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<blockquote data-quote="forkeeps251" data-source="post: 473816" data-attributes="member: 12854"><p>I haven't read through all the other replies, but here is my story with Seroquel:</p><p>My husband had been given it (two different times) for suspected (but not diagnosed) bipolar disorder. The first time he went on and off it with no side effect, and I am guessing it wasn't for very long. </p><p>The second time he went on it, he had a sudden, rapid weight gain. He is a small guy and went from weighing around 140 lbs one month to 180 lbs the next month. He stayed on it for a while, and I don't know his exact dosage. I want to say he was on for probably 6 or 7 months. When he decided to stop taking it (he hadn't noticed a major difference and was sick of the side effects), he stopped taking it cold turkey like he had the FIRST time he was on it.</p><p>BIG mistake. He was so terribly sick. I have never, in the 10 years we have been together, seen him that sick. He couldn't keep down anything and was dry heaving every hour. He couldn't, and hadn't slept for almost 4 days. He couldn't keep down even water. We tried giving him a dose but he threw that up as well. We finally had to call his doctor and request some anti nausea medications be sent over to our pharmacy. It took a couple of tries for him to keep that down as well... and when he finally did he ate a few crackers, took his normal dose of seroquel, and finally went to sleep. When he woke up it was like nothing had happened... he was fine. After that he followed the recommended gradual step down from the medication and within a month he was off of it. </p><p>I guess on the plus side, he lost about 10 lbs of what he had gained when he first started it by going through that. He lost (most) of the rest of it eventually too. </p><p>My advice: be on the cautions side and don't quit cold turkey, or at least ask your doctors recommendation. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. It was scary, almost (although I don't know first hand) like watching someone go through heroin withdraw or something.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="forkeeps251, post: 473816, member: 12854"] I haven't read through all the other replies, but here is my story with Seroquel: My husband had been given it (two different times) for suspected (but not diagnosed) bipolar disorder. The first time he went on and off it with no side effect, and I am guessing it wasn't for very long. The second time he went on it, he had a sudden, rapid weight gain. He is a small guy and went from weighing around 140 lbs one month to 180 lbs the next month. He stayed on it for a while, and I don't know his exact dosage. I want to say he was on for probably 6 or 7 months. When he decided to stop taking it (he hadn't noticed a major difference and was sick of the side effects), he stopped taking it cold turkey like he had the FIRST time he was on it. BIG mistake. He was so terribly sick. I have never, in the 10 years we have been together, seen him that sick. He couldn't keep down anything and was dry heaving every hour. He couldn't, and hadn't slept for almost 4 days. He couldn't keep down even water. We tried giving him a dose but he threw that up as well. We finally had to call his doctor and request some anti nausea medications be sent over to our pharmacy. It took a couple of tries for him to keep that down as well... and when he finally did he ate a few crackers, took his normal dose of seroquel, and finally went to sleep. When he woke up it was like nothing had happened... he was fine. After that he followed the recommended gradual step down from the medication and within a month he was off of it. I guess on the plus side, he lost about 10 lbs of what he had gained when he first started it by going through that. He lost (most) of the rest of it eventually too. My advice: be on the cautions side and don't quit cold turkey, or at least ask your doctors recommendation. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. It was scary, almost (although I don't know first hand) like watching someone go through heroin withdraw or something. [/QUOTE]
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