Pdoc lead med reduction: honeymoon over?

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My pdoc took me off my depot and changed it to the oral version instead. The oral dose I have is a fair bit less in equivalence.

In addition they halved my quetiapine (seroquel) as they were worried about heart stuff.

I was really worried when I found out the quetiapine was getting halved. It s a difficult med to come off.

But to my delight life was great for 2 months! I was less sedated, more in the moment and things just seemed richer.

Anyway this last two weeks I have been feeling a bit ‘desperate’ for want of a better word.

Things are harder. I feel undermedicated if that makes sense.

I really don’t want to up my meds though. I am gonna leave it 4 weeks then I will see where the land lies

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Good luck with everything @el_Jimbobbio

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Thanks @Wave 151525

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I came off 800mg of qutiapine cold turkey a few years back.

It didn’t go well and I ended up on a depot.

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I hope things go ok @el_Jimbobbio

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Thanks @Qwerty 15151515

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Are you skipping any doses?

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It’s no good.
Honeymoon is devils road for sz people
Can you tell psychiatrist what you said here?

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@el _Jimbobbio
I hope things work out for you,

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Taking them like clockwork. I think maybe the depot it was in my system still for like 4-6 weeks.

Now it’s not and I think I need to increase my dose

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I think I will phone my nurse tomorrow. Where I am you contact your nurse first

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Thanks buddy 15151515

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That’s excellent news.

That sounds logical and reasonable. The injection could stay around in your system for ages.

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Sounds like your body still needs to adjust especially your mind..

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Think you might be right @anon54334749

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Good luck man, it’ll work out

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Things have been feeling a bit better these last 2 days. My friend said seroquel withdrawals can last months so it is likely that

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