seroquel bad withdrawals and symptoms

Good for you. We all have to read on medications before taking them. Well, I'm still on 50XR servo quell. I'm going to see my dr. Next week to see if I can then come off both this and Cymbalta(another bad drug with terrible side effects) 

its been 10 days on 50ER and I feel like c**p. I too lost weight, can't eat, sleep, nausea all day, acid reflux is worse, terrible Sweats, blurred eye sight.  I feel so bad that we all are going through, but you work and I don't know how you do it. I don't work, disabled. It must be tough 

I wish you well and let me know how you are doing. I will post my drs. Suggestions. Stay positive and drink a lot of water, do not get dehydrated, you will feel worse believe me.

Girl I am going through it too. I was prescribed for nerves and not being able to sleep and have been on for almost 5 years now and I constantly run a low grade fever and have muscle weakness badly. I think this stuff is slowly killing me. I also have lost my vision since I have been on it. I am down to 200 mg also and when I try to get off of it I become very sick.

Second night off seroquel, lastnight was not that bad, however tonight cant get to sleep and feel like av got a headache, chills but feel warm and eyes are so heavy just want to go to sleep but cant. Got 3 kids to get up with early in morning so i do need sleep. I want to stop taking them because of the weigh gain, im constantly at gym have lost some weight but feels like am working so hard but my efforts arnt as good as my younger years, also i just want a healthier lifestyle and think im ready to come off this medicine, im hoping that do achieve this and would like any support from other people in this situation ?? X

Aw it really does mess with your life, iv been on and off medication for years, am going to try and stay off for good.....after i hopefully get off these am going to get off the amptitripline ( bad spelling lol) .... So for ur muscle weakness whats your like because am always aching and have bad back thats another reason why i go to gym, its so so painfully i cant sleep a full night thro it, its wakens me thru night, my body has been worn out by having 4 kids n think this is the cause but with u saying that maybes it isnt?? Do u take pain killers for musles??.....and the vision thing?? Is it blury?? X

It's very hard. Saw dr. Friday went from 50xr servo quell he told me to cut it in half and the extended release becomes regular seroquel. It's my 3 rd night tonight. Plus I had to get down and off cymbalta( another bad side effect drug. Down to 30 mg and he said to stop and gave me 20 mg Prozac to start. I was on Prozac before and no side efforts. 

I feel nausea, terrible headaches, jittery, anxiety, very aggitative, dizzy, terrible sweats, stomach cramping, can't sleep or eat losing weight. 

 

Its a nightmare. He said to stay on 25 mg seroquel for 1 month then stop it. You should read ( tips on withdra

 

I am diagnosed with PTSD and started taking seroquel for sleep disturbances and psychotic episodes. After having a year sober I started remembering and reliving past abuse experiences from my childhood. I wanted the nightmares, flashbacks and triggers to stop. I was only on 25mg of seraquil for about a year and it helped but at what cost? I'm on day 7 without it, so far I've had major muscle aches in my left arm and chest, thought I was having a heart attack, nausea, insomnia and itchiness. on only 25 mg and I actually even tapered down for a week to half a pill. this is scary.

I think I would rather just put up with being triggered into episodes and just calm down on my own and deal with the dreams with meditation and art therapy then these pills. getting rid of my angry abusive ex eliminated one trigger for my episodes. here is a thought~ why don't we medicate abusers and doctors instead and the rest of us can live in peace.

I'm reading this really interesting book called "rethinking madness" the author interviewed cured schizophrenics who went off their meds and processed their psychosis. the book argues that psychosis is a renewal process by the unconscious psyche which attempts to reorganize the self image or world image that is unbearably limiting in the individual. so in a weird way a psychotic episode can be a good thing, it is a fractured psyche trying to heal itself. we stop this healing process with all our pills which just bring on different problems.

wishing everyone perseverance and hope.

kili

 

 

When i was 14 years old they theated me with 900mg seroquel... I was getting panic attacks, did sleep everyday about 14 hours and when they gave me the seroquel in the morning i fall asleep on the couch within half a hour.... I did become depressed, stressed and saw no opportunity left then starting to think if it would be better to kill myself... After beggin about 1,5 years to the doctor and my mother to stop this medication, and after they said no about 4 times they putted me in a psychiatric clinic again and said i was rebellious.... Then they switched docters, and some very kind docter said i was very ill... I probaly needed more seroquel....I wasn't able to take much more, so i called my dad(my parents are devorced) and told him about the situation...He came as soon as he could get a meeting with these docters, and finally they stopped the 900mg seroquel...I've been trhough more of this kind of dramatic experiences, but now that im 18 years old i am still having bad dreams about this...Is there anyone with the same problematic youth out there?Note: This isn't the whole story!!

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I didn't try to give up, just went away for 4 days, horrible night, cold sweats all night and hallucinations. everytime I closed my eyes I started seeing things. Had to shorten my visit and return home to take my meds 50mg, took another 2 nights to calm down and sleep. I demanded an appointment with my shrink, I will see him tuesday and demand another pill.

Rotten medication, poison, should be banned.

I was on  seroquel for eight years. It back in November i made the choice to stop. In those eight years i gained about 80 lbs which was the start of other medical issues caused by my being overweight... The entire month of November was hell. I literally could not leave the house and was lucky if i could get out of bed....the first three weeks i wished i was dead. Fever, sweating, headaches,tremors,  muscle pain, days without sleeping, irritability, constant vomiting, no appetite just to name a few of the withdrawal symptoms. When i mention these i cannot put into words the severity of how badly i felt.

Today Feb 12 I still sleep about 4-5 hours a night at most. I still have persistent nausea (although i find a small amount of pot helps ease the discomfort and allows me to be able to eat). The headaches still cause the most grief for me.

I have, however, lost about 30 lbs and am able to function for the most part. The medical issues that i experienced from my weight gain have since disappeared. Even tho i do not sleep much, i do have more energy and do not feel the fog anymore...and to be honest despite the fact that i am experiencing unpleasant withdrawal symptoms STILL    I do feel I made the right decision. As each week passed each symptom became less daunting.... They are there but I can manage it. 

im coming off seroquel slowly and cymbalta due to the fact im trying to get pregnant. im now on 25mg seroquel every 2nd night for 4 weeks then twice a week for 4 weeks then stop and cant sleep the nights i dont take it. doing cymbalta abit slower than that. ive put on 30kgs over the past 10 years with my different depression meds and want to lose the weight ive put on. i have a very supportive doctor since having a miscarriage 3 months ago and just want to feel good about everything, since meeting my husband i dont have the anxiety i had or severe mood swings

reduce at a rate of 10% every two months, this gives your body time to start producing its own hormones in response to the reduction - once you get to a half your original dose you may need to slow down the withdrawal to 10% reduction of the HALF dose, if you withdrawa faster than this it can cause seizures - seizures can cause post-ictal symptoms (including post-ictal psychosis) that can last for 3 months and cause amneesia (so you may not even realise you had a seizure) I believe this is exactly what happened to James Holmes as he showed all signs of seizure activity (dilated pupils, profuse sweating, relaxed and sleepy post-seizure and suffered amnesia after the post -ictal psychosis) Try and visit a chinese herbalist if the withdrawal symptoms get too bad, they are really good and really know their stuff! Also, if you suffer from social anxiety and depression in general you may want to be tested for mild higher-functioning autism.

Psychosis is fairly easily brought on by sustained stress, it doesn't have to be major, just mild constant stress that depletes B vitamins etc, soon as your B vitamin stores are depleted you can suffer neurological symptoms, watch 'zombie alligators' its a natureshock programme (I think by the BBC) and it showed how a B vitamin deficiency turned alligators into unresponsive 'zombies' because their neurological functions just shut down completely! I was recently diagnosed with a vitamin D deficiency, it had been causing all kinds of illness, had culminated in nerve damage and I eat a healthy diet (no drink or drugs either) and yet I had such a deficiency I had sustained nerve damage! So, it is well worth either checking for deficiencys or visiting a herbalist/chinese herbalist as well as avoiding stress. . .if you are prone to stress/anxiety etc it could be that you have mild higher functioning autism which responds well to cutting out gluten and dairy. . . drugs are a big no-no for autism sufferers as they have a more permeable blood brain and gut barrier which means that more of the meds gets into the blood and crosses into the brain, they can become either 'zombified/doped up' or suffer medication induced psychosis, they also suffer much more severe withdrawal symptoms because their brain obviously receives higher doses whilst they are medicated.

Do NOT come off this medication faster than 10% every two months or you can get withdrawal psychosis or even seizures (which cause a post ictal state that can last 3 months and includes psychosis) It takes approx 2 months for your body to start reproducing its own hormones in response to the withdrawal each time you reduce your dose. . .my brother was on this med for 10 years and he got seizures and post-ictal psychosis from withdrawing suddenly from half his original dose cos he got overconfident from his succesful weaning off down to that half dose. . .just go steady and make sure you have a good care plan in place in case you get any severe withdrawal symptoms : )

Reduce no faster than 10% every two months to give your body chance to start reproducing its own hormones in response to the withdrawal, any faster than this and you can get some awful withdrawal symptoms!

I was put on 950mg of Seroquel 8 years ago. I was at the time diagnosed with Anorexia and was given it to sleep. I should have NOT been given such a high dose and with the right nutrition and weight gain im sure my sleep would have returned to normal.

Over the years after seeing a new doctor i got down to 550mg a night. However after recovering from the Anorexia and trying to lead a normal life i had to get off the Seroquel. Every morning was hell, i would wake up with a huge hangover and couldnt even move my mouth to talk.

So im currently in a clinic withdrawing from it. I withdrew from Effexor last year and spent 6 weeks in bed at home. I couldnt do that again so decided to get help

I came down very fast in a week in here - currently still in hospital. This is my second day on nothing. THe first night i only slept an hour and was so exhausted my body was aching. I tried to nap but still couldnt sleep. So last night i took a mild antihistamine to help. They said its not addictive and while im going through the withdrawls to take it.

So far ive only had bad nausea, sweats and just feeling like c**p. Considering how bad the Effexor withdrawl was im so far very lucky. Im on anti nausea meds atm.... and just taking it easy.

I suggest not trying to do it on your own. Its too hard and stressfull. Get help if you can otherwise do it very very slowley.

I need to go back to work and being in hospital they had me going down in 100's per night then 50 and 25 was for one night. That is extreemly fast and i dont reccommend it unless you are in a safe environment.

When i came off Effexor i had electric shocks going through my body, vomiting, diahrea, food cravings and was turned off the smell and certain foods, i was weak. shaking, crying... 6 weeks of hell. I ended up spending the last week in this place because i mentally and physically couldnt handle it anymore. This is nothing compared to that.