I went to see my psych doc today and she wasn't entirely happy with my progress over the past month. She said I'm defiently not as manic as I was but that she can tell I'm still on edge. I have to agree with her analysis. She didn't want to up the Lamictal anymore--I'm on 300 mg--and considered changing me to another mood stablizier. Since I've been seeing and hearing things she decided to try me on seroquel. My understanding is that it is an atypical antipsychotic so it makes sense.

My big concerns are the possiblity of weight gain and what she described as a numbing effect, partially because I'm taking it with Lamictal. Have any of you avoided weight gain on Seroquel? And have any of you run into problems with a numbing effect? I'm starting it tonight. She has me starting at 25 mg and told me to increase the dosage each week until I feel like it's working for me. She said I can go as high as four pills per day but that if I get that high to call her. I'm pretty nervous about this--I've never been on any kind of antipsychotic before.