Why would you want to stop your anti psychotic when you're written you're in a suicidal depression??????????

Withdrawal from Seroquel can include severe gastric upset.... I don't quite understand the reasoning if you want to be stable but I wish you well...x

Seroquel withdrawal is no joke, but it's not documented well like benzoes or effexor. You're supposed to go off it really slow if you were on a high dose and that helps some. I went off a couple of weeks ago and I didn't sleep for almost 10 days!

http://www.jogtheweb.com/flat/1S4r2cfMjSDZ/Withdrawal-Symptoms-and-Effects-of-Seroquel


withdrawal symptoms

Be good to yourself. You deserve better than to go cold turkey.

kinda' wish there was a separate group for all the people who don't take this disease seriously and play at being their own psychiatrists and play with their meds.

seriously triggering for those of us that work our a asses off to get and keep stability.

****sigh****

Playing with heavy duty anti-psychotics is bad .

With drawls can cause severe side effects .

Probably a good idea to talk ASAP with your Pdoc, be truthful and upfront about what you have done.

Yeah -- what everyone said!!!

I hope you and your Pdoc can work out a better treatment program for you!!!

Good luck!!!!

(((((Hugs)))))

I understand how frustrating it can be when meds don't work for you. But that's extremely dangerous going off of it like that. Be kind to yourself, and see ur psychiatrist.

Not really liking the direction these comments are going.

I've had Bipolar 1 for three to four years that I'm aware of. Why would I not take it seriously? I would never be dismissive of someone like that, wow. Or tell someone they don't fit in with a group calling out to like-minded people with some agreed-upon common ground. Exclusion and being treated like I don't fit in is probably my biggest trigger and one of the most common I see for bp-ers.

Ultimately you have to decide what's best for yourself. The cons were beginning to outweigh the pros and I don't have the luxury of attaining speedy (or even decently not far-off) appointments whenever I encounter a bump in the road. I was almost as bad before I stopped, and I wasn't on a high dose anyways.

I'm kind of caught off-guard and disappointed. I feel ill. Not what I needed to hear Mojo. I'll be back when I have good news.

sorry i was harsh, but you sound like you're not going to be alive much longer if it keeps going.

you're comatose, suicidally depressed, dissociating for long periods, in huge amounts of physical pain, in a stupor, cutting.....i just don't get it? you're obviously a very intelligent, well-spoken woman...to me this sounds like a public suicide note, and yes, i do find it triggering.

i was only diagnosed in 2010, so it's not like i have decades of skills at my advantage, but i just don't get how someone who's been through the mania/psychosis would ever, ever mess around with their meds. i don't get it?

i just hope you live. i hope you seek help and work with a medical team instead of all these life-changing decissions being made by you alone. people die voltaire. i've lost more than one friend on my friend's list to this disease.

im sorry but i have ta say somethin. generally real quiet & dont wanna cause fuss or make anyone feel bad. not sure why ya would go off ur meds bein in a suicidal state. if anything i woulda spoke ta my doctor first. in those cases my doc usually ups the dose not take me off it. goin ta the er ta get an ativan shot for seroquel withdrawal is counterproductive in my opinion. mayb in the end it is up ta u but thats why docs are docs. were not. the comments on this board are advice from what *others* have been thru & tryin ta help. but were not docs. lots of things trigger peeps & we dont know whats gonna trigger ya. my doc told me that if i ever went off meds it would possibly make me regress. hope this doesnt happen ta u. of course ur gonna feel all the things ya described when cuttin cold turkey & havin the dx for 3-4yrs i woulda hoped they woulda said somethin ta u. sounds more than just a med issue. i say all this with honesty & ta try ta help.

It's not and I'm better now because of how wildly my BD swings. I just walked 5 laps around my complex (in an effort to get my mind and body right) and other than sore feet I feel great.

I feel like I can't trust this board. Literally EVERYWHERE else on the internet you can expect any kind of criticism for anything you're brave enough to be open about. A bipolar board should be a 'safe place' where you don't have to worry about that or being triggered or anything else.

Implying people who say things like that^ need to leave the "legitimate board" alone and form some sort of community of fools/rejects is just... Degrading. I know it wasn't meant literally but word for word that was essentially the comment in a nutshell. I've been outcast so much from groups I felt I had no reason to not fit in with that I don't even have the confidence to say anything back to that in defense of myself. But I have no motive to make myself sicker. None.

It wasn't just that. I've seen a few comments on here that were aggressive and sharp that made me embarrassed for whoever they were aimed at. Like one person actually called someone a jesus freak or whatever, for example.

And for the most part, like 99% of the comments I've read here were insightful, well-intented AND well thought-out/well-worded. But due to the extreme personal nature of the subject matter I feel loose-cannon frustrations vented and aimed at posters really isn't ok.

I'm ok but please everyone please be careful.

As for me I'm going to live and get well. I've beaten the odds and shocked my supporters and myself plenty of times heh.

Also Mojo please don't feel bad. My interpretation of that was from the mind of someone depressed and overly-analytical. I'm not trying to add momentum to the harsh-cycle.

I've seen your comments a lot and gotten a sense of the way you view things and you're someone on here I've grown to respect. The comment doesn't match all the evidence I've seen that you're unique and pretty kick-ass, so I'm more prone to think of ye for your typical awesomeness.

No hard feels. Time for everyone to unwind and go look up videos on youtube of screaming goats.

a friend told me once ta remember this is a support group. keep in mind its where peeps who are ill come & might not always have the perfect thing ta say or what ya wanna hear cause they also have their reasons or a diff way ta deal. not everyone has the perfect way of sayin things. i sure dont. im not the smartest or best written person but i know when i come on here i gotta cope & know how ta deal with how everyone is diff & brush it off. its copin skills & thats why i said it sounds more than just a med issue. u are well written but id luv ta see ya maybe get further education on the illness. be wise w it.

part of the nature of bp is loose cannon. sorry u feel this way. i hopes ya can get therapy ta understand the illness deeper. not that ya dont at all but mayb a deeper understandin of it & urself

I know Bipolar typically causes impulsiveness, I'm just suggesting that when posting comments that the objective of being helpful, understanding, and/or informative is kept close in sight and in mind. We all get a lil cross at times, I think it's forgiveable. But when dealing with handling advice, a focus needs to be honed and kept to best help others. Just something to keep in mind, a good rule of thumb. (: