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I've been on 200 mg Seroquel at HS, tapered down to 75, sometimes only 50. Then 25 then 12.5. It took me almost a year. After 3 weeks on the lowest dose I could get down to, I stopped taking it. I have rapid thoughts that repeat. I'm a night owl. Tested at a sleep center,etc. Seroquel forces my brain to shut up. UNTIL I went off it. For weeks I had the repeated thoughts and...speaking them out loud. I could stop when around people. But alone, no, I was telling myself to shut up. Awful cycling that I've never had in past. So I had to go back on Seroquel for sleep! The daytime chatter stopped. I'd tried other sleep meds. I'd wake after 2 hours. My medical issues aren't off the charts. Depression, anxiety, (on Xanax low dose, thanks doctor. Now I get to detox off it too!) Doctor did not tell me Seroquel would do this to me. She did tell me after 5 years on Xanax that rules have changed (class med)so no more Xanax. I changed doctors. I want off Seroquel, puts pounds on you, you're blood work will be messed up. It raises your bad and lowers the good. Ups your blood sugar too. Main reason for this post is if you start talking to yourself more than normal, we all do a bit, but really bad cannot stop, it's cus you went off Seroquel. I wasn't manic, or having an OCD episode. I'm now self taught about all this and my new MD will help me get off it. I'm nearly 70. Too old to be dealing with this but, I have to. As we all are trying to do. Thanks for reading.
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Hi, I have some questions for you. Could you give me more details. "I've been on 200 mg Seroquel at HS, tapered down to 75, sometimes only 50. Then 25 then 12.5. It took me almost a year"
How long were you on each dose ? You did mention being on 12.5 for 3 weeks. When you went from 200 to 75 did you make that jump all at once ? Or did you have interim doses ? Sounds like after that you only went down by a little ? 75 to 50, 50 to 25, 25 to 12.5. How long were you on each dose ? I take Seroquel for anxiety. I have found that when I take extended release at night it controls my anxiety the next day without feeling tired. I often have to take Ativan in addition to fall asleep.
When I went from Seroquel 400 XR to Seroquel 350 XR and 25 regular I needed a lot more sleep. That is the weird thing that I am trying to figure out.
However I did develop a similar repeated thought problem that you did. However I have had this problem in the past. Doctors have said it was repetitive thinking -- some say that it is a type of OCD and some don't. I only do it when I'm alone. I don't say it out loud. I just pace around my apartment -- usually for an hour or more.
Since OCD is an anxiety disorder, for me I guess reducing seroquel has increased my anxiety.
Again even stranger -- reducing dose increases my sleep, but ups my anxiety.
There is another wrinkle however. To lessen how tired I am (even after 12 hours of sleep) I often take Provigil. It sometimes makes me hyper -- perhaps it is also making me more anxious.