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Can anybody share about being on SEROQUEL?
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: May 25, 2022 | Replies (91)Comment receiving replies
@derryman
I came across several of your posts from 2017. I'm wondering how you are? What progress have you made?
Years ago, my psychiatrist prescribed Seroquel for treatment of insomnia and off label as an anti-depressant.
Seroquel was intolerable. I had to call 911 because I couldn't swallow. It caused such "dry mouth" that I had no saliva...no moisture within my mouth. Water didn't help. The EMTs considered it an allergic reaction, put me on an IV, and my psychiatrist tapered me off of it.
In a follow,-up Gene-site test, Seroquel was listed in the red zone--to be avoided.
I'm curious. Were you seeing a psychiatrist or a primary care provider?
I hope by now that you are well.
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I was prescribed Seroquel by a psychiatrist and after GeneSight testing Seroquel is NOT a drug I should be taking as well as the Tramadol for pain. Weaning off both done with the Tramadol and almost off Seroquel. Now I am beginning to receive treatment at StMary’s Physiatry. She never asked me why I was feeling suicidal until my fifth teleahealth appointment (pain)by she I am referring to the psychiatrist.At Physiatry they are doing testing to help me with pain. My first test is next week a Medial Branch Block in my cervical spine.It has taken over two years and three PCP’s to get this far. A call toCrisis is how I connected with the Psychiatrist because I could not find anyone else to help and I was desperate.Seroquel sucks. I am doing much better without Seroquel.
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I have since changed psychiatrists but my last one had me taking 350mg of Seriquel an hour before bedtime which rendered me unable to walk without my wife’s assistance. Upon waking at 5:30am each day I was instructed to take another 100mg at 6am. At noon I was prescribed Adoral to counter effect the Seriquel and make the rest of the day comfortably better. I was basically being slammed down and then violently yanked in the other direction.
I was acting out in the most inappropriate ways and was hurting the very people that loved me.
I knew that I had to find a new Dr that was not a pill pusher!! My current Dr is a Harvard trained pharmacologist as well as being a well seasoned psychiatrist so both of my criteria were met. I cannot emphasize enough that your first visit to a new Dr should actually be YOU interviewing him/her until your comfort level is met.
Long story short, it has taken me about 8 months to be weaned off of the former meds and to get my life back on track.
My biggest concern right now is to mend things with all of those that I hurt (No Violence) with words… I think that it’s very possible that they were actually more painful.