[moremi]

ok so I have been really down, and to my understanding my medications are meant to keep the mania away. I take zoloft seroquel and tegretol. Im wondering if I quit the seroquel and tegretol for a couple of days if this could maybe raise my mood a bit? At this point Im just desperate to feel a little happiness. Im not talking about going off my meds for good, I do realize that my bp1 has to be controlled by meds but I just feel maybe my pdoc has overdone it a bit and the meds are holding me to low. I see him next week, but another week of this seems so unbearable. Im just really not myself. Ive always been outgoing, caring, loving, erratic, maybe a little eccentric but thats who I am. Im not a loaf. Ive lost my passion for life and began to become interested in death and the relief it could bring me. I have dreamed about exhaling my last breath and how freeing it felt. Im not saying im suicidal, I have two children that need me and I know I cant do this, but its a thought that I think about alot recently. Another thing Ive noticed is that I worry what others think of me now. I couldnt have gave two shits what people thought of me before. I am a difderent person and I dont like me anymore.
If going without meds for a couple of days could work thats an easy fix to this hell. Has anyone had success in doing this?

[Anneinside]

Stopping meds without your doctor's input is not a good idea even if it is for a short period of time. Tegretol is a mood stabilizer and without it you could move into mania. Seroquel is an antipsychotic and SEROQUEL is indicated as monotherapy for the acute treatment of depressive episodes associated with bipolar disorder. This information is from www.rxlist.com Dropping meds won't relieve depression. As far as meds go, an increase or change in a antidepressant, or time, is the only thing that is going to eliminate your depression.

[cocoabeans]

Zoloft was only second to Prozac in putting me into the deepest pits of hell. See if you can see a doctor sooner rather than being impulsive with your meds.

[Trippin2.0]

you poor thing. Tricky thing bout anti depressants is, sometimes they make people feel worse and actually cause suicidal ideation . I know what it's like to feel lost due to medication, I also know how great it feels to have found me again...
Hope you find a solution soon

[hamster-bamster]

Some meds have to be tapered off, they cannot be dropped otherwise it is dangerous. I believe that Seroquel is one of them. Just adding to what others have said by way of caution.

[~Christina]

Seroquel has to be tapered off .. that I know for certain .. did it a few months ago.