Hi BF...

Just thought I'd share my experience with Seroquel.

I have been on Seroquel now for about 5 weeks... I started at 50mg for 4 days, then 100mg for 4 days, then 150 for 4 days, then 200mg for 4 days, then 300mg for 4 days, and now I'm on 400mg per day.

I will say that I am no longer on the BIG rollercoaster... I've moved to the Midsize rollercoaster.

I haven't had a what I call a zero to super freakout moment since hitting the 200mg mark. Which it totally amazing to me.

I will also say that Seroquel knocks me out at night... I wouldn't say that I am getting a restful sleep but I am sleeping.

I hope you find something soon to help you out...

Abbie

BF, I feel so bad for you feeling alone and not supported. Sometimes it is just better to take it from the hands of those in the family because even if they want to help, they are not educated or trained to help. You really can't tell them how to support you. You say support they think money.

If I were you I would ask SSDI or an agency to step in as your care taker, and also with this much mixed up no one med or simple answer, why not a short stay program for pain and emotional assistance. Get the overhaul and special doctors to control your meds from every stand point.

Family can just be too close to the situation to help. I had to do everything for my daughter, yet she resented it so much. I have so much guilt that I was not able to do more to protect her....Even with the hospitalization though the doc;s out of town did not get, treating her physical pain would reduce the emotional strugle she had.
I will say a prayer, but do some phone calls and find guardianship programs to help advocate for you.
Di

They keep under medicating me. I have a pain in my chest from anxiety every day now. I have become depressed......................I THINK THEY WANT ME TO SUFFER.....................I'm being silly................They cannot hear me. I should bring them a hearing aid the next time I see them. The medicine is out there,but they don't want me to feel the affects of a proper dosage. A Milligram of Xanax a day is not helping that pain at the top of my stomach. It's like giving me a baby aspirin for a migraine headache. They gave me some strong medications in the 1970's. It beats the heck out of me as to what they are doing. I've done every thing I know to heal,and to become well enough to function,and if these doctors won't listen to me,I cannot do anything else but suffer at my wits end. I'm out of answers. BF

hugs to you
(((((HUGS)))))
bizi

Does Risperdal work right away,and does it come in generic form? I don't have insurance anymore. I dropped the Cobra Insurance. It was to expensive for me after paying for it many months. BF

I think it just came out in generic form. I buy it generic from Canada. I started on it over seven years ago and I think it started working fast.
Bobby

Hi Di. Im in the SSDI waiting period. I got turned down two times,and now I'm going to their court with a lawyer in about 5 months. I've been waiting,and waiting.

Are there any caretaker agencies? I don't know of any except for Social Services. Thanks. BF

Thank you. I don't see the NP until October. I'll ask her. BF

I have tried other antipsychotics but this is the one that works for me...the others either gave me side effects and also didn't really help the obsessive thinking.
Bobby

Bizi,and Mari,I was being silly in some of my answers. I hope that none of my remarks where taken in a wrong way. I was being silly,and thanks for your help. BF