Evil Seroquel - Any Insight?? - Bipolar Disorder Message Board

Lineman · 10-25-2005, 08:06 AM

What the hell? My shirnk thinks I am Bi-polar and put me on this med because he said I need to control my manic episodes. Last night was the first night I took it.

I took 100mg of this stuff and within 20 mins I was out like a light. Don't remember a damn thing about going up to bed or anything. Next thing I knew I woke up and the alarm had been going off for 45 minutes.

My mind is a blank, I can't think in a non-linear manner to save my life. My face looks like that of a mental patient drugged up on Haldol and locked away in a padded room. Almost like I have been transformed into a zombie. My thoughts are so contrived and my actions are so scripted.

I feel like a cup of coffee.
I am walking to the kitchen.
I am pouring the cup.
I am putting sugar in the cup.
I am stiring the coffee.
I am walking back to my office.

This is the worst drug I have ever experinced. It has made me even more ****ed in the head than without. I am not psychotic so I don't know why he prescribed this for me. I aint f@&king taking it tonight and I am seeing my threapist tomorrow.

I don't think they really know whats wrong with me. They can't diagnosis it. I was doing fine on just Paxil and Adderall with klonopins when I needed them. This stuff takes away any orginal thought process, emotion or feeling and replaces it with a robot like mentallity. I can only now start feeling better and its been 12 hours since I took it. Now I am shaking and in a panic attack onset. But I cant panic BECAUSE I HAVE NO EMOTIONS!! ARGH!!!

KAOSAZURE · 10-25-2005, 07:42 PM

I TOO ARE ON SEROQUEL, 600MG EVERYNIGHT. I STARTED OUT TAKING 100 AT NIGHT AND 25 TWICE A DAY. THEN I WS ON 300 AT NIGHT AND 25 A DAY. NOW ALL I TAKE IS THE ONE DOSE . IT ALWAYS MAKES TIRED AND GROGGY EVERYTIME THE DOCTOR WOULD UP MY DOSAGE. I SLEEP SOLID MOST NIGHTS BUT WAKE UP HUNG OVER. AND LETS NOT TALK ABOUT THE DREAMS, MINE TEND TO BE VIVID AND STRANGE. IM GOING TO SEE MY DOCTOR NEXT WEEK AND IM ASKING TO BE PUT ON SOMETHING ELSE. BUT NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THR DROWSINESS BUT BECAUSE IV GAINED ALMOST 20 POUNDS IN 3 MONTHS. AND MY CHELESTEROL IS 290 AND TRYGLISERIDES ARE 500. AND I WAS IN GREAT HEALTH PHYSICALLY BEFORE I TOOK THIS DRUG. OTHER THAN THOSE THINGS MY MENTAL HEALTH HAS BEEN GREAT. IM EMOTIONALLY IN THE MIDDLE NO DEPPRESSION AND NO MANIA. I LIKE WHAT IT DOES FOR ME EMOTIONALLY. BUT PHYSICALLY I FEEL ITS FAILING ME. I SAY TRY IT OUT AND HANG IN THERE A LITTLE LONGER. I ALWAYS GOT USED TO THE DOSAGE AND FELT LESS DRUGGED OUT AND HUNG OVER WITH TIME EXCEPT AT THIS DOSAGE.