Posted by SLS on July 17, 2009, at 17:18:19
In reply to Seroquel Taper a Bust, posted by Zana on July 17, 2009, at 16:43:44
> As some of you have already read, I have been trying to taper my dose of seroquel from 150mg at bedtime to whatever. I got to 100mgs and crashed-weeping, despondent.
> I keep feeling I am on too many meds and that my feelings of deadness and dullness are medication induced. But when I try to reduce anything, my depression comes galloping back. I gave it a week on 100mgs of seroquel and all week I got progressively worse even though when I was taking just remeron and seroquel I was still very depressed. So I didn't think the seroquel was doing me much good and might be dulling me down.
> Do I have to feel so deadened to stave off the depression? Is the deadness part of the depression that's not being treated?
> I could try to taper the remeron. I take 45mgs at bedtime. It gave me no AD benefit when I was on it alone. But my pdoc says it's supposed to be a good combination with pristiq. Should I try to drop out the resperadone? It didn't feel like it did anything when I started it- good or bad. Could it be dulling me?
> I am so dishearted and confused.
> Any suggestions will be appreciated.
> Zana
At higher dosages (above 100mg), the metabolite of Seroquel becomes important. It is a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, just like nortriptyline. I had some luck combining Effexor with nortriptyline. You might consider using nortriptyline as a substitute for Seroquel and combine it with Pristiq.Pristiq + nortriptyline + Remeron should be a potent cocktail for depression.
- Scott
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