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i started taking seroquel about 2 years ago, and with being stead...

Posted at 11:47 AM on Feb 26, 2007 by gcat, #20019
i started taking seroquel about 2 years ago, and with being steadily increased in the dosage i have gaine 100 pounds, and i cannot lose anything. I have tried every diet out there, besides surgery. I am afraid to go off them because i have insomnia and deppression, and anxiety soo bad that i can never sleep. and now in reading other persons' effects i am starting to wonder if all my other problems are an affect of this medicine. I take 800 mg. a night just so i can sleep 7-8 hours. How crazy is that??? i am so afraid...
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Reply about 1 year ago on Jul 22, 2007 by whitewidow, #834

I've been on seroquel since 99 I totally understand and feel for you. Insomnia can drive one insane into a mental hospital eventually (been there done that), if seroquel helps you and the benefits out weigh the side effects then keep taking it. You are on the max dose, don't stop taking it or lower it without a "GOOD" doctors guidance. the 2 main reasons mentally-ill people relapse is because they stop there meds and the other is isolation. Once a relapse happens it gets seriously harder to return to "normal" function and its torture. Could take months. Also I don't know your diagnosis but I know mood stabilizers help Seroquel work better then you can lower your dose while achieving the same effect. I've been taking meds since 13 years old and have had a spectrum of diagnosis's. Hope this help you and others that read this.

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