Hello, new here. I've been coming off seroquel for a couple of weeks now. Was able to taper 50mg at a time (starting from 300mg) with no side effects but after I got off completely, that's when the problems started. James, thanks for all of your feedback.

I've noticed something among other members that's also affecting me: I'll sleep one night and feel ok for most of the next day, then not be able to sleep the next night and lie awake with riddling anxiety. I used to have itchiness, but that went away about four days ago. Also cried a lot but that seems to have subsided. A few nights ago, I would close my eyes and have a terrible panic attack then be jolted awake and feel terrified.

I tried to use ativan to help the withdrawals for a few nights but it only worked once. I tried klonopin, 0.5mg during the last night I slept. I dont know if it helped. Also worth mentioning is that I tapered from 1.3mg of klonopin since last july and have been clean for just over a month, I did it at 0.05mg per 2 weeks, as the ashton manual says. I dont want to go back on the klonopin for fear of becoming dependent again.

Around the same time I cut the seroquel, I was also tapering paxil. I've been on the paxil, same dose, for over a week now and believe it to be stabilized.