I have been on Seroquel XR 200 mg for about 3 years to help primarly with sleep alongside with antidepressants for depression. Last year I tried to quit meds practically cold turkey with a disastrous result. I ended without proper sleep for months and finally a full rebound of the depression.
This year I wanted to make it different and I asked for the help of my family physician. I have a wonderful pdoc but regarding meds withdrawing they do not agree. Anyway, and with the help of the family physician, I first quit antidepressants after about a 2 months discontinuation period. It was not easy but with the help of CBT and yoga things were more manageable.
Now I am battling with Seroquel discontinuation which is not easy but I am taking things really slowly and I am already making some progresses. I was on Seroquel 150 mg for 1 month, then on 100 mg for 1,5 month, and yesterday I reduced again for 50 mg. I plan to be on 50 mg for 1-2 months and then stop the medication. Let’s see how it goes but it was really an important milestone for me, I am really happy for that.
