Tapering Seroquel XR (Quetiapine) thus far has been easy. I (along with my clinician/therapist and my psychiatrist) decided that after seven and a half years, it was time I stopped the drug and was able to possibly see if I could function without it or [worst-case scenario] put on something else.
It is now December and I have been weaning from my high dose down to where I’m at now: 125mg. That’s five months of weaning and only now am I starting to get a slew of symptoms: my heart rate is higher than normal this week which makes me wonder if it’s related to my period coming in a few days (whoops, TMI, grow up) or the fact that hormone changes with a period tends to trigger POTS symptoms in those of us with dysautonomia.
Then I found this article and it actually described exactly the spot I’m at now. Here’s the list of symptoms they’re posting that I have going on right now (the full list is at the link above): Continue reading “033. Seroquel Weaning (5 Months Into It)”
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