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Getting off of Seroquel
I have been on 300 mgs. Seroquel ER for over a year for augmenting my antidepressant which is 45 mgs. Of Mirtazapine. I decided to try and get off of the Seroquel. I was on 300mgs ER (extended release). I titrated down to 250 mg ER for 2 months without too many problems.than i titrated down to 200mgs ER just 5 days ago. My plan is to try to titrate off using ER tablets. My thinking is that perhaps the drug will remove its self from my system more gradually. I have had some nausea and a couple of episodes of diarrhea. I also have a very irregular heart beat and was started on 60 mgs of Propranolol ER (extended release) 4 weeks ago. It seems to be helping my heartbeat. I have wondered if the nausea and light headness is from the Propranolol, a Beta Blocker, or the dose reduction of the Seroquel. I also wonder if the way iam titrating the Seroquel is safe. My doctor says it will only take a couple of weeks...I think that is too fast of a taper after being on a drug for over a year. What do you think?
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Wean off but notify your provider
My wife started Seroquel for insomnia. It made it much worse. She has taken 50 MG per day. For only 3 days. Can she stop this cold turkey after this short time on the drug? If not, how would you taper down.
She can just stop in my opinion. And only took a total of 150 mgs. She’ll be fine.
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After a year taking Seroquel 50mg every night I’ve noticed some swollen looking on my face so I decided to stop at once. I’ve been dealing with sleeping problems since I stopped 3 days ago and I hope these eventually disappear. My concern is the facial swollen appearance and light weight gain… would these eventually disappear too? Thanks.
Yeah, I was on it for at least a year although I don’t remember the dosage. It helped my sleep incredibly. The combination of antipsychotics with SSRI’s is a good one if you can tolerate the side effects. Unfortunately, I developed Tardive Dyskenisea, those weird mouth movements/grimacing. I didn’t even know it until I saw myself on a Zoom recording and was shocked. I then had to decide between being able to sleep or the TD. Man it was a toss up. I even tried Ingrezza which is a new med specifically manufactured for TD. But that made me incredibly dizzy which was scary. So I finally got off the Seroquel, but it took over a year for the TD to stop and I actually thought I had the TD permanently. It really made me cry. 😢
Have now been taking Ativan with Vistaril but I’ll be the first to admit that I abused the Ativan because it also helped my headaches. So this has been unsuccessful because then I run out of the Ativan too early and then have worse insomnia, as in I might sleep once every 3 days. It’s a fricking battle. I’m seeing a new psychiatrist today. I am praying he can help me. My current psychiatrist is good but I see him as part of a university college and that means I have to see a new one every year and that really sucks big time. So, all I can say after 45 years of this crap is hang in there baby!!!
Hi , I am switching anti depressants but taking 50 mg of seroquel the last month. I feel like ampm getting worse. Wake up anxious everyday, the Ned only gets me 5 hours sleep anyway, I told my dr. She told me to get off it
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Hi I know this was a number of years ago now, but I was wondering how you went with insomnia and muscle twitching?