I wish i could be drunk all the time

[Purplebic]

im in such a better mood after two bottles of wine than i am after a bottle of seroquel, and the wine i go through in one evening, the fucking seroquel doesn't do shit after one month.

 

[cockbrain]

thanks for sharing

 

[MrBubulino]

Courtney Love shares your feelings

 

[onetwothreefour]

That's cos the wine hits your benzo receptors, which feels good, whereas the seroquel is like a hammer that hits lots of different receptors and makes you feel like you're being held down (that's at least how i and one other person i know who have taken it felt).

May I ask why you're taking Seroquel? I take it cos of an idiot psychiatrist that got me on it many years ago, and I haven't had a calm enough period in my life yet to go through withdrawal. But it's made my blood sugar and liver enzyme levels sky rocket. Awful stuff. I need some time where I can experiment with getting off without having daily commitments to be places I need to be. Me going on and off new meds is a rough period. Well it is for most people.

Anyhow, I take it right before I go to bed--is that an option for you, or do you need it for daytime control of symptoms?

As for the wine, you might want to try tapering that down. I've never drunk before--but two bottles sounds like a very high amount. Do you think you need outside help?

Anyhow, be careful. You owe yourself your life.

 

[KaraBulut]

Well, the wine creates a roller-coaster effect. It takes you high. Then it drops you back down to the low point. And when you hit the low point, you wonder why you feel low. And you wonder why the antidepressant doesn't fix it all.

A cheaper antidepressant with fewer side effects would be a better choice. But you're going to have to give up alcohol until you fix your depression. Alcohol just makes mood disorders worse and it interferes with the medications you're taking.

Did your doctor mention why he has you on Seroquel? And have you told him that it's not working for you?

 

[Purplebic]

I know drinking is a very short term solution but compared to the seroquel, the alcohol makes me sociable, it makes me want to go out, it makes me want to fuck.

Ever since i started taking seroquel, i haven't left the house much, people are starting to comment on that, i keep turning down everyone's invites cuz im just too lethargic. My smoking has gotten up to and beyond 2 packs a day, and im biting my lips even more and its really not a pretty sight.

They put me on seroquel a month ago for two reasons,
A) because all my badlucks for the year came in at once, in the span of a weekend. I was feeling agressively violent, and constantly on the edge of a panic attack.

B) because i usually get winter depressions, and the events of (A) kickstarted that winter depression six weeks early.


I tried to bump up my appointment with the doctor from the 20th, but they said they cant. But ive already made up my mind to pop in tomorrow and simply tell them, the seroquel is not helping and making certain things worse. They can either give me something else or ill stop taking meds alltogether.

 

[altlover85]

Switch over to weed. You can be stoned all the time.

Weed's never done what alcohol has done for me unfortunately.

 

[onetwothreefour]

I know drinking is a very short term solution but compared to the seroquel, the alcohol makes me sociable, it makes me want to go out, it makes me want to fuck.

Ever since i started taking seroquel, i haven't left the house much, people are starting to comment on that, i keep turning down everyone's invites cuz im just too lethargic. My smoking has gotten up to and beyond 2 packs a day, and im biting my lips even more and its really not a pretty sight.

They put me on seroquel a month ago for two reasons,
A) because all my badlucks for the year came in at once, in the span of a weekend. I was feeling agressively violent, and constantly on the edge of a panic attack.

B) because i usually get winter depressions, and the events of (A) kickstarted that winter depression six weeks early.


I tried to bump up my appointment with the doctor from the 20th, but they said they cant. But ive already made up my mind to pop in tomorrow and simply tell them, the seroquel is not helping and making certain things worse. They can either give me something else or ill stop taking meds alltogether.

Hoping the best for you. Seroquel's a tough drug to take. And I would think it could make depression worse. Good luck. Get a psychologist too. In my very recent experience with psychiatrists, I have found they just almost randomly prescribe drugs and aren't really there for you at all.

 

[Purplebic]

I won't be taking Seroquel anymore. Ever since i asked for meds the first time around theyve been making me see a social worker, and i had an appointment with him today and told them I wouldn't be renewing the seroquel, im sick of being sick each morning. When it gets to the point where you don't eat because you know ittl' just come up in 3 hours....So they squeezed me in between two appointments.

Im starting Effexor tomorrow. I know that stuff works better since i already took it seven years ago.

 

[onetwothreefour]

I won't be taking Seroquel anymore. Ever since i asked for meds the first time around theyve been making me see a social worker, and i had an appointment with him today and told them I wouldn't be renewing the seroquel, im sick of being sick each morning. When it gets to the point where you don't eat because you know ittl' just come up in 3 hours....So they squeezed me in between two appointments.

Im starting Effexor tomorrow. I know that stuff works better since i already took it seven years ago.

How ya doing? It sounds like the Effexor is a good plan since you already have some idea of what to expect with it. Wishing you well. Take it easy on yourself. It'll probably be a bit of an adjustment coming off one med and onto another.

 

[Purplebic]

Yeah i can still feel the secondary effects of the seroquel along with the effexor kicking, seeing spots, feeling blurred, and that tingly brain sensation. In two more days the dosage doubles.

 

[asu1117]

I know drinking is a very short term solution but compared to the seroquel, the alcohol makes me sociable, it makes me want to go out, it makes me want to fuck.

Ever since i started taking seroquel, i haven't left the house much, people are starting to comment on that, i keep turning down everyone's invites cuz im just too lethargic. My smoking has gotten up to and beyond 2 packs a day, and im biting my lips even more and its really not a pretty sight.

They put me on seroquel a month ago for two reasons,
A) because all my badlucks for the year came in at once, in the span of a weekend. I was feeling agressively violent, and constantly on the edge of a panic attack.

B) because i usually get winter depressions, and the events of (A) kickstarted that winter depression six weeks early.


I tried to bump up my appointment with the doctor from the 20th, but they said they cant. But ive already made up my mind to pop in tomorrow and simply tell them, the seroquel is not helping and making certain things worse. They can either give me something else or ill stop taking meds alltogether.

Are you on Seroquel just for Depression? That's kind of strange because Seroquel is an Atypical Antipsychotic, not an Antidepressant. I've known people that have had it used for Borderline Personality Disorder and Bipolar Disorder effectively though.

Then again, for some reason they seem to be branching all these drugs out for depression now. Like Abilify, another Atypical Antipsychotic, is being used for Depression.. Which I just don't understand seeing as there are SO many different Antidepressants already out there to be used..

 

[Purplebic]

They gave me seroquel for anxiety and depression (with unemployment ending in three weeks and no job in sight) though it was hardly helping for either. All it did was knock me out for 3 hours.

I asked for effexor by name because i had taken it when i was 18 and it worked then.

 

[rickycub87]

This reminds me of a quote from Axl Rose:

"When you're high, you never really wanna come down."

Doesn't everyone who drinks / drugs / smokes wish they could get that feeling all the time w/o having to do those things to get it? I know what you mean when you say it makes you feel like you're in a better mood. But I hate missing out on a whole evening because I "blacked out" and forgot it all. I like to find a medium in which I can feel like I'm "loosened up" socially by the alcohol but not so fucked up that I can't remember what happened. I'll let you know when I figure out how to maintain that medium.

 

[Purplebic]

I wont say how far i can go with drugs and alcohol without blacking out, but it's alot.