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Oct 20, 2019, 12:20 AM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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Originally Posted by Crook32
Well I had a ketamine treatment today to try and keep my mood up. Not being able to get surgery until the end of February complicates things even more at work. I am tired of being told I am fat I already know this. I emailed my T and told her I am going off of Seroquel and going to cut back on sessions so that she doesn’t have to get another insurance authorization. Of course I didn’t hear back from her. She rarely writes back. So I will just see her Friday and get my lecture from her then.
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Your post is heartbreaking. I can say that with all honesty I understand. I have gained over 125lbs from Seroquel (seriously; I was too thin and now way overweight). The stuff causes Metabolic Syndrome and I have not met any doctor, regardless of specialty, who truly understands what Seroquel does to most people.
I have insisted to my pdoc over and over that I do not want to take Seroquel. The weight gain has caused high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high glucose, and relentless, chronic pain - especially in my knees. My GP tells me to exercise and "lose the weight." But I'm in physical therapy for severely painful achilles tendonitis. I would love to exercise. Unfortunately, walking is extremely painful. The stupid woman cannot comprehend the situation.
My dipshite pdoc pays absolutely no attention to my concerns about my health. She's madly, wildly, insanely in love with Seroquel. Her answer to everything I tell her is "Seroquel." I have explained my concerns to her over and over and over. She won't budge.
I finally stopped taking it about a month ago (I was down to a low dose, at my insistence). She keeps demanding that I go back on it. Around and around. The whole issue is destroying my relationship with her; I no longer trust her in any way.
Do you expect the lecture from your T about wanting to cut back on sessions, about going off Seroquel, or both?
Of course, I don't know your situation very well, yet...I do. I empathize.
My guess is that it's important for you to stay in therapy. Do you think it might be? With regard to the Seroquel, however, you certainly have my support if you decide to change meds. Personally, I believe that Seroquel should be taken off the market because I think it's killing people - in one way, by causing serious physical illness. In another way by destroying the patient's spirit.
Please know that you are not alone in your frustration, pain, and sheer exasperation.
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