Hi, i just recently returened to work after my 10 weeks of hospitalization, im on haldol depot 70.52mg, quetiapine 300mg, depakote 1000mg and trixephenidyl 6mg daily.
So my mania and psychosis have completely gone and i knew that 100mg quetiapine made me drowsy in the morning but i went with it (i take 200mg at night). So i got ready for work (i work as a barista), put on jeans, nice silk shirt and adidas shoed and took my morning medication: depakote, trixephenidyl and quetiapine. When i turned to work quetiapinr started to makr me super drowsy that i could barely make sense of all the orders i was receiving, i was sweating a lot because my employers are saving up on air con. I could barely stand and every cup looked such an effort i felt like if i was woken up in the middle of the night and was forced to work. I started complaining after 2 hours and managed to get a break (10mins for eating and smoking), but town centre was busy so i couldnt relax and i returned to work, i was so drowsy and tired that i could barely stand and my colleagues offered to let me go home early, but surprise surprise! After 5 hours of extreme drowsiness and jugging tons of coffee i got a little better and now they said i have to stay. When i said to my boss employers that i could barely stand because of medication - he laughed! Imagine, im working fot a company that focuses on handicapped people at work and i received almost no help today ( besides another smoke break). I am considering quitting or reducing to 20hrs a week. This day was hell to me, so my mom called the clinic and asked if i should be taking off quetiapine in the morning and she said that i can, so ill see how i feel tomorrow.
I don’t have any experience with those meds. Is the morning dose new?
I used to have that trouble with Geodon but it went away with time.
I’m glad you don’t have to take quetiapine in the morning. That should help a lot. I hope your next shift goes much better
I cannot imagine taking seroquel then going to work. Im glad you’re switching off it in the morning. It was cruel of your boss to laugh. I remember I have a friend who worked someplace and she would get panic attacks and faint. She asked the manager for help and she was told no one gets “special treatment.” Its not special treatment to provide accommodations for disability!! People can be so insensitive.
It’s impressing you can work on that combo!
You have to be strong person to do that. 
I’m having difficulties maintaining a much less demanding job on just a little olanzapine + amisulpride.
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