seroquel

[shannon741]

Iam on seroquel and Iam coming off of it and iam on 400mg and once i take it iam out like a light and i canlt hear anything for the night and iam having a trouble waking up in the morning and iam feeling not to good my doctor is lowering them doese by doese but there has been times i havent been taking them at all and then i take them and when i do i feel really bad after that and i need get off of them because they have made me gain wieght and iam getting more sleep then i should be have been on them for about 21/2 years and i just need to get off of them so i can think more clearly but if i quit cold turckey what will happen to me. I want to stop them but Iam afriad that i will lose my sleep i did in the past with different meds that i was on and i couldnt sleep for about month or so and it took awhile to get all that meds out but now iam wanting to get off of the seroquel badly but iam afraid to quit cold turkey can anybody help me and what would i go through or iam better to let my doctor to lower the does little by little shannon

[cornyguy]

Yes you are right.It has to be tapered slowly.

[Jitterbugg]

I cold came off seroquel by my self I was on 600mg every day. It made me a walking zombie  and well, it was time for me. I got soooooooooooooo sick. I could never be a addict cause comming off this med sucked I could only imagine comming off something more. Its dangerous comming of mood altering meds in the first place thats why ur doc slowly takes you off. Be patient and good luck.

[ILADVOCATE]

There are a wide range of antipsychotics out there, the newest and the least likely to cause weight gain and sedation being Abilify, Saphris and Fanapt (the antipsychotic agent I take is still in Phase II FDA study but that class of antipsychotics the NMDA receptor modulates is showing very promising results as regards long term and short side effect profile and efficacy and in myself has promoted a full recovery, google "Dr. Javitt, glycine"). There are many FDA approved mood stabilizers as well:
http://www.psycheducation.org/depression/meds/moodstabilizers.htm
Firstly you need a replacement for the Seroquel as what it is treating will return otherwise. Secondly even in transfering to another medication you will get some withdrawal symptoms as I did in the past when transfering from Seroquel to Risperdal which were fatigue and minor flu like withdrawal symptoms which pased in time and were not a problem. Follow your psychiatrist's titration schedule and ask them about available options.

[cornyguy]

All these meds have to be tapered and stopped under your doctor's supervision.Please dont stop them.

[PrettyKiity808]

seroquel is a horrible med and gave me so many side effects. try and see if you can get on a better med.