[Catgotmytongue]

Does anyone else notice aggression with Seroquel or other heightened emotions that are hard to deal with such as feeling good and getting over excited on it?
I've been lowering my dose over the period of over a year and it's hard to tell if it is the lowering of my meds or more therapy helped with stabilising moods.

[Gr3tta_0]

When i tapered off seroquel i feel i went from flattened/dull to normal for me. I do not feel i experienced an excess of aggression or feeling good, just a return of normal range of emotions.
If you are concerned about your emotional range, please communicate this with your prescriber, so adjustments can be made as needed.

[childofchaos831]

That's interesting. I have noticed my frustration limit seems to have gotten lower over the last couple of years. I thought it was just having a lot thrown at me all at once and also not being willing to tolerate certain abusive behaviors from family. But I also started taking seroquel a few years ago. I take a pretty high dose, for mood/psychosis and also tardive dyskensia. Iv e also noticed more crying, not from depression usually but more frustration, which has always been what would make me cry in the past.

[Catgotmytongue]

Originally Posted by childofchaos831

That's interesting. I have noticed my frustration limit seems to have gotten lower over the last couple of years. I thought it was just having a lot thrown at me all at once and also not being willing to tolerate certain abusive behaviors from family. But I also started taking seroquel a few years ago. I take a pretty high dose, for mood/psychosis and also tardive dyskensia. Iv e also noticed more crying, not from depression usually but more frustration, which has always been what would make me cry in the past.

I guess it's really hard to say being that you have more on your plate. Could be either.
It's an interesting topic. I've been lowering it the 10% reduction method and noticed I feel more sad lowering it but also less snappy and excitable. But it could be all in my head lol

[*Laurie*]

The only thing I notice with Seroquel, regardless of the dose, is that it helps me sleep. It doesn't seem to do anything else, positive or negative, for me.

[harmonyinheart]

Whenever I would be increasing my dose, I would actually get pretty agitated, not emotionally but physically. Really restless with a lot of excess energy. I take 150 mg in the a.m. And 300 in the p.m. Haven't had an increase in a while and the agitation leveled off awhile ago. However , my last bump in dosage-100 to 150 in the a.m. I actually didn't get that agitation. I react oddly to meds though. I can take my a.m. dose and then bike 40 miles, fatigue not an issue.

But some of the increases I felt almost hypomanic I was so restless. So I can definitely believe your feelings "of excess" if you will

[Catgotmytongue]

Originally Posted by *Laurie*

The only thing I notice with Seroquel, regardless of the dose, is that it helps me sleep. It doesn't seem to do anything else, positive or negative, for me.

I've heard for some people it doesn't help with much. Could also be the dosage but least you don't have your up with side effects

[still_crazy]

hi. tranquilizers in general are known for calming agitation, reducing anxiety, and inducing a degree of apathy and emotional indifference. The more sedating tranquilizers, such as seroquel, also cause a lot of sedation, so that often (but not always...) helps with agitation, anxiety, intense mood states, etc.

If one reads the literature, though, it seems that there are problems with tranquilizers. Some people get such intense akathisia that they engage in violent behavior, even homicide, assaults, and suicides. Short of full on akathisia, many people report intense drug induced dysphoria from these drugs, and that can cause problems, too. Some data from back in the day showed that people diagnosed with "Bipolar I" treated with long acting injections of the older drugs cycled into depression more frequently than those not so treated.

Personally, Seroquel was a nightmare for me. I had nightmares while sleeping, and I'd wake up sweaty, with stiff muscles. I was over-sedated and angry during the day. Looking back, I think I'm quite prone to akathisia and dysphoria, so the heavy sedation probably just made things worse, not better.

10% reduction of dose is a good way to go, especially with more potent drugs, such as seroquel and other tranquilizers. On the plus side, seroquel is low potency, so its easier to cut the dosage more slowly, more exactly, and then adjust to life with less and less tranquilizer on board. On the downside, seroquel is densely sedating and affects all kinds of neurotransmitters, so tapering can be rough on some people.

I'm glad you have some talking treatments going on in your life. That's a very good thing, especially since you're aiming to cut the seroquel ((always a good thing, if one can...)).

[Catgotmytongue]

Originally Posted by harmonyinheart

Whenever I would be increasing my dose, I would actually get pretty agitated, not emotionally but physically. Really restless with a lot of excess energy. I take 150 mg in the a.m. And 300 in the p.m. Haven't had an increase in a while and the agitation leveled off awhile ago. However , my last bump in dosage-100 to 150 in the a.m. I actually didn't get that agitation. I react oddly to meds though. I can take my a.m. dose and then bike 40 miles, fatigue not an issue.

But some of the increases I felt almost hypomanic I was so restless. So I can definitely believe your feelings "of excess" if you will

That's good you're lucky the meds don't knock you out like it does for some. My mood seems lower overall but I don't want to go back up due to the overly grogginess that I got with it.
Interesting that it made you agitated, thanks for your feedback

[harmonyinheart]

Originally Posted by Catgotmytongue

That's good you're lucky the meds don't knock you out like it does for some. My mood seems lower overall but I don't want to go back up due to the overly grogginess that I got with it.
Interesting that it made you agitated, thanks for your feedback

Sometimes I wish it would knock me out though. I have sleep troubles and a lot of anxiety and not a lot of options for dealing with it med wise. My lithium makes me kind of druggy every morning for a while after breakfast, but that isn't relaxing or pleasurable.

What was your dose and what did you reduce too? Maybe you take something in between and seee if that is better for you