Sleep apnea is dangerous and terrifying, I'm glad you're able to stay well. My father has it too, sometimes he'll stop breathing for 20 or 30 seconds. I tapered from 1.3mg about a year ago because I was abusing it for several months and had some withdrawal. Lesson learned. It was easy, used the Ashton manual. It wasn't my intention to cease completely but for some reason I did. Now I know how useful it really is, the night terrors are very, very scary. I know there's so many horror stories but a significant amount of them come from addicts on high doses. I'm taking 0.5 at night and 0.25 morning and it helps. It's the lesser of two evils. I don't want to throw up all night and have panic attacks and feel like my life is about to end, I'll lose nights of sleep. The seroquel was keeping it all down, I recognize that now, but it's more dangerous to use than Klonopin (when you look at the side effects).

Back on topic about Seroquel, side effects: They gradually built over the years and most were not attributed to seroquel. Weight went from 140 to 190. Cholesterol spiked to over 200 with most of it being the bad cholesterol (130 or 140?). My hands also tingled and noticed my joints would not heal within a normal amount of time. My hand developed chronic pain and had surgery, it didn't fix the problem but as of the last few weeks it's suddenly feeling better. Could be anacdotal, who knows. Restless leg was another bad one, it was painful and went on for up to four hours a night, sometimes it would spread to my upper body. This is causes by a lack of dopamine, well documented that Seroquel is a culprit. And the last one is probably the worst: acne that turns into infections and cysts. Happened on my scalp all the time. I had to shave my head every week and tried special shampoos, nothing worked. The large bumps would usually pop and bleed out a few days later but occasionally had to be drained and treated with antibiotics. There was one incident, I bumped my forehead on something but it wasn't bad. Some time later, a cyst developed, it was large and painful. Needed to be drained and then I needed to see a surgeon. The surgeon shot it with a steroid and luckily, it went away. If it hadn't, they would have had to operate. It was high risk because the nerve that controls part of my eye was next to it. If it had gone wrong, I would have been permanently disfigured.

Since being off for a few weeks and now that the worst withdrawals have subsided: No more head acne, lost 20 pounds, cholesterol not checked yet, hands feel better, legs are better. I'm growing my hair now too! It feels nice, I've missed it.