Seroquel withdrawal round 2

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Rebound insomnia is SO MUCH FUN. Not. I am literally only able to sleep for however long the xyrem lasts. Since it has such a short half life, that’s been 4 hours. So I’ve gotten 4 hours of sleep the past 3 nights in a row :crazy_face::crazy_face: Getting pretty delirious. Reasonably concerned about my symptoms acting up. But what can I do…I have to get over this withdrawal. It’s just horrible. Has anyone here quit seroquel before? How long did it take you to be able to sleep again?

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Did you quit cold turkey?

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I was already on the lowest possible dose when I came off :disappointed: maybe I should try to split that too?

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When I tapered off risperidone 15mg I just took 6mg for 5 days and then just quit. I had no withdrawal. But when I stopped amisulpride I had nausea

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Many months ago I took a much lower dose of Seroquel for a few days. I felt really exhausted and didn’t feel good. @Anna I’ve noticed you mention difficulties with a few medications. All I can suggest is follow doctors advice.

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I split it as best I could. Thanks it’s a good idea. (It’s not ER or anything so it is safe to split)

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I’m supposed to go off seroquel entirely because it’s not safe to take with my new med. I was only on a low dose for sleep.

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Seroquel can go to hell.

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Lol that’s my mood right now as well.

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I stopped Seroquel a few months back. Was taking 25mg for sleep. Step 1: took 3/4 pill for 2 weeks then 2. 1/2 a pill for 2 weeks 3. 1/4 (2 weeks) then stopped and had trouble sleeping for about 10 to 15 days.

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Wow 25mg seems really low compared to hundreds of milligrams people with sz on monotherapy with it have to take. But I know that is what is taken for sleep.

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Cool that sounds much better than when I stopped 50 mg the first time, nearly 2 months later I was still having awful insomnia

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Totally, really low dose. And still i had trouble sleeping throughout the whole lowering process.

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I went from 800, to 600, to 400, to 200, to 100 and finally to 0 once. At 0 it took me a few days to sleep roughly normal again. But I’ve always been a very proficient sleeper.

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Oh dang you dropped straight from 100 and adjusted in a few days? Impressive.

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