Has anyone just stopped taking seroquel and how did you feel?
372119
seroquel although a new anti psychotic, made me feel like a zombie. I have been through so many diagnosis's over the past several months and low and behold I am no longer bi-polar 2!  Coming off it was a relief, I do however miss the sleep. While hospitalized they forgot to give it to me for a week and strangely enough the effects were minor.  Ask your doctor for a sleep med if only for a short term to get yourself back on track. The new ones are great but expensive and better yet non addictive... but then again they said effexor wasn't either.  Get some sleep meds.
494370
I was taking 30 mgs. daily, and my doctor took me off of it too abruptly - just over a two week period, and I had been taking it for over a year.  It took me about a month to feel like myself again.  My side effects included dizziness, waves of shock like electricity in my head (the worst.)  It helped me to go to a search engine under "Celexa Withdrawl Symptoms" and see that a lot of other people felt like I did.  You'll be ok again.
829248
If you want to try to get off of it, you need to make sure of 2 things. \n1. you weren't suicidal/homicidal when you were put on it.\n2. you taper off of it.  You can't stop it suddenly or you can have some serious side effects (serotonin syndrome). Basically you can feel dizzy and have a severe headache.  Some people will get sudden increases in blood pressure. \nBut if you taper off of it over a week or two (as directed by your doctor) then you should be fine.
906683
I am just getting over it, thank goodness. For me it went in stages almost, horrible cough first, followed by stomach, then extremely high fever and congestion, then exhaustion.\n\nI slept all day yesterday pretty much. I got up a few times.
723301
You have to wean yourself off of it slowly. Don't just stop taking it. Decrease the amount you are taking by half, for a few days until your body gets adjusted to the lower dosage, then lower it again, and so on, until you are off. GOOD LUCK!! P.S. Be sure your Doctor knows you are going to stop taking this medication.
1061217
people who are more receptive to a therapist will be helped  i am not one of those people i can talk to someone all i want but the choice to make changes had to be mine and i knew that \n\nas for the medicine it made me feel dead inside limiting someones emotions with pharmaceuticals is unnatural and messes with a person they made me worse and even worse when i stopped taking them.  i think no medicine for the most part is the best thing
136401
Do you possibly mean Seroquel? If so, side effects are listed at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/uspdi/203124.html and the more common ones include: constipation;  drowsiness;  dry mouth;  increased weight;  indigestion.
423819
I heard it can make you feel a bit emotionally numb, Most of the anti depressants I have taken have have had a similar effect on me, but only as I have begun taking them. If it is still the same after a month or two I normally demand a change of medication.
387274
I know the sensation you're talking about. I was on Paxil for a while and when I was comming off it I got rushes through my head (felt like electricity), plus I'd get dizziness along with it that felt a little bit like vertigo. I cut my dose down gradually over about a month or so. Have you tried 75mg for a week then 50mg for a week, then 25mg for a week, then one every other day for a week?
685809
I had a horrible time getting off it.  It was really bad.  I've never felt that depressed in my whole life.  It's because your body forgets how to produce seratonin when you're on it and when you wean yourself off it takes a while for your body to start to produce them again.
372998
I was on Zyprexa also and they gave it to me along with the CELEXA.  The Zyprexa was to help me sleep because I just can't sleep more than a couple hours at a time.  HOWEVER! ZYPREXA has MANY MANY class action law-suits against it and this drug about to be pulled from circulation.  It causes way too many side effects.  I wouldn't take it anymore if I were you, but that's up to you.  Don't do anything without asking your doctor.  I received all kinds of papers in the mail about this nationwide lawsuit and even calls at home advising me to no longer take it.  It basically the first few times I used it, did it's job and knocked me out cold, I was on next to the smallest dose.  Then it got to where it didn't faze me.  I did however find it made me more angry.  Just my own experience with it.  Good Luck.
70549
I am and have been for several years now. Over the past year, they have switched mine around so much that I have definitely had some of those effects. It depends on the kind though. As long as you keep your doctor informed, take them every day like you are supposed to, and never just drop them cold turkey, you should be ok. \n\nI was always very wired on Welbutrin and oppositly always tired on paxil. You may have to try a couple types before you find one that is perfect for you, but give them a couple months to reach full potency in your system. It is well worth the struggle once you start to feel like you are in control of yourself again! Trust me, I've been depress for almost 15 years now. I finally admitted it and got treatment a couple of years ago and it has made a world of difference. Make sure you have a good therapist to talk to as well. \n\nOff topic, I really like your avatar. I've seen it a couple times and it always stood out!
78136
Talk to your doctor. If you want to come off it, then ask him to help you. It is important to follow a gradual withdrawal program as stopping suddenly can cause an array of troublesome symptoms, the most common being dizziness, which can last for days on end. Flu-like feelings, including nausea, headache and fatigue, are also common, as are intense feelings of anxiety, irritability or sadness.\n\nIt is important to recognise that when you withdraw from a drug, many of these symptoms can also appear. Some people experience alarming sensations of tingling or burning in various parts of the body; ringing in the ears; blurred vision; or flashing lights before the eyes. Some people even describe a feeling of shock waves pulsing through their arms and legs, as if they had been zapped with a jolt of electricity, a condition sometimes called lightning-bolt syndrome. This is what is known as "discontinuation syndrome" and should NOT be misread as some form of "relapse". Make sure that your doctor is fully aware of Discontinuation Syndrome. There is plenty of information on the web.\n\nAs for needing more...personally, I don't believe ANYONE needs to take antidepressants. These drugs are inherently harmful (in a variety of different ways) and do not cure ANYTHING. It is no different to smoking weed to feel more relaxed, or snorting coke to get high. Psych drugs disrupt the normal chemical operation of the brain creating a false sense of mood. It cures nothing. And the longer you take it, the more likely you are to suffer from many of the drug's seriously ill effects.\n\nSeek non-drug solutions. Check out http://www.alternativementalhealth.com or perhaps http://groups.msn.com/psychbusters/alternativehealth.msnw for more info.\n\nMike\n\n--\nDecoding Psychiatric Propaganda\nhttp://groups.msn.com/psychbusters
298140
It can.  I experienced a bit of this when I discontinued Zoloft, but it's not as bad if you do so gradually.  Plus, if you just stop taking your medication all of a sudden, it can be dangerous.  You are advised in the paperwork that comes with the medication to take it according to your doctor's instructions and to stop taking it the same way, according to your doctor's instructions.  If you are experiencing dizziness and heart palpitations and feel unsure about what to do, call your doctor immedietely.  There is no harm in doing that.  Better safe than sorry.
96765
YES!!!! It really does. I was on it, but my copay was too high so I stopped, but I can tell you it really, really did help. I felt like such a different person. \n\n(I think I'm going to go back to my doctor and get a new prescription now that I'm thinking of it. Hey, thanks for the question.)
286882
i was on 100mg of zoloft for a long period of time and i never experienced any withdrawel symptoms...but i felt like i was dying when i tried to come off lexapro...missing several doses of any medication can be quite dangerous, thats why the prescription information warns people about quitting a medication abruptly...withdrawel symptoms can make you feel utterly terrible...im glad your getting your refill today, it should help once you get back on your meds properly
113465
Josepa took the words away from me. Talk to your doctor before quitting your meds. You are evidentally taking the drug for a reason and it is never good to just stop taking something without the advice of a doctor. \n\nAnother thing is if you REALLY want to know there is usually a little pampthlet that comes with your meds and the pampthlet will go over that with you. \n\nHere's one website you can look at and then maybe you can go from there. Good luck to you :)