medications

is anyone here taking seroquel ?

Not now but I used to.

did you have suicidal thoughts after starting that medication that you didnt have before ?

did u have suicidal thoughts after starting this medication that you didnt have before ?

No I didn't. I would suggest if you think this is causing you to have these types of ideations that you call your pdoc right away. Everyone reacts differently to medications. Please take care of yourself.

I am taking seroquel.....have been on & off of it for several years after having a horrible reaction to thorzine. Thorzine causes me to have a parkinsons like reaction....very scarry thinking it wouldn't go away when it took so long to get out of my system (over a month).

I was actually doing much better a couple of years ago....& went off all meds completely being that I have horrible reactions to most of them. Then exactly 1 year ago, I ended up going through a horrible trauma (ID theft & threats & accusations of abusing my mother (police were sent out) from the home care RN for my Mother who was dying of cancer). I ended up medically hospitalized for several months for what was anorexia.....(massive weight loss & not able to eat or drink as a reaction to the stress I was going through). After I was able to come home & after my Mothers funeral, I have been haunted continually by nightmares & feelings that were defined as depersonalization. My pdoc initially tried xanax with absolutely no help. I realized I had some seroquel left over from before & tried it at night when things were the worse. I initially tried a low dose & found it helped some.....at least I could go to sleep but was still being haunted. I finally upped the dose to 300-400mg at night & 25mg during the day which my pdoc agreed with (he now lets me determine what works for me). I have been able to get the needed relief & no suicidal thoughts.

I know very well about suicidal feelings however.....I had suicidal feelings & attempts for about 6 years (between 1994 - 1999). The paramedics were continually at my home & it seemed like I was living in the psych ward in the hospital & I even landed in the ICU in a coma & on a breathing machine after one attempt.

It is a horrible feelingsuicidal & something I had never felt before being put on antidepressants. I am not sure if I could blame the meds directly, seeing that I had so bottomed out with depression (which looking back was my reaction to loosing my career which was my identity). It seems now that it was an extreme reaction to what I went through, & the suicidal feelings may have well come from some of the meds. The pdoc I had then tried every med that existed at the time....& every one I had a reaction that I couldn't live with.....let alone continuing the suicidal feelings that just wouldn't go away.

I have also been plagued with migraines since being given the antidepressants....never even had a headache before in my life.....now I am on Fentynal for chronic migraines. The suicidal feelings have now been placed in my past....however when I couldn't find help to get me through the trauma this year, I just wanted everything to stop. I must admit there was at least one suicidal thought due to my frustration, but the fact that I have a filly (my baby horse that is now just over 1 year old) that I totally love along with my other horses & all my american eskimo dogs. They now seem to make the difference that they didn't the last time I felt that way.

I am not sure if suicidal thoughts are any part of a reaction to seroquel.....or just the situation you are in, or maybe both. I think each person seems to have their own reaction to the psych meds. The key also is that you DO NOT ACT on your suicidal thoughts. For me, seroquel provides me with the ability to "knock me out" so I can get my needed sleep....then I have to wake up to an alarm or have the TV going so that I don't have the transition from sleep to wake when the memories of the trauma & my Mothers death haunt me the most.

It is important to talk to your pdoc about what you are experiencing.....there is no wrong or right reaction to a med....it is an individual experience. I guess if you feel like you can control your actions even though you have the thoughts, then you may want to continue with the med otherwise let your pdoc know that you do not want to take it anymore. But no matter what, talk to your pdoc about what is happening!!!!!!! Suicidal thoughts are nothing to fool around with.

Take care,
Debbie

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chicky said:
did you have suicidal thoughts after starting that medication that you didnt have before ?

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Please consult a doctor, psychiatrist, or counselor about this!!! Are you having suicidal thoughts now that you have begun taking Seroquel???