Don't Take This Drug..

hi, am intrigued by your post, as I am on quetiapine and I decided I wanted to stop taking it (without consulting a professional). I had horrible withdrawals, sweats, shaking all over and generally feeling absolutely rotten.........i want to come off them, but don't know how to do it.....g.p. no help

This post has slightly worried me, as I was started on this about three or four weeks ago, starting with 25mg and now on second week of 50mg of Quetiapine, they say its to help with mood and sleep and to work along side Reboxetine 12mg which they say I'm on max dose, this is an anti-depressant,

I wounder how long does it start to work and if it helped you both, and also if you do not mind me asking, why you are wanting to stop taking it, as I'm new to this medication.

and in need of advice about this medication they have started me on, I have posted a recent thread \"I'm on Reboxetine 12mg & now started on Quetiapine 25mg\"

I hope you can help

thankyou

I HAVE BEEN ON QUETIAPINE FOR OVER 18 MONTHS. I TAKE 600 IN THE EVENING.. IM SUPPOSED TO SPREAD THEM OVER THE DAY BUT I CANT AS I HAVE TWO SMALL KIDS AND EVEN AFTER USING IT FOR SOO LONG JUST ONE PILL STILL ZONKS ME OUT. I TAKE IT WITH CARBAMAZAPINE AND THEY BOTH WORK WELL TOGETHER. IM BIPLOAR SLASH SCHIZO. I LOOK AFTER MY KIDS THE MOST. IVE BEEN DIAGNOSED TEN YEARS NOW AND AFTER TRYING OTHER HARDCORE STUFF THIS IS WHAT WORKS BEST.. AND I HAD A FIGHT TO GET IT ALSO. I TAKE 200MG AT 8PM, 200MG AT 9PM AND 200MG AT TEN PM THEN IM READY FOR BED. IF YOU TAKE IT ALTOGHER I GET BAD RESTLESS LEGS. THE MAIN DOWN SIDE IS TAT I HAVE TO GO TO BED EARLY WITH IT OTHERWISE I WUDNT BE ABLE TO WAKE UP EARLY FOR THE KIDS.IM HAPPY THAT I STILL FIND IT STRONG EVEN AFTER SO LONG AS IT MEANS I DONT HAVE TO KEEP ON UPPING THE DOSAGE. THATS MY EMAIL IF YOU WANT MORE CHAT. BEST THING I EVER DID.

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i started this drug month ago stopped now because i had no live just slept unable to wake i was on 150mg i was promised a nurse would call no nurse called talagarn panteg pontypool promised me lots of help i have had no help at all 4 months on. :evil:

[color=indigo:4230a347b1]I've been on 700mg Quetiapine for a couple of years along with about 8 other drugs. I'm Psychotic Depressive with my main symptom being hearing voices in my head that are very disturbing and distressing. Many other anti-psychotics have been tried, around 13 different ones at the last count but none work. To be honest, Quetiapine does nothing to control the voices but I know that after taking even just 200mg, 45 minutes later I'll get a great 8+ hours of uninterrupted sleep. I take all of mine at night before bed and I sleep very deeply. I won't take it in measured doses because it knocks me out. The only time I get respite from the voices is when I'm asleep and Quetiapine makes me sleep, so it is ideal for me.

I did miss a dose by about 12 hours once and I was sick from the withdrawal for hours, even after I took the missed dose. It is not a drug to be withdrawn completely all at once and I would say trying to reduce it by anything more than 25mg a fortnight (14 days) would be hard.[/color:4230a347b1]