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I'm 18 years old, and am dealing with strong social phobia and anxiety, agro-phobia and paranoia just about everywhere there is people. I'm seeing a therapist about it and she subscribed me Seroquel, and today I bought it at the pharmacy. What I didn't know before buying it, was that Seroquel had THIS many sideeffects, not to mention risks, involved. My therapist did not tell me this, what she said about it was basically that one girl commit suicide once, but that was about it. She did not tell me about the INCREASED risiko of getting diabetes (my worst nightmare since an age of 5!), also did not tell me I would have to test my blood regularly (btw, why would she leave out information like that? If it is the case, I mean.)
Reading about this is NOT fun. I am dying for a solution here, and have been spent A LOT of money other other natural supplement that did not help me at all. Also I haven't read one single post about anyone taking it for the same reason as I am. Schizophrenia? Trouble sleeping? I do not have schizophrenia, neither do I have trouble sleeping at night. Some people here mention how Seroquel makes them FAINT, others how they can't picture this medicine being anything at all for the day.
I have diabetes in my family, but my therapist did not at all ask me about that. Reading from the internet the diabetes-risk seem more than "unusual" (as it said on the package) to me. In fact, according to my statistic many are experiencing it and dealing with it already.
Withdrawal symptoms? My therapist said there were none. I would just go back to being the same basically, as before I did the medication. We were actually just going to try this for about 1-2 month.. but if trying this for 1-2 months is gonna put my health and condition in danger, WHY. WHY would my therapist subscribe me such a thing..
To have that said, I'm suppose to take 1 pill every morning/evening for about 5 days, then increase it to 2 pills every morning/evening. She subscribed me 25mg. I don't know what to think about all this. If there is any chance at all that I might get diabetes (more than usual), suicidal thoughts and more paranoia than what I already do have, what is truly the point? The last thing I want to see is myself suffer MORE because of something that was suppose to work as a temporary SOLUTION.
PLEASE, offer advice. I very much need so.
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Hi neverokay,
I sure hope you have found something to help you feel better, but just in case you haven't, I thought I would tell you that two members of my family have been taking the prescription drug "XANAX" for the same symptoms you've described. I think they both would agree that any side effects they might have experienced have been minimal and that they could not get along without it. My sister has never tried to go off of it and must be taking it for over 30 years (it is the only prescription drug she takes other than a blood pressure pill probably for an even longer period of time). My father has probably taken XANAX longer than her (along with an antidepressant, NARDIL). To make a long story short, we did learn about XANAX withdrawal when he wasn't given it during various hospital stays. Unfortunately, it was my sister (NOT the doctors or nurses) who figured out what his problem was...and I verified it with information I found in THE MERCK MANUAL OF MEDICAL INFORMATION-HOME EDITION. Oh, what a horrible time that all was!!! The last time it happened was after knee surgery and we told the nurses right after his surgery that he needed his NARDIL and XANAX as soon as possible or he would go into "withdrawal" (XANAX doesn't come in a liquid form to be given intravenously so they usually give him ATIVAN instead ~ we're not sure if he cannot tolerate the ATIVAN or if it's all XANAX withdrawal, but he surely suffered some awful times after surgery even though he seemed to come through it with flying colors for at least the first 24 hours). Well, his family doctor who requested his medicines for that hospital stay put his XANAX on my Dad's "If Needed" prescription drug list...and we just assumed because we had already told them about him going into withdrawal, that he was getting it. (Another lesson we learned...NEVER ASSUME ANYTHING.) He wasn't, and my Mom was told about that right before he was being sent to a Rehab Hospital. I called back and found out about this "If Needed" list. Needless to say, we were very upset. According to the MERCK MANUAL, Xanax withdrawal is similar to alcohol withdrawal and withdrawal from sleeping pills. I know someone else who had taken XANAX for several weeks to about 2 months maybe, and she didn't seem to have any problem reducing her dose as her doctor suggested. I don't believe she has taken it since.
My father has also taken Seroquel. It kept him from urinating. That is another long story. He was only on it for about a week. Thanks to a mandatory discharge he went from one hospital, home, and right to another hospital within a few hours. Luckily, the doctor in the emergency room there agreed that the Seroquel was probably causing him to retain urine, and within minutes the nurse had a catheter in him and the bag began to fill. After reading all the messages on here about Seroquel and many of their increased or newfound symptoms of diabetes, all I can say is, "TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS!" Though this information is just knowledge I have gained from my own life experiences (and obviously not any professional opinion), I sincerely hope it is helpful to you in finding the best path for you to follow. Take care...and good luck.
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