"i had insomnia due to severe itchy skin from hodgkin&#039;s disease. all of the prescription sleeping pills i had tried either didn&#039;t work or made me feel like a zombie the next day. i was barely managing life when a dr suggested 25mg of quetiapine nightly, and it has been life changing! it takes me about half an hour to fall asleep and i sleep soundly for 8-9hrs and wake up feeling like i had a good nights sleep. at first i had very vivid strange dreams but after a few months i adjusted. i did feel an increase of appetite and gained about 5lbs in the first 3 minutes this but then that side effect stopped as well. i have been able to reduce my dose to 6.5mg (i have to cut the pill into quarters) and sleep just as well on that ammount."