Sleeping Pills

[Paulcalif]

Ok you guys and gals, I bet one of you knows the answer to this question. My wife has supposedly been off of Vicodin since the 1st. of the month (I hope so), but now she is taking a sleep pill every night. She said she thinks it's call Sequel? Anyone recognize that? I am guessing that they are addictive and that she has just found a substitue. Anyone??

thanks

Paul

[avisg]

paul, it is fine ......

[lovelexy]

i take 100mg seroquel a night for sleep, not for any psychiatric issues, although it does sort of calm as it causes the drowsiness. it is NOT addictive. it is not an anti-anxiety like benzos (ativan, valium, klonopin, xanax). no other sleeping pill on earth has worked for me as well as this. ambien did but the tolerance was so fast it stopped working within a week and that IS addictive. trazodone- nope. flexeril (a muscle relaxant) helps cause drowsiness, but nothing but seroquel gives me a good nights sleep. so for this your wife is taking something very good especially while dealing with withdrawal with very very little if any chance at abuse, although i suppose you can abuse anything if yuo really want to.

[wait2long]

yes, it is a medication they used at high doses (like 600 mgs) for people who had severe cases of bi-polar or other severe mental disorders, they found it didnt really work well, but also found at low doses it can be used for sleep issues, anxiety and depression. i was given some samples of it by my doctor, but found i was too drowsy the next day...it is not addictive like vicoden, but she can become dependent on it...but not considered "addictive", it is a med that if she decides to stop taking she will have to do it gradually. she cant just abruptly stop.  but also if she was addicted to vicoden, sleep is always a huge after effect of coming off the vicoden, and can last for quite a while...i would say she is fine, let her sleep while she can...GL!

[Paulcalif]

seroquel - I bet that's it, thanks Wicked!

Clamity - I have been going through this with her for many years. I know what to expect, and I am just running out of strength. I really have tried to be supportive, and I am. But I also told her this is the last time. Thank you for the advice, I am trying...

[wickedwanderer]

maybe it's seroquel.  i think that's an antidepressant...? not sure.

[Clamity2]

Look at the bottle and look it up online. I have been addicted to vicodin for the past 6+ years and any other opiates. But never heard of Sequel. Sorry. I hope you concentrate more on her sucess of going through the withdrawal and not worry too much about the 1 sleeping pill at night. PRAISE HER SHE NEEDS ENCOURAGEMENT. If you find information present it in a concerned loving way and not a condemming way. Please.
Love and Peace