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Posted by brutis on July 14, 2008, at 18:51:12
Has anybody quit seroquel without tapering off
Posted by Sky Brite Line on July 14, 2008, at 21:12:54
In reply to seroquel, posted by brutis on July 14, 2008, at 18:51:12
yes. No withdrawl. It never worked. 100mg nightly. Slowed down thoughts but not the "aura", or active brain electricty.
I had no problem with going off it.
Posted by Phillipa on July 15, 2008, at 0:00:44
In reply to Re: seroquel, posted by Sky Brite Line on July 14, 2008, at 21:12:54
Yes but was only on it l day. I had a lot of drying of lips and skin. That's it. Phillipa
Posted by yxibow on July 15, 2008, at 2:36:22
In reply to seroquel, posted by brutis on July 14, 2008, at 18:51:12
> Has anybody quit seroquel without tapering off
Yes and its BAD. A very BAD idea. That is unless you're on 25 or 50mg for sleep or something. I've been there, scared of side effects and other reasons, 3 times. But like they say, I suppose everyone is different.
If you're on a dose like 200 or 400, and you've been on it for a while, you must taper down slowly or two or three things could happen:
a) you have a massive spike in anxiety
b) you have a massive spike in anxiety and you have to go to the hospital
c) you have withdrawal dyskinesia.
WD, withdrawal dyskinesia is almost completely a temporary phenomenon, but you don't want to be going through tremors and every type of EPS imaginable for the next few weeks.
Not trying to sound polemic, but its a fact of APs. The only reason for halting would be an AIMS test that began to show something convincingly Tardive or NMS syndrome.
-- best wishesJay
Posted by brutis on July 15, 2008, at 6:02:30
In reply to Re: seroquel » brutis, posted by yxibow on July 15, 2008, at 2:36:22
I have been on 75 mg for a couple of years.Has anyone been on it long term and stopped taking it?
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