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Seroquel

DavidRahl
05/04/09
DavidRahl
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Hello, my name is David, I'm a writer and I frequently reference death in my writing. I'm infatuated with mortality and that frightened me. In 07' I was prescribed Seroquel to counter these thoughts. I never touched it. A week and a half ago I resurfaced the drug from my cabinet and took it as I was told to do years ago. Since using Seroquel, responsibly, I have lost all motivation in my work. I end up wasting hours with trifle entertainment. I've lost my once firm grasp on cognitivity. My question is fifteen days of taking the drug, how long will it take my body and mind to cleanse itself of this horrid and ineffective drug completely?

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Christina Bruni
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Christina has been in remission from schizophrenia, and out of the...

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Hello David,

 

Your experience with the Seroquel is the first of its kind I've heard from someone taking this drug.  It's your call.  If the thoughts are troubling you, go back to the psychiatrist and work with him or her to find the drug that will have minimal side effects yet give you relief from the troubling thoughts.  Seroquel isn't the only drug used to treat SZ and related conditions, there are a variety and for example I'm on an atypical that has caused me to be even more focused than I already was, I can think clearly now.

 

If you find after going off the Seroquel that you can't control your thoughts or cope with what's going on in your head, do consider working with the doctor to find relief via another drug.  I am a writer and as you'll see from reading my SharePosts, I have a sunny outlook, so each person is different and you have to know your comfort level with referencing death and mortality.  You say it frightened you so obviously you were concerned with the frequency or severity of the thoughts, and that's the key: if you can live with them or are they interfering with your life.  Years later you did take the Seroquel so at the time you took the drug you felt the thoughts had gotten worse or you couldn't control them any longer, right?

 

As I said, it's your call whether you take the drug or not.  I do not feel the lack of motivation would be long-term.  I sure hope the lack of motivation doesn't continue.

 

Regards,

Christina

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Schizophrenia is a syndrome characterized by disturbances in emotions, thought, activity, and language, that leaves patients fearful and withdrawn.

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