Posted by 49er on July 18, 2009, at 18:17:56
In reply to Seroquel Taper a Bust, posted by Zana on July 17, 2009, at 16:43:44
> As some of you have already read, I have been trying to taper my dose of seroquel from 150mg at bedtime to whatever. I got to 100mgs and crashed-weeping, despondent.
> I keep feeling I am on too many meds and that my feelings of deadness and dullness are medication induced. But when I try to reduce anything, my depression comes galloping back. I gave it a week on 100mgs of seroquel and all week I got progressively worse even though when I was taking just remeron and seroquel I was still very depressed. So I didn't think the seroquel was doing me much good and might be dulling me down.
> Do I have to feel so deadened to stave off the depression? Is the deadness part of the depression that's not being treated?
> I could try to taper the remeron. I take 45mgs at bedtime. It gave me no AD benefit when I was on it alone. But my pdoc says it's supposed to be a good combination with pristiq. Should I try to drop out the resperadone? It didn't feel like it did anything when I started it- good or bad. Could it be dulling me?
> I am so dishearted and confused.
> Any suggestions will be appreciated.
> ZanaHi Zana.
Most antidepressants should be tapered at 10% of current dose every 3 to 6 weeks.
That means that meds like Seroquel need to be tapered more slowly at 5%.
The reason you had depression when tapering the Seroquel is you tapered too quickly. Withdrawal symptoms do not mean a return of the illness.
By the way, if you decide to taper the Remeron, please do it slowly. I successfully tapered off of Remeron at 10% of current dose every 3 to 6 weeks. The few times I went too fast, I regretted it.
If you're interested, I can tell you how to do it. I forget to check for followup responses so if I don't come back, send a babble mail and I will respond.
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