Doc cut my quetiaine 200mg all at once. My head is fine mentally but my body cannt get used to it and thats two and half month. Come this far so dont want to taper means going back on.
I sweat 24/7 so my sleep is broken every few hours. Ibuprofen wont help fever n sleeping and diazepam is too addictive to use. Is there anything else to help withdrawal symptoms from quet??

[still_crazy]

i dunnno. maybe hydroxyzine or gabapentin?

I have decided to go straight to psychiatric centre as I have open access to staff, they should fix me up faster than gp. I will refuse to leave unless they prescribe me something to help, at least short term

[*Laurie*]

Let us know how it goes.

So today did not go as I expected. I went to A and E first because my symptoms are really bad, and after two ECG's, blood test, urine sample etc. they came to the conclusion that I have a viral infection!
It just so happens this "viral infection" began the day I my quetiapine dose was cut by 200mg(in sarcastic tone).
As usual, because of my diagnoses I was treated like a fool. They gave me ibuprofen and paracetamol and asked if I felt better now. They knew my temperature was far too high and my pulse rate.
I have an appointment with the psyche on Tuesday. If they even suggest I am psychosomatic or just wanting attention I will put them straight. I wish more than anything I was healthy, and I a nothing like my grandmother. I wish I didn't have to see the inside of a hospital ever again. I hate this. I am sick to my back teeth of it.
I know it is withdrawal because I have missed doses of quetiapine in past accidently and this is exactly what happens. The sweating and headaches. Do they not think that the first thing I would have tried was painkillers?? I am flabbergasted.
I have been on 300mg for three months and I tried 500mg one night and lo and behold - I felt normal all of next day. I know it is the withdrawal. Why do psychiatrists deny these drugs are so powerful??

I would love nothing more than to tell the psyche everything and even threaten to buy pills online if they won't even consider the fact that it is withdrawal. When I swim it helps as it relaxes me, if it was viral, exercise would not help as you have to rest. I get some blinders of migraines, so much so that my eyes go blurry so I wont drive for a while. I cannot afford to pay for swimming every day or second day even. If in three months my symptoms are still so potent how long is it going to be before I actually recover. I have a little time but I need to restart college after xmas. So evidently I do not want to be ill and I am not some junkie wanting a few benzo's, I am legitimately suffering. I don't think the brain and body, can go unscathed with a constant fever and temperature. My immune system is taking a beating. I can't really go long walks and cycle because I sweat till I am soaking and end up with a cough/sore throat. The endorphins help. Benzo's help but I am flat broke. A little alcohol is calming but again- money. It would honestly be two drinks max.
I cannot understand why they so dismissively don't believe me. I haven't had a proper sleep since the dose dropped, down to night terrors, waking up dripping with sweat, wide awake after 4 hours sleep.
I ordered procyclidene from a safe source, and it helped counteract night sweats. It is just a side effects drug no danger involved. But I cannot afford anymore. So I will have to space them out and ration them.
I went through the itching too, and anti-histamine solved that. I never went to psych with my concerns because they never do anything until you literally dangle yourself from a cliff. I thought I could see it through, how hard can some sweating be. It has been so much more.
I can't tell them about rebound psychosis, and how short my temper is without proper sleep. My head thoughts and mood are ok. The physical symptoms means I have to do as little as humanly possible, I don't know what to do now. I am confused as to why psychiatrists in this country are so ill informed.

I will keep my cool when I see my psych, it is not worth risking another hospital stay so I can save a bit of money, I will just buy benzo's and make the procyclidene last. If he says it is viral then I won't argue, fine its viral and I will be on my own merry way. I will not attend future appointments though.