing it. I recall being a bit puzzled and then replacing the mask. My wife said that I took it off, looked at her, and then put it back on.

Very weird.

Anyone else do things like this?

-t

Replies(5)

hawkeye69

replied on April 24th, 2007

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I have really bad night visions, or like I am hallucinating when I take what the doc wants me to of my seroquel. Don't know about others, but your note made me feel a little better that I'm not the only one with strange sleeping happenings!

lunamatron

replied on April 27th, 2007

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I stopped taking seroquel a few years back because I would sleep walk and wake up in strange parts of our home. I would have super vivid dreams that would cause me to wake up confused and tired.

naomi48

replied on April 29th, 2007

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hawkeye69 wrote:

Hawkeye, could you give us more details about the visions... what is the usual contens of these hallucinations?

hawkeye69

replied on April 30th, 2007

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I would have random visions. Usually I would see one of my daughters walking in my room(but they were really in bed) My last one was I saw a little girl in my bedroom waving and smiling at me. Boy, that one really freaked me out. I'm awake when I see these things too!

xD0llyx

replied on April 30th, 2007

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I only took seroquel for maybe 2 weeks...because i'd either have horrific nightmares of being attacked by demons or dying then my soul being lost in my sleep, or having really x-rated dreams causing me to literaly masturbate while asleep (very embarassing when other people live in the house and the door is open LOL).

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