I know several people who've had a terrible time weaning off seroquel, as I had weaning off effexor. That's not the case for all people but it seems serious enough for most of us
that these meds should come with a warning and formulations that avoid these terrible side effects. One friend of mine couldn't wean completely off seroquel and had to keep taking 5mg daily. These psych meds are powerful things and shouldn't be used without
being aware. I wish you courage and strength!

Tommy, an old coworker whom I worked with alongside my last round of med changes told me her roommate had to go to rehab for a month getting off seroquel.

Do they do that? Can you go to detox and rehab for meds like this? I'm wondering what my options are because dealing with work (with unsteady hours) simultaneously is stressing me out more. If I could take FMLA pay from my job and do it I would. Too bad my HR person just quit and there's nobody to call to discuss this!

I'd think you'd be covered under FMLA or ADA actually. Who's handling the paperwork since the HR person quit? I've heard of some success with naturalistic treatments alleviating the symptoms of seroquel withdrawal. I wishing you luck with this. It's a hard go.

Huge hug for you sweetie.... I am so very sorry that you're going through this... I was just going to ask if you could be put into the hospital for a bit?.... Even if you can't stay for a long time you might be able to start something else faster if they did daily blood draws and you'd have so much support....Another hug and a blessing....xoxo

Thanks guys. I work for a contracted position by an insanely huge company and finding help with this stuff is frustrating, and I've learned from the past not to ask the 'wrong' people. My direct boss, and the boss above him, and the boss above her are the 'wrong' people. Also I just wrote my review and awaiting further processing to see if I'm eligible for a raise (which I need desperately) so I don't want to mess up my chances of a little more money in my pocket. I'm surviving. Hopefully I'll be so wiped out tonight the ambien will knock me out.

I just need to vent about this somewhere and this just be the place. i sure wish workplaces were supportive dealing with this BS. If anyone knows a company that is hollar and I will research. I'm an awesome worker who brings a lot but unfortunately this bs has tripped me up too much in my career....

I just started Seroquel. Was taking Trazodone, but was hearing voices and heard and saw weird stuff in the night. Only been on Seroquel an couple of days, but it seems to work, except the hangover effect.

I think many psych meds including the ones I take bury or enhance some thoughts and their accompanying emotional charges by acting on the hormones, but boy is that a limited understanding. And meds are an awfully beneficial thing most of the time. I'm sorry you are getting a raw deal at the moment. You deserve a feeling of stability, safety and security because of your long displayed tenacity. I think you are very brave and always have. All the best.

Psych meds are harder to detox from because of the "psychological" aspect. Its not just the physical withdrawals. If you think about what these meds are doing, why we take them.....they're changing your brain chemistry, changing the natural chemical makeup. Psych Meds are a part of the actual 2% of all medications that can cross the Brain Blood Barrier, that's huge, when you realize that 98% cannot. We're just learning how neuro-molecular science works and Dr.'s don't know exactly how the body/brain will react when people have to stop taking these medications after longterm use. Bodies and Brains are very subjective to their own circumstance and very individualized. I, myself am so freaky weird, I've been on daily high dose morphine as part of my Pain Management treatment for 10 years, I can stop taking Morphine at any point in the day, not take it for days or weeks and I don't have so much as a bead of sweat break out or any withdrawal symptom, it's insane. But, if I increase my Topomax by 25mg I go manic within a day, if I stop Topomax, I go into major withdrawals....it makes no sense at all.

Detoxing off Psych meds is hard, it generally has to be done slowly, by taper and spread out over a length of time, as in months, depending on how long you've been taking the meds you're trying to get off of. The faster you try to detox, the less successful you tend to be is the general Rule.

And no they do not generally put people in the hospital for rapid detox of Pscyh Meds in non-emergent situations, because its not safe. The amount of drugs they have to pump your body full of to get you clean of the drug they're trying to detox you from is dangerous, and it usually involves putting you in a light coma state for a certain length of hours.

Seroquel is a good drug for BiPolar, but it comes with it's own issues like all the other meds we pick from.....Hobo I hope you get through this and to a more stable, calm point. I don't know what dosage you were on or how your decreasing the dosage vs. time, but a low/slow taper really is the best way to get off the drug if your having such severe withdrawal symptoms.

A big hug to you as you undergo this change...working while doing this and not having an adequate sleeping med sounds pretty tough...

Anyway to cit yourself some slack as you go about this hard change?

Thanks again for all your wisdom and advice and encouragement and most of all, understanding.

I've had a few rough days and got a little bit of sleep here and there. I took a higher Ambien dosage one night bc I had to get through work Sunday and it was a very challenging day and I felt just awful. I woke up angry and irritated then was hit with other people's impatience. I'm having problems with work and just feeling entirely overworked and under appreciated with a pay that is deserving of more. Then my fiancé fell in his job and we spent hours in ER while I'm trying to navigate Workers Comp paperwork and he's supposed to be home resting but is instead out driving people because we don't know how long it will take for a paycheck to come since he has work restrictions and out of work until his doctor clears him and we were planning for....

Im just going to stop there. So many things are out of our control, no matter how hard we work. I tend to get angry-anxious during times like this over things I can't control like corporate greed and self-serving egomaniacs of business who have no idea how front line service workers Struggle while they enjoy healthy happy worklife balances....

Im doing nothing today. Laundry and steam mopping the floors. That's my self care for today. Oh and making more dr appts, that too.

Thanks for letting me vent!!!

Big squishy hug for you sweetie.... I am so sorry to read all that you're having to deal with.....xo