Please discuss with your doctor the risks associated with Seroquel. According to the psychopharmacologist that I consult regarding my research projects, 300 mg per day is the minimum effective dosage as an ANTIPSYCHOTIC. Anything less, it is being used more as a tranquilizer that lessens the impact extreme mood states. Astra-Zeneca first marketed Seroquel with a graphic of a bulls eye with a 600 in the middle, suggesting that the ideal dose would be 600 mg. At one point early in my recovery, I was on 800 mg per day (can you say FAT ZOMBIE!!!!) I switched meds, lost the weight was doing great until a rather impulsive suicide attempt. In the hospital, they switched me back to Seroquel at 300 mg. In just the two months until I saw my psychiatrist again, I gained 35 pounds and developed diabetes meliatus. It turns out that Seroquel carries a very high correlation between usage and incidence of diabetes II. My Pdoc will not even prescribe it anymore. The psychopharmacologist told me that those who normally carry a few extra pounds are the population of Seroquel users that most likely will develop diabetes. He often recommends to Pdocs that they try their patients on Geodon which tends to be a lot more weight neutral.
Hope this helps, but yes, stop taking Seroquel until you are able to speak to at least a psych nurse at your clinic regarding the side effects before you continue treatment with this medication, N2BD.