Posted by KrissyP on March 2, 2003, at 13:31:57
In reply to Re: Any Seroquel Users Out There??? » KrissyP, posted by Mikey_C on March 2, 2003, at 3:04:05
Hey there,
Yes it sounds as if we are being treated by the same medicine route. I am not a doctor-but can you ask your doctor about lowering the dose of Seroquel? I found that when I did, the "zombie-like" feeling disappeared. I don't want to preach to you buddy, but my dad got into some heavy duty drug and alcohol use and his brain is fried at 68 years old-I watched him go through it-but hey-I can't dis because my drug of choice is nicotine and sweets. I hope you aren't doing too many drugs,you're 24-you got a great life waiting for ya! ANYWAY.....(see, I told you I didn't want to preach) ;)I hear ya about Celexa-tried that AD for about a year-no weight gain- but NO sex drive either-I had to go off it. If Effexor-XR made you feel stable-why in the heck were you asked to be taken off? Did you ask? Please be proactive-I went off Effexor-XR and the withdrawals were Hell. So I started back on it a few days ago because my depression was starting up again, really bad. I actually started taking Efrexor now at night-last night being the first- I woke up with no anxiety, and not depressed -nothing else had changed. I have energy and any "zombie" feeling I get from the Klonopin and Seroquel-which isn't a lot-is not there when I wake up-I love it! Really, as far as your dose of Seroquel, either 1) your body is just getting used to it, 2) you are on too high of a dose, or 3) Maybe the drug's side effects for YOU are worse than the benefits. These things are worth trying to figure out for YOU:)
Please be patient, wonders may cease to amaze you, and I wish you the best!
Kristen--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I do however suffer from pretty severe depression, anxiety, and panic attack problems... seem to have quite a bit of post-traumatic stress thrown in as well, plus, except for the last 8 months, have abused just about every drug and alcohol that I could get my hands on for the majority of my life thus far except for using needles (I'm only 24 presently).
I went through the cycle of anti-depressants already (Zoloft, Paxil, Effexor XR, and Celexa) with some pretty horrible side effects...
Effexor XR seemed to hold me as stable as anything I've tried thus far, except, however, I was asked to stop it for a little while for some reason or another and the withdrawal was horrendous...
And Celexa made it impossible for me to have an orgasm as far as 3 months into taking it and made me feel like I was P'ing out razor blades after...
However, both have now agreed on the fact that my combination should include Seroquel, Lamictal (Lamotragene sp?), and Klonopin (Clonazepam). So I'm trying to get used to having to take those...
You said that this zombie-like effect lasts for a few months though? THAT I'm not looking forward too.... could be some big problems for me... I've been taking my Seroquel very early into the evening (10PM) every night, but still... The whole next day I'm just about too messed up to do anything. Pretty much just been sleeping or completely relaxing in front of the TV set. Can't really do anything that requires concentration (driving would be absolutely out of the question at the moment) and anything that requires physical effort has to be done VERY carefully because I seem to have acquired two left feet and the rest of my body seems to be moving as is underwater or something...
So the whole "few months" thing really isn't sitting too well... but I'm kind of running out of options here... I know I can't be functioning to as low of a degree as I am currently for a few months... but if I were to stop taking these meds, then I'd be in just about as bad of shape... Kind of stuck between a rock and a hard spot :-(
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