I think I'd get manic quick if I stopped cold.

I agree in general I think tapering is far better of a plan, but at the same time I think people go too slow and it just prolongs things, then you focus on it too much and it hurts rather than helps. You increase the psychological dependence on it.

I'm thinking I'll drop by 20-25% and hold a couple weeks. Use PRN klonopin, benadryl, and 25mg IR tablets.

I've got to get off this crap. It worked well and still does, but we've had to bump the dose up several times. If I could exercise daily and not isolate so much (both things which seroquel impairs), I think I could get by on less.

I do think I will need to still take it but I'm not OK with the dose anymore. I've gained almost 20 pounds still and that is with eating really really well for 2 months now. It's all in my abdomen (worst place it could be). I'm tall and lean. Now I have a mega gut. My blood pressure is crazy high now too.

I isolate like crazy since the last dose increase. I needed it for manicky stuff, I honestly don't remember why now. I do not cycle anything near like I used to, which is awesome. But I also isolate way too much and some of that is a personality change from the seroquel. I'm fun and now I'm like a hermit.

I'm not going to change anything tonight. I need to think about it more and plan more.