Posted by Lyrical13 on January 10, 2004, at 7:10:01
In reply to Re: seroquel withdrawal syndromes? (side effects ), posted by crepuscular on March 16, 2002, at 14:09:35
Hi
I was looking for info on side effects when tapering off Seroquel and then I noticed several of you mentioned taking Seroquel for BP. My pdoc and I have just realized that I do not have depression w/ GAD but rather BP2. It's been in the back of my head for several years, but I didn't want to accept it. And I didn't even know there was more than one type of BP. But the more I read about BP2 it sounds like me.Here's the confusion...my pdoc is taking me OFF of Seroquel now that he thinks it's BP2. He says it's not the way he would go for that dx. I was originally put on it to boost the effects of Effexor for depression. I'm also on Synthroid for the same purpose. His plan is to get me off of Seroquel and Synthroid and start me on Lamictal as a mood stabilizer. The predicted end result is Lamictal alone or perhaps with a lower dose of Effexor to help with depression. So now I"m wondering...it sounds like you are taking Seroquel for BP but my pdoc says not for BP so now I don't really understand how that med works and for what dx.
The other thing is, I plan to taper down my Seroquel. My pdoc had said just to stop it, but I'm leery of stopping any med cold turkey. I am only on 50mg but I tend to be very sensitive to meds. I felt awful when I first started it at 25mg. The first 3 days I was nauseous and wiped out. I haven't had problems since then. Well, actually when I increased to 50mg I was so groggy that I fell down the last few stairs when I was coming down to let the dog out early in the morning. I called my pdoc and told him that I wanted to start tapering the Seroquel. He seemed unconcerned but said it was OK with him. I have an appt with him on Jan 21 so I wanted to start the taper now and see how I am then.
anyone have any thoughts on any of this?
thanks for listening
poster:Lyrical13
thread:84158
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