Posted by CEK on April 3, 2006, at 10:13:14
In reply to Re: drop the seroquel, posted by maryhelen on April 1, 2006, at 16:39:38
I went to see my psychiatrist on the 30th to follow up on the medication. I told him of all the side effects I was having and how I was not feeling any better. So now he told me to stop the Zoloft and cut back on the Seroquel to 50mg at night. He told me to go up on the Lamictal to 50mg twice a day. He said that I seemed to be very sensitive to medicines and that he was running out of options since Effexor, Lexapro, Celexa, Wellbutrine, Cymbalta and Zoloft were not helpful. He told me to be patient, that we'd find something that worked, it was just going to take a while. I can't believe he acted like there wasn't much left to try. He acted very unconcerned about my side effects. I told him about the jumping, twitching and numbness I have with my body and how after 3 days of taking the Seroquel my lower back had started hurting and I was having trouble urinating. He thought that the combination of Zoloft and Seroquel was what was causing my symptoms. Well on Saturday April 1, I went to the doctor about my lower back pain and they said I had a kidney infection and prescribed an antibiotic called Bactrim. I have never had a kidney infection before. I looked up detailed side effects on Lamictal and Seroquel to see if this could've been caused by one of them and they both showed that they could cause kidney failure and decreased urine output. Has anyone developed this problem while on these meds? I think it was the Seroquel. I decided on my own that I did not want to take it anymore. Like so many of you I could not function in the daytime because of being so groggy. I'd be tired all day and then finally wake up at about 5:00pm and feel real wired and could not go to sleep unless I took the Seroquel. I was up at 5:30am on Friday to help my husband and kids get ready and then did not go to bed until 4:00am on Saturday because I had not taken the Seroquel and was not tired at all. I took 3 Benadryl at 2:00am and it didn't even start to make me sleepy. This use to work for me before the Seroquel. I said something has to be better than this. I went to bed at 4:00am didn't fall asleep until about 5:00am and woke up at 7:00am. I stayed up until 4:30pm and finally fell asleep and did not wake up until 8:00 the next morning. Well now since taking the Bactrim and increasing the Lamictal a rash has started. It's on the insides of my arms, back of my knees and on my face and neck and in my hair. It's red, hot and very itchy. The doctor that prescribed the Bactrim told me to stop taking it and she'd call me in some Cepro and my psychiatrist told me to stop taking the Lamictal until the rash is gone. He said we'd start introducing it back to my body at 25mg slowly when the rash was completely gone. Now here's the kicker. I'm not on any meds now. Now what do I do? He stopped the Zoloft all together and now the Lamictal and I don't want to take the Seroquel. My husband is insisting that I keep taking the Seroquel since I have nothing else to take. I'm scared though, because I feel like it is not good for me. I'm afraid of what's going to happen to me now with no meds. I don't want to start getting suicidal again and start bawling all the time and start feeling so out of control. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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