Posted by yxibow on March 1, 2008, at 3:28:54
In reply to I want to quit all of my medications, posted by ltlnnja on February 29, 2008, at 15:05:47
> I have been on three medications for about 5 years now: Trileptal 300mg twice daily, Effexor 150 once daily and Seroquel 200 mg once daily. When I was diagnosed with bipolar 5 years ago, I had attepted suicide once and was almost there again when a friend stepped in for the first time. I went to a doctor and she labeled my bipolar II in about a 15 minute time frame. I was started on my meds and stupidly never really looked into any of them. I figured a doctor gave them to me and they should be good for me. Big mistake! Recently I was looking into drug interactions and found out a lot about all of them. I have gained around 80lbs since starting, most of which was in the first year. I also have experienced much of the other side effect symptoms - pancreatitis, being on of the worst. I have been in the hospital twice for this. (side effect of the seroquel) Needless to say I was more that surprised and pissed off when I found out that a lot of my problems had been enduced by the very meds that were suppose to be helping me. I have since been doing some research on some natural ways to stabalize moods and balance insufficiencies in the body that contribute to bipolar issues.
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> My question to all is - Has anyone been on a combo of any of these meds and gone off? How did you do it and how did it go?
> Any suggestions on quitting the individual meds and the withdrawals from those?
> Does anyone have natural remedies that have helped them?
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> Thank you very much for any imput. Good luck to everyonce going through anything having to do with the meds of this and the last 2 generations.
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>Its very difficult, and I can only make a short posting here because I should be setting my sleep clock back, but I would be careful about "dumping" Seroquel. If you must for health reasons, discuss this with your doctor. Slowly go down on it. Please don't just not take it for a week or more. I've done this several times with severe depression and anxiety returning.
Discuss options with your doctor on the other ones too if you need to make a change -- you might want to try Lamictal.
-- tidingsJay
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