I've been on seroquel for nine years. My dosage is 300mg at night. The past two nights I took only 100mg. and plan to do that for two weeks, then quit it completely. Over the past month and a half I have stopped taking: methylin 40mg; bupropion 200mg; cymbalta 60mg; zolpidem 10mg; ativan 10mg; and trazodone 200mg. I saved seroquel for last because I've heard that it can be real difficult with the withdrawls. The first night without it I slept fine. I became very hyper during the daytime. Last night I woke every hour until 2am, then slept until 7am. But my night was full of weird tiring dreams. What else can I expect so I'll be ready for it?
My pdoc. is against me stopping my meds. But I was slowly losing myself and becoming zombie like~ which is what he wanted me to be like.
Can anyone help me out please?
thanks
My pdoc. is against me stopping my meds. But I was slowly losing myself and becoming zombie like~ which is what he wanted me to be like.
Can anyone help me out please?
thanks
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I am very familiar with wanting to go off meds. I have been put through the ringer. I used to do it myself for various reasons ... thought i was better, hated being tired and l was barely getting thru life. After much trial and error, i found an awesome doctor who took me off 3 of the 5 meds i was on and drastically reduced my seroquel from 1300 mg/ day to 100mg/day ... this was done in the hospital to ensure my safety. I have never been better! i dont think i will ever be off the seroquel, but i am fully functioning on just bedtime meds without having any more bi-polar episodes. The times that i did it on my own, i usually was great for a bit and then suddenly would become very depressed or very manic and always suicidal. I do think that too many meds are not good, no one wants to feel like that ... i hope you can find a good doctor that will help you achieve your goals. Going off all meds is not necessarily the answer ... please be careful. Just my two cents worth :-)
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