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Getting off of Seroquel

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@buzzy1

Hi, i was diagnosed with Bipolar around 9 years ago and have Been taking Quetiapine ever since. As much as I think this was a great drug to start with as it really helped me, I've decided to come off it by slowly tapering as the cons by far outweigh the pros and I want to feel like me again. Alls I seem to feel most days is lethargic and tired and I've had enough. So far I've come down from 300mg each night (with a zopiclone) to 200mg(with a zopiclone(over the past 7 days and it seems to be going well so far. My intentions now are to drop down by 25mg every 2 weeks. Any advice would be hugely appreciated. Thankyou 🙂🙃

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Hi @buzzy1, I will start by welcoming you to Mayo Clinic Connect. Glad you found the community. Connect is a patient forum and not monitored by Mayo physicians, but suggestions and personal experience is shared between members. I am happy to hear that you are slowly tapering off rather than going cold turkey.
You will see that I moved your post to this discussion regarding getting off of seroquel (Quetiapine) so you can read other members dealings and maybe connect with one of them.
Nine years is quite a long time. Are you being monitored by your physician to make sure you avoid heavy withdrawal?