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Alive99
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Default Jun 20, 2021 at 01:59 PM
 
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Originally Posted by black-roses View Post
Hey, so I've been on Seroquel for months and want to get off of it I made like a cut from 100mg to 75mg and then tried to cut it to 50mg like the psychiatrist says. Well it was to rapid a taper so I had to do it slower, it's really hard to be certain how much I take coz I take one whole 50mg tablet then cut a 50mg tablet and sometimes it's not cut exactly in half so the tablets are not exact. Anyway, the anger and irritation I have is really overwhelming, like even though I probably have reasons to be angry like an annoying stalker harassing me for 3 years everytime I go to the shop, and I also have debts from a telecommunications company I was never with that I had to report to the cybercrime dot. Net and I also have another $15,000 debt from a Tafe that I pulled out before the census date but they still charged me for the whole course... Well anyway yeah I probably have reason to be angry but it's rage and it feels excessive and the only thing I can point it to is Seroquel because I usually don't have issues with anger. Well anyway, there's a friend I've been friends with for three years called Ben and he's been texting me daily for months complaining about his health daily and would only talk about cars. Well I had ago at him yesterday because I was sick of it and I have mental health issues and to be honest his constant complaining about his health has just been triggering my OCD. So I went ballistic and basically told him to either go to a doctor or to shut the f up. I know I lost my temper and he was apologitic. Well anyway that's not the only thing I find that he does to be irritating, I find myself being on the phone texting him for hours everyday. This has been concerning to my sister who noticed and was worried that I have a phone addiction and that could be adversely affecting me. I think she's right I'm always on it everyday for 8+ plus no lie. So I told him I wanted him not to text me for a week and I'd be busy all week so I couldn't hang. It feels good to have boundaries. I know most people would love to have what I have someone that cares and talks to them daily but I feel he's clingy and often overbearing and always complimenting me, which to be honest just makes me feel weird and embarrassed. I dunno but I think I need to make big overhauls to my friendships like actually try and make friends at Tafe but to be honest I don't know if I want friends. To be honest sometimes I don't even know what the emptiness and irritation is about and it's like really confusing and overwhelming. I don't know if my personality is normal, in fact I don't even know why I'm not able to succeed at life. I think most of it comes down to me being comfortable with my addictions even though there destructive. I know this is a long post and I wanna thank who's still reading. Any advice types for the Seroquel anger I have and friendship advice? Thanks guys

Hi. Why do you want to get off the Seroquel? Do you plan to be on another medication or not at all?

I agree, you will want to learn to keep your rage under control.

Your friend, yeah, he can just go to a doctor, true. He can't just talk at length to anyone every day about his health issues.

I do think though that it takes two to tango. You can learn talking with him without it having to be hours every day. It's not just him talking to you at length, you talk to him at length too, so you have to learn to keep it shorter too.

It takes time to learn about what a good, working friendship is like. No matter who you are befriending.

I don't really understand why the compliments are a problem for you, maybe discuss that with the therapist? Along with the emptiness that's overwhelming/confusing.

Good luck.
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