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I've been staying with them for a week now, I wasn't able to take care of myself.
I went off the Seroquel again a week ago and for a day or so it was fine. Then a lot of withdrawal came on. Primary ones being nausea, anxiety, crying, weakness/fatigue. Minor ones are/were palpitations, tingling in my fingers, itching, nasal congestion, hot/cold flashes, tired eyes and strange vision.
Nausea is the worst, it keeps me from eating anything normal and ramps my anxiety into the red. A few nights ago it progressed to dry vomiting at night. First night was mild, only two spells. Second was worse and last night was debilitating, spent all night throwing up an empty stomach. No more than three hours of sleep. A couple of nights ago I had a severe headache that put me down, but the next one was a milder headache.
There is some good news: The restless leg syndrome is gone, head acne is very mild (was bad for years). Falling asleep is not difficult, I was able to sleep 5 hours until the recent vomiting kept me up. Otherwise was able to crash at about 7pm. Three days ago I felt completely normal for half the day, then had a headache and that messed everything up. And yesterday for about 4-5 hours I felt healthy and had an enormous appetite, ate my first real meal. My stomach has been growling for the last few days.
My parents have been supportive, gave me a room to sleep in and companionship. There's one cat I get along with, my little brother, and the neighborhood is nice enough to walk in the park for exercise. There's very few people there due to the recent health scare.
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P.S. My son was also on Seroquel for quite some time, but he played with it and kept cutting his tablets in half and not being consistent. I don't blame the Seroquel, but his actions contributed to his further downfall.
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@lisalucier @chrisjc Not trying to tell you what to do, but I come from an extended family of people with mood disorders, many who are self-medicating with alcohol (one who literally drank himself to death). My own son was on and off with his meds and then stopped taking them altogether. He has been an alcoholic for many years. He started drinking about age 18 and he is now 35 and living on the streets. I have not seen him in over a year and a half and have no idea where he is so please understand when I stress that your Seroquel situation REALLY concerns me. I have been on and off various psych drugs for 30 years and I know it can be a hellish experience.
What about the doc who prescribed this for you, has he been of no help? I have gone off and on Seroquel, various doses, sometimes tapering, sometimes just going off, depending on the dose. I don't like the med because of my weight and Diabetes. My doctor has ALWAYS given me another medication to take in addition to the drug I am tapering off of to ease the withdrawal symptoms and then sometimes switched me to another drug or just did not replace it. Just curious if you are going off of this drug on your own because you don't like it or if you are working with or have consulted a physician who is competent to deal with mood disorder meds. I know many of these medications have terrible side effects and some definitely are addictive and all should be tapered off, but have you considered that you need to talk to a doc about an alternate medication? Please don't play with this type of med on your own. It can be very dangerous! I am fortunate in that for the past many years, I have had a PC Doc who is well versed in mood disorders and medications as he is a sufferer and also had a daughter who ended her own life. He is much more accessible than psychiatrists sometimes are. Finding a PC doc willing to treat mental health is rare though. Please be cautious and keep us up to date on your progress.
I'm so glad that your family is in this with you! My family has saved my life many times when I was unable to function.