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Getting off of Seroquel

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@malloryrene

Hi, I’m also new here and was brought to this thread by my own search about Seroquel and the withdrawal process. I was on Seroquel for about 5 years for bipolar disorder. Like most people, I started off on 100mg, was increased to 200mg, before finally getting on my dosage of 300mg. Unfortunately, my husband started working for a new company in July 2019 and with it our insurance at the time expired. Our new insurance wouldn’t kick in until September 1st so I took my last dose of Seroquel on July 29th. I know that it is not wise to stop taking this medication abruptly, but I had no choice. Seroquel is very pricey without insurance. Thankfully I haven’t had any manic or depressive episodes. It’s now been almost 60 days since I stopped taking the medication, but I’m still suffering with daily nausea. How long is this supposed to last?

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Hi, @malloryrene - that is sure a hard place to be to not have insurance to cover an expensive medication for a bit and feel forced to quit. Good to hear you have not had any manic or depressive episodes, but the nausea daily sounds difficult to deal with.

Wanted to suggest you might check out this thread on bipolar https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/bi-polar-issues

I also wanted to invite members in this thread like @lla2019 @jakedduck1 @brucerwilson @cameo009 @sqnomore @kwilder01 to return to this discussion to offer any insights they have on how long the nausea resulting from stopping the quetiapine (Seroquel) may last.

Is your nausea constant, malloryrene, or does it come and go throughout the day?