Posted by obsidian on November 27, 2008, at 22:25:11
In reply to Seroquel Compliant, posted by dayandnight on November 27, 2008, at 13:59:41
the problem with seroquel for me is that it is so freaking sedating and secondly, I don't even remember who I am without medications. I take 50mgs of seroquel too, although somewhat irregularly as of late.
One thing I know it does is keep me from ruminating. At night was the time I remember I would think and think and think, and it seemed to get bigger and bigger, and it was so hard to calm my mind down.
If I am really depressed then I don't question the medication too much, because I just want to feel ok, and/or if I am irritable and sensitive to every little freaking thing then I don't mind the medication either. Sometimes though I just want to be "me" whoever that is supposed to be. I look back now and I can see times before I got on medication that I really, really could have used it, and that's too bad.
Somebody said to me once in reaction to some desire I had to get off medication that I should give myself 6 months of doing really well in order to think about going off something.
There are so many things I have difficulty dealing with...it takes all my strength really. I wish it wasn't the way it is. The medication comes with its own problems...sometimes I just feel "dull".
So, the answer in short is yes, I do struggle with being on the medication- especially seroquel!
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