My new add-on diagnosis and medication

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Went to my pdoc after a long time. We had a pretty long and honest talk. I described her what I think about myself and how my thoughts refer to me in second person in a very very negative ways. I told her about depression and how it feels like when I’m feeling ‘too good’. Also about my feelings that people avoid me and find me worthless. Long story short.
She gave me a new med call Quetiapine ( its called just Q-pin here) 300mg daily and a new diagnosis ( I hope its temporary) F.29. Which happens to be " unspecified nonorganic psychosis".

So…yeah. I might even jump to sz/a section someday. Lol. Who tried Quetiapine so far?

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Quetiapine is a good med for me. It helps with my anxiety and mood swings, but not as much with my psychosis.

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Never heard of that one, hope it works for you and have to let us know how it does effect you.

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It’s just generic Seroquel.

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The nurse said its a new medication and she even made a fuss about prescribing it as an essential medication ( which means I don’t have to pay for it) because I didn’t have a psychosis diagnose before.
Yeah I too hope it will work.

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Lol I remember long time ago when notmoses told me I should try with seroquel.
I heard only good stuff about seroquel.

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This is what I have, my pdoc calls it voices… They’re thoughts that talk to us.

Welcome to the psychosis dx club, though. It sucks to be here :cake:

Hope the seroquel helps you :slight_smile:

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Quetiapine also marketed as seroquel, didn’t agree with me. But everybody is different.

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You had a side effects or it didn’t work?

One things she at least helped me with is my self guilt about work and this university opportunity that I missed. She said that I need to accept that I can’t work now and that doing what I do so far is good enough at the moment. I told her about the pressure that my family - specially my mum put on me but she said that I just need to find a nice words to put them in their place. It is not their business.
It brought a little relief.

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You had a side effects or it didn’t work?

It actually made me worse, I went bananas on it.

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Itz surely gonna give U good weight Gain…!!!

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Make sure you take it at the exact same time everyday.

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I don’t think I suffered weight gain on it. As with any antipsychotic, you should get regular blood tests.

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And Sara, be more proactive in your recovery, please! Go to regular appointments with your pdoc, find a therapist if you can, take your meds and don’t mess with them. (all of this was said in a paternizing tone of voice, sue me)

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Yeah there is always a risk of Diabetes with many Aps…!!!
People say its(Seroquel) bad at weight Gain …! People react differently to A_ps…!!
I am on olanzapine(Zyprexa) 5 mgs only but it gave me 15kg awful weight gain…!!!
Hope it Doesn’t give u a @Sarad weight gain…!! U look slim on picture u post…!!!
Have a good day both of u (@everhopeful & @Sarad ) .

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i hope not

good luck on your new med :slight_smile: hope it helps

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Yeah I agree, being sza is the worst thing that ever happened to me. Stuck on two high doses of antipsychotics and still psychotic :upside_down_face:

I never tried Seroquel, but I hope it helps.

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My friend is on Seroquel and he is super skinny. Don’t be afraid. Did your doctor say anything about your benzos?

Your doctor sounds pretty smart. I hope you can start to feel better soon.

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She is cool doc… actually so cool that sometimes it scares me off :smirk:
She suggested more physical activity…like going to fitness or something…which I never did in my life :scream:
Of course benzos are no-no. I’m dropping it…soon as I finish those I have left.

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Yeah minnii totally hear you there. My control appointment is already next week.
said with remorseful voice

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