It should take about 2-3 months to get off seroquel. You should stay at each step-down dose for at least 10-20 days and see a physician for the side effects. My physician was able to prescribe me...
I disagree. seroquel absolutely made me gain weight. As soon as I stopped taking it, the pounds came right off. I lost 15 pounds after the first month....
the insomnia could last for weeks. it takes about two months of weaning off seroquel and your body adjusting to it before you can really sleep well again, so just stopping it cold turkey... you might...
:P i would never tan. its so bad for you....
wow nevermind.. just looked it up, got my answers. gosh theyre expensive!...
What's the info on mood lights? is it a regular lamp with a weird lightbulb? do you have to buy a whole lamp too? I always wanted to try it. it's one hour a day near the lamp yeah?...
I went to a new doctor today (a medical doctor, not a pdoc) I scheduled the appointment weeks ago because he is my new primary care physician. he is also my moms and she highly highly recommended...
After i stopped taking it (finals week of all weeks to do so) i just felt horrible. heartburn so bad i couldnt eat for days. didnt sleep for days. had to pee every 2 minutes. finally just went back...
I went to the health center today and sat there for two hours while they ran tests and couldn't figure out what was up.. for three days now it just constantly feels like i have to pee.. not just a...
just a heads up, most banks have online websites now that you can track your money without a checkbook! maybe its time to give up that responsibility...
I know for a fact that if I quit seroquel cold turkey I won't be able to sleep. I stayed overnight somewhere a month into taking it and I didnt have it with me and after everyone else fell asleep.. I...
i have some non xr that i will be cutting in half actually. my next appt with my pdoc is in almost 2 months....
i'm quiting my meds without telling my doctor. i know. bad me. but you don't understand my reasons for doing this and i really have to and my pdoc WOULDNT let me. so i'm doing it myself. i was on...
I've had a lifetime battle with stomach and intestinal pain that I've never found the cause of, but I also have bipolar. The bipolar has been a hard diagnosis to accept, and I wish I could cure it....
I'm working 28 hours a week now at a new job and I love it. I got all my homework done in advance so I'm just relaxing when I get home from work.. and I'm making so much money. I need $1500 by the...
For me , I always thought caffeine didn't have an effect on my moods. But I decided to cut it out of my diet anyway as an experiment. I also quit smoking cigarettes. (Caffeine and nicotine are both...
You should buy the book "Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder". You can get it from pretty much any book store, it's amazing for helping bipolar relationships. It really helped me....
Let's see.. have to fill out the application and all the questions for the RA position, and I have one more recommendation to collect.. then I have an essay to write, and three pages of Russian...
I actually was hired yesterday by an Italian supermarket and they are going to be giving me a lot more hours and $9 an hour so I am kind of glad I got fired....
Ended up getting a 96% on my linguistics test and a 113% on my russian test. the semester is half over and I am soooo happy that soon I will be done and christmas will be here....
I'm very active with my school's clubs, in this case the school's russian club. So next month the russian club was planning a trip to NYC to go to a russian museum and spend the day as a group in the...
I admit I went for the extra credit :tongue: but I was only going to stay for 15 minutes and I ended up completely entranced by the performers. A Russian cellist Borislav Strulev and pianist Maxim...
thank you Caren :) hugs.....
About a month ago I nearly went into the hospital for my illness. I was very near taking my life and in my desperate state I reached out to my former boss, who had helped me in the past when I was...
I miss posting here. I've been so upset for so long and I let it's genetic get inside my head and make me want to give up posting here. But I don't want to. I need an outlet to share how I'm feeling...
i'm still a teenager.. almost 19.. when I was younger they gave me lamictal and it didn't have any bad side effects really....
watch out for the 5-htp! it can cause serotonin syndrome if you mix it with psychiatric drugs!...
The last really bad episode I had was brought on by several things: i was hypomanic and under a lot of stress and that led to me drinking a lot of coffee and smoking a lot of cigarettes (like 15...
this morning about 10 minutes ago i was walking up the stairs to my building and i started getting these 'flashes', if youve ever experienced them from a medication you'll know what i'm talking...
I'm happy that you will no longer be replying to my threads, I have never been more insulted....
first of all for everyone insinuating that i am an alcoholic and need AA, this is the first time i have ever gone out and bought alcohol for myself and gotten drunk like that. i'm struggling. i feel...
as far as the depression goes.. yes, i consider myself depressed. whether i'm suicidal or not doesnt matter, i feel like i'm in this constant state of unhappiness that i probably feel relief from for...
as far as me forbidding him from talking to his friend, he admitted he had feelings for her and when i was going through a rough patch wanted to cheat on me with her, so i think that i have grounds...
i do suffer from anxiety as well. my pdoc put me on buspar recently to help with that, but i've read that it's only a temporary fix. it seems like theres nothing out there that will help me on a...
its genetic: 1. Do you feel that you are stable enough at this point to make a decision to go to Paris, since that's the only place you are happy? I do, and I'm trying to hold off on buying tickets...
i've been looking at plane tickets for the last hour and seriously contemplating just packing up and going to france. tickets are on sale right now and i just want to get a credit card and buy them...
yes he does. i just started it last month. before my bipolar got out of control i was on depo. i think it's what sent me into my worst depression so far. depo is evil. i take the lowest dose bc pill...
right now i'm fine. i got drunk again last night and i woke up okay. no mood swings. about to go get breakfast with my boyfriend. i did forget to take my anxiety medication two days in a row because...
i have a part time job that i love, but it pays next to nothing. there are no other jobs available really....
and i haven't had a single moodswing since tuesday, before i started drinking. i don't really think alcohol affects me in that way. i've been thinking about trying a gluten-free diet to see if that...
i got depressed on tuesday and bought a box of wine,ive just been drinking it nonstop througout the day so sive been tipsy or drunk for the last hree days.. im really just sick of school and cnnt...
seroquel does give you vivid dreams i think. i also have started talking in my sleep since i started seroquel. its nothing major, but if someone rouses me from deep sleep, i will talk to them and not...
ps this is hilarious :P...
watch out that the glass jar doesn't explode!!...
i went to withdraw from it today and they wouldnt let me because i have three holds on my account, i owe a lot of money on my tuition :( but i have another month before the withdraw period ends....
the regular seroquel wasn't working for me anymore, and the fact that i couldnt take naps was driving me nuts. the pdoc said i would be able to nap on the seroquel xr but ive been having racing...
ever since my dose was lowered from 300mg to 200mg xr, i can't sleep, i constantly feel plagued by unpleasant side effects (i feel like walking death right now and i have for days now) and its not...
my current goal: swimming 3-4 nights a week. my future goal: swimming 5 nights a week, running 3 mornings a week, elliptical at the gym 3 days a week. my boyfriend has committed to doing all of this...
the doc lowered my seroquel and it is insanely hot tonight. i have my fan on but right now i'm moody and for some reason i just cannot STAND! the sound of a fan!! it's blowing on me so that i can...
just got home from the doc's... he lowered my seroquel to 200mg and changed it to xr, said i should sleep better and be able to take naps on it now. he also put me on buspar? because i said the...