Cash,
You are so smart to call your pdoc and get help coming down. That's awesome and, in my mind, impressive. Last time I was up, I denied I was. I had no idea. I really didn't think I was.
As far as not falling asleep on the dose of seroquel/quetiapine you are on, my doctor once mentioned that there is the potential for something called a "paradoxical effect" with that drug in higher doses. By this she explained that the higher doses would seem like they would really knock you on your butt, but that they have the opposite effect.
Curious...what kind of dose of klonopin is used for the treatment of mania?
Keep taking such good care of yourself--
__________________
Julie
Bipolar I
Agoraphobia w/Panic Features
Current Episode: Depressed beginning 11/16
Oxcarbazepine 1200
Tapering off Quetiapine
Bupropion ER 300
Yoga and Meditation
You are not your illness. You have an individual story to tell. A name, a history, a personality. Staying yourself is part of the battle.
--Julian Seifter
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