I got so sleepy from the Seroquel so I decided to tapper down on it. I’m now on 600 mg by mouth. The next week I’ll tapper out of it.
So the only meds I’ll take in the future is 500 mgs Clopixol depot every 3 weeks and 2 two anticolinergic side effectt pills by mouth.
I feel that the Clopixol takes care of all my psychosis and of thoughts and sleep without causing any hunger or weight issues
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Sounds like a very fast and rash taper. I mean it could cause a upset to taper off almost instantly from such a high dose. It might give sleep problems and other things.
I’m tapering off 7.5mg zyprexa and expect it to take many months, possibly a year or more, just saying. But best of luck however you decide to proceed.
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You know mr hope you are going from a very low to very very low dose. And I am going from a very high dose of antipsychotics to a high dose of meds.
I guess the police will show op in one month and take me to the mental ward for 72 hours and then I can leave again because I never was court ordered to the treatment ever.
I’m reinstating zyprexa with low dose seroquel.
I just think you would be better off tapering down slowly, take some time with it so you stay safe. Rushing stuff like this often does not end well. Unless you got doctors approval to quit. If you quit seroquel next week, the whitdrawal symptoms could be totally unpredictable.
Well at the moment I sleep far to much. I’ll of course follow your advice if I meat mental resistance to my tapering.
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I think @Mr_Hope has good thoughts.
@columbus I hope you will be ok without the seroquel. I think it has been helpful to you in the past. Side effects are really not fun. But if the medication works and helps a lot it might be best to keep taking it. At least talk to your dr about this I’d say. Best wishes to you!!
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I totally agree with you lippy but the waiting time for a scrink is 3 month in my country.
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Oh no! I had no idea. I’m sorry to hear this. That is a very long time.
That is not good. Same problem here. The pdocs wont even see me. I applied 4 times. But to be honest I came to the conclusion I think I’m better off with my GP who is easy to collaborate with and seems to understand me pretty well.
I guess I am lucky to have such a GP, but maybe this could be a option for you too. Some GP’s have a good understanding of the psychiatric field.
Mr hope you seem to be a wise man. And I’ve learnt that you must acknowledge wishdom. So I’ll stay on 600 mgs of Seroquel.
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Meds I’ve taken work for others better. I just realized people are different reactions. But I haven’t taken Seroquel for years. I was tired of going unconscious on Seroquel. Take it easy tell your pdoc too hugs
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I realize that not taking the amount of meds that your treatment team expects is called noncompliance and I don’t to set a bad example so I was allowed to go down to 750 mg so until later I’ll stay on that dose.
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I hope it helps you. Hugs