I stopped 300mg serequel 7 days ago and feel fine. Was on the serequel long release for a year, side effects of the medication was horrible. Never had high blood pressure until this medication. Day one and two I felt very nauseous and hot flushes. Blood pressure is now going down since stopping the medication. After day 4 I’ve been feeling normal. Mind feels so much more clear. This drug should be banned.
Going into month 8 off Seroquel. Sleeping is still a problem but much better then the first 6 months. About 4 to 5 hours a night. My heart rate was through the roof for many months and Seroquel also effected my vision and sinus. One very good outcome from stopping was my cholesterol has dropped. From 300 to 210. From what I read, it will take a least a year for true healing to begin. I hope and pray it happens sooner...
I am 65 and 90lb was on Seroquel 450mg at night for sleep stoped abruptly when my Dr changed me to elavil 50 mg for sleep. Of course I am still awake at 5am looking up side effects of Seroquel withdrawal. I hope Ur doing well, drug free and happy. For anyone out there attempting to go off Seroquel ask Ur Dr for enough to taper off slowly to prevent withdrawal symptoms.
Just came from my Psych Dr the other day and he's helping me to get off my anti-psychotic (Seroquel 25mg) drug. It's been 10 years of anti-depressants (Wellbutrin), sleeping pills (Ambien), and HELL! I was on as much as 800mg Seroquel and 150mg Wellbutrin and 10mg Ambien among other drugs. Changing my diet made the biggest difference, I'm all plant based now and feeling the best I've felt in over 10 years! I'm off the Wellbutrin and Ambien and now working to getting off Seroquel. So my Dr said it's easiest to go from the higher doses and down of Seroquel, but when you get to the 25's and under it's very tricky. So he told me this method: Step 1, (first week): day one, 25mg, day two,25mg, day three, 3/4th tablet(18.75mg) then repeat. When comfortable with this step, go to step 2: (aprox. week 2): 25mg, 3/4 tablet(18.75mg), repeat until comfortable. Step 3: 3/4 tablet(18.75mg) daily. That's about 1 month, then Step 4: 3/4, 3/4, 1/2 tablet, repeat. when comfortable with that, step 5: 3/4, 1/2 repeat. when comfortable with that step, step 6: 1/2 tablet daily till comfortable then OFF!!! Yea!
Those pills are Called quetiapaine here in newzealand. Ive been taking them for about 2&1/2 years. Tonight I choose to go cold turkey. I love a challenge well here we go😂😂😂 I would rather do weeks of feeling like crap coming of that poison. But I want my natural sleep back and I'm gonna do it with prayer and worship
I decreased from 100- more a night to 25mg. Tysm for documenting your experience. I have had the MOST TIRED HEADACHY feeling but no anxiety i cannot handle as i am slowly learning to eliminate the root causes of my anxiety (cptsd/ptsd)...i couldnt understand why a drug that slows me down ... when basically cutting it off ... is making me feel soooo exhausted as if i was taking high ds of the stufff!!! Ty again...
I’m getting tapered off seroquel and there were times where the pharmacy didn’t have an approval from my doctor for 4 days and the withdrawals are absolutely horrible physical like I cannot stay asleep and I feel nauseous and vomit and I had muscle pains I would not wish it on my worst enemy
Ive been taking Seroquell 150MG for 10 years and just recently ive begun to have new side effects, bad ones, and i truly wish to get off of this fn poison. I hate it so much. thanks for the video. Hope youre doing well now.
I need to get off seroquel. Someone please write me. I need some encouragement. Even though I am 60, and dying, I still want to quit. Thank goodness i can see the doctor by video.
I cold turkeyed an injection of risperidone, i did not like the side effects and I was convinced it was an antidepressant so I was terrified finding out afterwards about what had been injected into me, it took about 2/3 weeks to get use to the medication in my body and then withdraw lasted about two months because I was given the highest dose of the risperidone injection (120mg). Edit: the long acting injection lasts one month
Most doctors listen to the drug manufacturers but don’t listen to the people’s side effects I was on 400mg from the start been on it for 2 years then I start taking 10mg diazepam Valium. Xanax wasn’t that well because if u do fall asleep u won’t remember anything but valium works very well you’ll remember everything wont make u fall asleep only when u want but yeh that shit really messed me up they even started me on the highest dose your doing very well brother keep things up
I'm in day 3 of stopping my seroquel feel terrible. I can't sleep, can't eat, vomit every hour or two, my brain feels like it's on fire, I have diarrhea, I can't think straight, I have the shakes and I've lost 9lbs in less than half a week. The only good news I have is that I was only on 100mg/day so I don't think my symptoms will last quite as long as people who were on higher doses.
How are you doing now? I am currently on 125, down from 200 but I don’t have the guts to go cold turkey. It’s very inexact but I am cutting the pills. So far so good, not too bad.
@@joqiii3 Doing great finally. It took me about 12 days after stopping cold turkey for the withdrawal migraine to go away. The nausea lasted about 9 days for me. After those guys were dealt with, the depression that tagged along with them kept on going. Only now am I feeling that the depression part is over. It tapered off over a few weeks. I'm still getting itchy sometimes. Itchiness being one of the side effects of withdrawal from Seroquel. They come in the later half. Once you start getting itchy you'll know the worst is over. You won't get super itchy. It's more of an annoyance than anything else. Keep me posted on how you're doing when you're going through the detox. Or if you do. Weaning is the best way for sure.
@separator94 Thank you for the information. Wow! You have been through a LOT! I am currently at 100 mg and am going to hold here at 100 until I am totally off Klonopin. I am doing a liquid titration to get off the Klonopin and it is taking a bit over 6 months and I have another 90 days to go. When I am through whatever withdrawals come with stopping Klonopin (even though I was on a very low dose), I intend to drop as slow as I can to get off the drug. At my age, I cannot chance anything but a very slow titration off Serequel, I would be too afraid of the consequences. I honestly think it could kill me. (Btw,I was just notified of your response, so that’s why I am late responding. Not sure how that happened-I am not much of a technology person. I might have done something to my phone? )Appreciate your information-I could not have done what you did. I called the distributor of the generic Klonopin and Serequel that I am taking. It’s ACCORD HEALTHCARE. They told me both of these drugs are made in India. I know from my research that the FDA has problems with quality control in India. All the more incentive to get off any drug made there. I recently listened to a Ted Talk on India and the place is filthy. Over 500 million people there do open defecation DAILY! No sewage systems for over 500 million people. Disgusting. The lady who made the talk, was an Indian/American who helped the government of India study the issue. Anyway, a huge number of generic drugs are produced there for American and western consumption. Can’t wait until I am off both these poisons. Congratulations for your efforts!
@@whatistrue0293 You're very welcome. It honestly gets easier every day and is still that way for me. It takes time but all good things come to those who wait. Patience is a virtue.
I'm so scared of coming off right now due to my insanely high cholesterol. My cholesterol has been sky high since i started it 5 years ago and I'm convinced the withdrawal will kill me so I am going to get my heart and arteries checked first.
Just curious sir, is there a reason that you did not want to taper off gradually? My guess is you just wanted it over quickly but just asking. When you decided to quit were you at 150 mg?
I actually did want to taper off, but as the Seroquel I was taking was XR, it's not possible to cut those pills in half due to the coating containing the extended release element and I knew that the psychiatrist wouldn't agree with me coming off the medication so I had to take matters into my own hands.
All Things 80s Thank you! Wow! Shame on your psychiatrist. I hope you paid him, or will pay him, a visit at some point and let him know how you are and what he put you through. May I ask what milligram you were at when you quit and started your journey? I want to thank you for your time and hope you are doing well. I would also like to know how long your withdrawals lasted. Thanks again.
@@joqiii3 I had been on as much as 300mg at one point, but prior to quitting, I had been on 150mg for about two years. The physical withdrawals lasted for about 6 weeks.
Week two of tapering from 100 to 50 mgs. Horrible time this past week! They don’t tell ya what will happen if you decide to come off of this evil drug!!!!
My withdrawals lasted about six weeks. After going through that, I have a lot more understanding of heroin addicts and why they keep using it. Those six weeks were absolute torture, but having got through it, I feel amazing now.
Hello thank you so much for documentation of your journey coming off this drug.. if ive been on 25mg of seroquel a night for 5 months , can i cold turkey off it without getting protracted withdrawal?
Actually, it took me about 6 weeks for the physical side effects to be gone. I still have the odd night of not being able to sleep, but that's because I have so much energy now.
Tracey Anne I honestly don’t know, but please feel free to share your feelings here. I’ve had a lot of people reach out to me on RUclips and I like to think I can provide some assistance.
@@AllThings80s ty all things! Its a scary idea as i came off klonopin and have very anxious mornings. My cns got messed up. So to sleep im on serequel and we all know the horrible effects! Im morbidly obese! Also the meds have a psychedelic effect on me. My blood sugar is a mess. Ive been 11 months off klon and sense perhaps permanent damge. My question is. Im down to 100 mgs. Whats a proper taper? Ty sir!
Brad thank you. Aside from the metabolic changes caused by seroquel, the fact that I have so much energy now has worked wonders for my weight as I’m actually able to get out of bed and do things.
I stopped 300mg serequel 7 days ago and feel fine. Was on the serequel long release for a year, side effects of the medication was horrible. Never had high blood pressure until this medication. Day one and two I felt very nauseous and hot flushes. Blood pressure is now going down since stopping the medication. After day 4 I’ve been feeling normal. Mind feels so much more clear. This drug should be banned.
It should definitely be banned.
Agreed. I gained 150 lbs on this mess
When did u actually fall asleep without the serequel. Like how many days later ?
I'm just starting day 3... I can't even begin to explain how I feel... except to say never again with this poison ☠
@@PeterBornAgain I'm on Day 1 and can't sleep after just OD'ing on over 100 mg of melatonin.
Going into month 8 off Seroquel. Sleeping is still a problem but much better then the first 6 months. About 4 to 5 hours a night. My heart rate was through the roof for many months and Seroquel also effected my vision and sinus. One very good outcome from stopping was my cholesterol has dropped. From 300 to 210. From what I read, it will take a least a year for true healing to begin. I hope and pray it happens sooner...
That's so good to hear that you're doing well after getting off this nasty drug.
I am 65 and 90lb was on Seroquel 450mg at night for sleep stoped abruptly when my Dr changed me to elavil 50 mg for sleep. Of course I am still awake at 5am looking up side effects of Seroquel withdrawal. I hope Ur doing well, drug free and happy. For anyone out there attempting to go off Seroquel ask Ur Dr for enough to taper off slowly to prevent withdrawal symptoms.
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Just came from my Psych Dr the other day and he's helping me to get off my anti-psychotic (Seroquel 25mg) drug. It's been 10 years of anti-depressants (Wellbutrin), sleeping pills (Ambien), and HELL! I was on as much as 800mg Seroquel and 150mg Wellbutrin and 10mg Ambien among other drugs. Changing my diet made the biggest difference, I'm all plant based now and feeling the best I've felt in over 10 years! I'm off the Wellbutrin and Ambien and now working to getting off Seroquel. So my Dr said it's easiest to go from the higher doses and down of Seroquel, but when you get to the 25's and under it's very tricky. So he told me this method: Step 1, (first week): day one, 25mg, day two,25mg, day three, 3/4th tablet(18.75mg) then repeat. When comfortable with this step, go to step 2: (aprox. week 2): 25mg, 3/4 tablet(18.75mg), repeat until comfortable.
Step 3: 3/4 tablet(18.75mg) daily. That's about 1 month, then Step 4: 3/4, 3/4, 1/2 tablet, repeat. when comfortable with that, step 5: 3/4, 1/2 repeat. when comfortable with that step, step 6: 1/2 tablet daily till comfortable then OFF!!! Yea!
That's great to hear. Just take your time and don't be in a rush to be drug free.
Tell me, how do you cut a quarter off the 25mg pill?
Those pills are Called quetiapaine here in newzealand. Ive been taking them for about 2&1/2 years. Tonight I choose to go cold turkey. I love a challenge well here we go😂😂😂 I would rather do weeks of feeling like crap coming of that poison. But I want my natural sleep back and I'm gonna do it with prayer and worship
Good luck 👍🏻
I'm about to cry I'm so mad about this seriquil, so much love man, thanks for posting this stuff ❤
You’re welcome 🙏🏻
I decreased from 100- more a night to 25mg. Tysm for documenting your experience. I have had the MOST TIRED HEADACHY feeling but no anxiety i cannot handle as i am slowly learning to eliminate the root causes of my anxiety (cptsd/ptsd)...i couldnt understand why a drug that slows me down ... when basically cutting it off ... is making me feel soooo exhausted as if i was taking high ds of the stufff!!! Ty again...
After about six weeks, my energy levels went through the roof. It takes time for that crap to completely leave your system.
@@AllThings80s Again, ty SO MUCH. Sending you well wishes.
@@jai1675 Thanks 👍🏻
I’m getting tapered off seroquel and there were times where the pharmacy didn’t have an approval from my doctor for 4 days and the withdrawals are absolutely horrible physical like I cannot stay asleep and I feel nauseous and vomit and I had muscle pains I would not wish it on my worst enemy
It's such a horrible drug to try and come off. For me, the withdrawal symptoms hit me within 24 hours of not taking it. I hope you are feeling better.
keep strong brother !!! your doing well
Ive been taking Seroquell 150MG for 10 years and just recently ive begun to have new side effects, bad ones, and i truly wish to get off of this fn poison. I hate it so much. thanks for the video. Hope youre doing well now.
I'm doing very well, thanks. 👍🏻
I need to get off seroquel. Someone please write me. I need some encouragement. Even though I am 60, and dying, I still want to quit. Thank goodness i can see the doctor by video.
I feel like crap. I wish I did not do that. Now i feel like crap for doìng that. Why oh why cant i be strong
One tiny pill.
Quitting Seroquel is the hardest thing I've ever done. It's not easy but you need to have the willpower.
I cold turkeyed an injection of risperidone, i did not like the side effects and I was convinced it was an antidepressant so I was terrified finding out afterwards about what had been injected into me, it took about 2/3 weeks to get use to the medication in my body and then withdraw lasted about two months because I was given the highest dose of the risperidone injection (120mg).
Edit: the long acting injection lasts one month
Yes, these medications stay in the body for a long time which is why the hellish withdrawals feel like they go on forever.
Most doctors listen to the drug manufacturers but don’t listen to the people’s side effects I was on 400mg from the start been on it for 2 years then I start taking 10mg diazepam Valium. Xanax wasn’t that well because if u do fall asleep u won’t remember anything but valium works very well you’ll remember everything wont make u fall asleep only when u want but yeh that shit really messed me up they even started me on the highest dose your doing very well brother keep things up
Hi. I noticed in one of your comments that you had spasms in your legs. I think I am having the same thing. Were they painful?
Not painful, just annoying.
First prescribed this drug at 17. Now I’m 22 trying to run away from this medication.
Good luck 👍🏻
Got seroquil in rehab and it gave me the worst RLS I've ever had. Absolute nightmare
I hear you 👍🏻
Wow, I can totally see the improvement,
You look better and your face is much more "alive".
With wich dosis seroquel did You do cold turkey and How long did You take these pill? Thats are the main-questions!!!
How long did the physical symptoms last? I’m on day 5 and I feel like I’m dying 😢
Honestly, it took about 6 weeks before I felt good again. It was torture, but coming out the other side was such a great feeling.
I'm in day 3 of stopping my seroquel feel terrible. I can't sleep, can't eat, vomit every hour or two, my brain feels like it's on fire, I have diarrhea, I can't think straight, I have the shakes and I've lost 9lbs in less than half a week.
The only good news I have is that I was only on 100mg/day so I don't think my symptoms will last quite as long as people who were on higher doses.
How are you doing now? I am currently on 125, down from 200 but I don’t have the guts to go cold turkey. It’s very inexact but I am cutting the pills. So far so good, not too bad.
@@joqiii3 Doing great finally. It took me about 12 days after stopping cold turkey for the withdrawal migraine to go away. The nausea lasted about 9 days for me. After those guys were dealt with, the depression that tagged along with them kept on going. Only now am I feeling that the depression part is over. It tapered off over a few weeks.
I'm still getting itchy sometimes. Itchiness being one of the side effects of withdrawal from Seroquel. They come in the later half. Once you start getting itchy you'll know the worst is over. You won't get super itchy. It's more of an annoyance than anything else. Keep me posted on how you're doing when you're going through the detox. Or if you do. Weaning is the best way for sure.
separator94 wonderful the hear your doing great. Your post brings me hope. Thank You...
@separator94 Thank you for the information. Wow! You have been through a LOT! I am currently at 100 mg and am going to hold here at 100 until I am totally off Klonopin. I am doing a liquid titration to get off the Klonopin and it is taking a bit over 6 months and I have another 90 days to go. When I am through whatever withdrawals come with stopping Klonopin (even though I was on a very low dose), I intend to drop as slow as I can to get off the drug.
At my age, I cannot chance anything but a very slow titration off Serequel, I would be too afraid of the consequences. I honestly think it could kill me. (Btw,I was just notified of your response, so that’s why I am late responding. Not sure how that happened-I am not much of a technology person. I might have done something to my phone? )Appreciate your information-I could not have done what you did.
I called the distributor of the generic Klonopin and Serequel that I am taking. It’s ACCORD HEALTHCARE. They told me both of these drugs are made in India. I know from my research that the FDA has problems with quality control in India. All the more incentive to get off any drug made there.
I recently listened to a Ted Talk on India and the place is filthy. Over 500 million people there do open defecation DAILY! No sewage systems for over 500 million people. Disgusting. The lady who made the talk, was an Indian/American who helped the government of India study the issue. Anyway, a huge number of generic drugs are produced there for American and western consumption. Can’t wait until I am off both these poisons.
Congratulations for your efforts!
@@whatistrue0293 You're very welcome. It honestly gets easier every day and is still that way for me. It takes time but all good things come to those who wait. Patience is a virtue.
I'm so scared of coming off right now due to my insanely high cholesterol. My cholesterol has been sky high since i started it 5 years ago and I'm convinced the withdrawal will kill me so I am going to get my heart and arteries checked first.
That's a good idea.
Just curious sir, is there a reason that you did not want to taper off gradually? My guess is you just wanted it over quickly but just asking. When you decided to quit were you at 150 mg?
I actually did want to taper off, but as the Seroquel I was taking was XR, it's not possible to cut those pills in half due to the coating containing the extended release element and I knew that the psychiatrist wouldn't agree with me coming off the medication so I had to take matters into my own hands.
All Things 80s Thank you! Wow! Shame on your psychiatrist. I hope you paid him, or will pay him, a visit at some point and let him know how you are and what he put you through. May I ask what milligram you were at when you quit and started your journey? I want to thank you for your time and hope you are doing well. I would also like to know how long your withdrawals lasted. Thanks again.
@@joqiii3 I had been on as much as 300mg at one point, but prior to quitting, I had been on 150mg for about two years. The physical withdrawals lasted for about 6 weeks.
All Things 80s Thank you. Six weeks is a long time to feel like hell. Way to go to do that, no way could I do it.
@@joqiii3 It was torture, but once the withdrawals ended, I began to feel alive again.
Week two of tapering from 100 to 50 mgs. Horrible time this past week! They don’t tell ya what will happen if you decide to come off of this evil drug!!!!
My withdrawals lasted about six weeks. After going through that, I have a lot more understanding of heroin addicts and why they keep using it. Those six weeks were absolute torture, but having got through it, I feel amazing now.
All Things 80s would love to chat on a daily basis so I can get your feedback brother !!!
🇧🇷🇺🇲 I'm watching this in Spt 2024 .... .y 22 years old son is taking this for a 1 year now 😭 It' bad he got worst ....
Sorry to hear that.
I was at 150 mg now 13 day nothing cold Turkey. Side effects are headaches, itchy….. and nausea. I’m great
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What the headaches like tension headaches? I’m coming off 800 been taking like 100 every three days or so.
It was a headache that pretty much covered my entire head that lasted for about a week.
@@AllThings80s did it feel like a spasm?
@@juliehayden123 It was a constant headache, but I was having spasms in my legs.
Hello thank you so much for documentation of your journey coming off this drug.. if ive been on 25mg of seroquel a night for 5 months , can i cold turkey off it without getting protracted withdrawal?
Honestly, I would speak to a doctor first.
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Is there anyway to contact you?
You can find the email address on the "About" page here on RUclips.
Did you get brain zap type thing and did it go away
I didn't get brain zap, but most of the side effects have gone away in the fifteen months I've been off seroquel.
All Things 80s did u get twitches and night jolts? And for how long ? I hope u doing ok
Did you cold turkey or taper off
I quit cold turkey.
Are you sleeping any better after 13 days?
Actually, it took me about 6 weeks for the physical side effects to be gone. I still have the odd night of not being able to sleep, but that's because I have so much energy now.
@@AllThings80s Amen
@@DanMorgan-bh5fv 👍🏻
I have a question Has anyone withdrawn from both Opiates and quetiapine if so what quetiapine as bad as opiates????
@@StreetStoryswithdevin I can’t comment on opiates, but seroquel withdrawal was hell.
Is there an online support forum?
Tracey Anne I honestly don’t know, but please feel free to share your feelings here. I’ve had a lot of people reach out to me on RUclips and I like to think I can provide some assistance.
@@AllThings80s ty all things! Its a scary idea as i came off klonopin and have very anxious mornings. My cns got messed up. So to sleep im on serequel and we all know the horrible effects! Im morbidly obese! Also the meds have a psychedelic effect on me. My blood sugar is a mess. Ive been 11 months off klon and sense perhaps permanent damge. My question is. Im down to 100 mgs. Whats a proper taper? Ty sir!
Does anyone else get really itchy coming off quetiapine? (what it is called in the UK)
I don't know what it's called in the UK but here in America it's simply known as Seroquel. I didn't get itchy.
Day 2 from 300 mgs for a month I’m having withdrawals
I know exactly how you're feeling.
I kicked it
Yes I still had insomnia brain frog blurred vision
Yes went on for a month I was so sleepy I bought pure zzz gummies it worked
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How many mgs were you on?
I varied between 300 and 150mgs. At the end, I was on 150mgs,
You look much better weight is coming off your face and body
Brad thank you. Aside from the metabolic changes caused by seroquel, the fact that I have so much energy now has worked wonders for my weight as I’m actually able to get out of bed and do things.
Help! I just stopped taking 200 mg a day..😢 I feel like Jesus slapped me in the face!🤦♀️💔
I know how you must feel
I'm sorry I laughed really hard. I'm on Day 1 eating loads of melatonin gummies with no effect... Are you feeling better now at least?
weed
Really?
yea weed helps! trust it’s a medicine no one has died from.
indica for nighttime sleeping is good.
@@TheNightmareTroll I guess. I've never been into weed and right now I'm doing really well completely drug free.