Posted by Romana Marie on April 28, 2005, at 21:33:00
Hi, I have been taking Seroquel for 3 years now at a level of 600 mg/day (I am 5'3" approx. 120 lbs) I take it for bipolar w/ Psychotic episodes.
The side effects have finally overcome the benefits of what was an effective med. I went down from 600 to 0 in a matter of ten days and I feel like hell. Sweats, shakes, sh*ts, nausea, INTENSE muscle cramping, debilitating headaches. I'm being switched to Geodon and was unsure of what was Seroquel withdrawl vs. Geodon side effect. Have stopped taking everything as of 48 hrs in an attempt to detoxify. Am wait listed for seeing a doc @ public clinic so the switch feels like it is happening basically unsupervised - the doc knows I'm suffering these effects and have chosen to let the symptoms die down before re-introducing Geodon, so will be unmedicated for a while. I'm a little scared. Doc can't see me again for another 3 weeks or so. Has anybody out there come off a big and prolonged dosage of Seroquel? How was it? HOw long did it take to stop feeling so intensely crappy? Is it just me?
poster:Romana Marie
thread:491212
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