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Apr 14, 2011, 02:31 PM
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I saw my pdoc today and she is going to take me off of Seroquel!
As most of us here know Seroquel can cause a lot of weight issues - I started on it on 2007, gained probably 30-40 lbs and have not been able to lose the last 15 no matter what I do, which has included diet doctors, personal trainers and nutritionists... Cutting from 200 to 100 for next 2 weeks, than to 50 for 2 weeks after that. Yay me! 
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Apr 14, 2011, 05:35 PM
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That's great jadedmoonbeam! I had the same issue with seroquel. You may want to ask for a sleeping pill prescription. I found I had issues with falling asleep when I first started to taper down.
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Apr 15, 2011, 08:08 AM
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I already take Ambien and I have Xanax I can take. I know it's baby steps but I'm so excited! |
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Apr 15, 2011, 08:22 AM
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 High five, Moonbeam!
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Apr 15, 2011, 08:53 AM
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That's great news! Congrats!
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Apr 16, 2011, 05:53 PM
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Yay! I'm so glad for you. I'm still on seroquel, and I don't think I'll be coming off it any time soon... and yes, it did make me balloon up something terrible.
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Apr 16, 2011, 07:14 PM
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Congrats. I am also on Seroquel but it is not feasible for me to go off it cause it helps me a lot. I hope when you get off of it completely that you can loose the rest of the weight.
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Apr 16, 2011, 07:59 PM
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I think the dr sees I'm working really hard to change and maintain a less stressful life. It has not been easy for me to get to this place and I will hope I will keep going. I appreciate everyone's support!
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Apr 17, 2011, 04:24 AM
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i had to stop taking Seroquel also because of weight gain. it did help me sleep though, even though i have Ambien...even that stopped working after a while. i have Ativan and would sometimes have to take both or an Ambien and a half to get some sort of sleep. now i take klonopin instead of ambien but IM STILL AWAKE!!!!!!
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