meds and where they are heading

[Friendly]

Hi I am on

20ml of lithium
300mg of quitiapine (seroquel)
and citalopram 60mg, just increased today from 40mg.

The docs now thinking maybe the meds sedating me to much, but i dont see it that way, i havent taken my meds this week due to being sick with a gastro bug, yet i have still been asleep most of the week, today is th longets i have been awake, its now 4 hours i been awake, *shocked face*

I really need this to be over now, I am a no sleep person usually, awake for days, destructive, hypo, the lot, its very unusual for me to be this way, especially for over a month now.

orghhh getting quite sick of it all to be honest. doc says the lithium will stabilise my mood and help with suicidal thoughts. i hiope so, i really do

[storky]

Sorry to hear that you have been sick, hope the bug is on its way out. Honestly I hate taking meds...and getting to the place of finding what works best is a lot of work. When I was changing medications I kept a journal of changes in mood/ energy/ headaches...anything that I thought might pertain to the switch pos/neg. It was helpful, though I have to admit that I did not always keep up with it, it did help me ...and came in handy when I went back to the docs, as I have a tendency of forgetting important info. I hope that you start to feel better soon.

[secondchance]

I am taking Lexapro and trazadone to sleep. Along with my xanax for quick fixes I do ok. But my lows hit me and I want to give up completely. I just question everything. I hate taking meds. and went through adjusting periods for many kinds. I would get off when I felt I didnt need it anymore and boom with in time I was back to the anxiety and depression. I have now resolved that I have to have my medicine just like taking a vitamin. I have been told of natural cures etc, but I think once you have been on the chemicals, it is hard to go to that. Oh woe is me..LOL.Today is a good day for me even thoguh I didnt get dressed again! OH by the way I deleted my FaceBook account. I was becoming obsessed with Farmville. It was literally driving me crazier. I feel like a weight has been lifted from me! yaaaay! I like it here better, And will love it more when I become friends with people here!
I dont stay in jammies like this all the time, but when spring comes it'll not happen at all. I am so holed up with the weather. i just cannot take the cold anymore. At least the sun is shining and it is pretty today!!
Work tomorrow, so that is good for now. Hope i get up in the morning with the same attitude.

[storky]

the medication tinkering is endless, isn't it? probably because our brains our so sensitive and so "plastic," as they say.
got to keep the psychiatrists in business, right?
300mg of Seroquel is rather a lot, and in combination with your flu could certainly be sedating you. a month is a long time to suffer any kind of weirdness in sleep changes.
hope the flu is gone now!!
it's worth telling your doctor about having so much sleepiness. it could be the bug - which could take quite a while to completely "get over" - or it could be the meds.
i'm sleepy all the time and it sucks. don't put up with it if you don't absolutely have to!

[Friendly]

thanks guys, ye so basically 49 days of solid sleep, and feeling mega depressed, now i switched ova night, im quite high, although i would say im bodering ok - high, i have hours in the day where im totally manic and dont know what im doing to other bits where i just feel good, although the worst is feelin high and not happy, then that could lead to destruction and self harm etc.

[notesfromstgeorge]

Is it realistic to hope that a short amount of time on meds will 'cure' you? I have been on Paxtine for almost 2.5 years and want to get off it. My logic behind it is that I don't want to be taking meds all my life, and feel that I need to commit to psychologically controlling myself and keeping myself fit.
I am in my final year of university, have quit my job to focus on my studies and on my health. I want to stop, and at a time when there is not so much to lose I think this is the perfect opportunity.

Does any of this make sense?

Has anybody tried coming off medications successfully?

I must admit, 4 weeks into the withdrawal program (taking smaller doses each day) I have been behaving very differently and am feeling physical side effects.