I know this post is really old, but I was on Seroquel for a long time too. I have done some research into the long term effects of anti-antipsychotic medications. I made a lot of sacrifices to get off Seroquel, mainly with the withdrawal symptoms. It sent me to the hospital for a long time. Please be careful if you do start getting off it.
Google Dr. Breggin for info on how drugs hurt the brain.
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Originally Posted by Laina M.
Does anyone else worry about what this stuff does in the long term? Atypicals have only been around for 20 years now, and sometimes it scares me that we really don't know a huge amount about what the effects of taking them for a long time, or the effects they might have on our bodies for the long term. I know the earlier generations of antipsychotics (like thorazine) definitely had some bad ones.
Someday I hope I'll be able to be without medications at all, but for now I'm taking 1200mg of seroquel/quetiapine a day. I know taking my medications are better than nothing for me now, but sometimes I think about it and it really scares me how little we know.
Any information or research that you know of into atypicals and long-term effects would be very helpful, thank you!
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