Posted by Boogymama on October 29, 2005, at 22:05:37
In reply to Seroquel Withdrawl Symptoms?!, posted by Romana Marie on April 28, 2005, at 21:33:00
I have done very well on 600mgs of Seroquel. I have a "normal" life now because I am no longer seeing or hearing or believing strange things. I've been on Seroquel for 5? years.
I took Seroquel while I was pregnante. The entire time. I tried maybe 1 or 2 days not to take it in the first couple of weeks of pregnanacy because of neural-tube defects. I took Folic Acid for about 3 months before becoming pregnante. My baby is perfectly healthy. Mentally he is "all there". I'm not sure that the OBGYN gave me a reason, but he was a little sluggish at birth. I don't know if that was from the difficult time before his birth, or if it was a side effect of Seroquel.
Now SEROQUEL WITHDRAWL. I searched the internet and found this site. I need a plan. I have had two episodes where I was unable to get my medicine because of a holiday weekend and one time because of a laps in my Medicaide coverage. It was HECK on Earth. I didn't sleep the entire time. My husband thought we could just hold on until we could do something. Looking back, I wished I would have gone to the hospital. Any hospital, anywhere!! I couldn't sleep and by the third day I thought the lawn chair was going to kill me and the dishes. It seems silly now, but at the time it was terrifying.
Now, I need a plan. There is so many bad things in the news. I think that if I stock up on food and water and medicine, that maybe I could make it on my own for about a month if the we have a natural or man made disaster. I KNOW that I can't make it through without something to knock me out.
I know that there are things that can help like a bedtime routine and no caffiene and exercise. But in the worst case, I need to know that there is something I could do without Seroquel.
What about OTC medicine?
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