Does Seroquel Act On Gaba

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I've seen some places that say antipsychotics are benzos in sheeps clothing

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everthing I've learned says it doesn't act like a benzo or on the GABA receptors. 

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I guess I see tons of people having horrible times getting off of it on the internet.  With my totally compromised CNS I fear I am trapped in the mousetrap of psychiatry with no way out.  I guess a way out which will cause me to become institutionalized forever.

 

I am getting tired of fighting this fight with no end in sight.

 

 

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I've seen some places that say antipsychotics are benzos in sheeps clothing

 

If you ask an honest Dr who has knowledge of psychiatric medications they will tell you they dont totally understand how anti-psychotics work on brain functioning.

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Thank you for your honesty.  I truly think what was done to me in the detox is irreversible.  With a compromised Gaba system and CNS there is no way I will ever be med free.  I refuse to go inpatient since that means more drugs with no way out.  I am going to lose my life to this.

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Chris,

 

I'm praying for you!  I know it's so hard on you and I'm so sorry. 

 

God loves you,

Deborah

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Satch, we will come out from this mess, it just take time for the CNS to recover its original chemistry. I also take seroquel 25mg and I also have seen many horror histories on internet about withdrawal but there are also people who did not experience little or any sxs.

 

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satch, here's a brand new post you might want to read.  Very positive:

 

http://www.benzobuddies.org/forum/index.php?topic=121086.msg1591129#msg1591129

 

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I had a horrific time coming off of benzodiazepines and found it easy to taper down from 800 mg of serequel.

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Thank you for your honesty.  I truly think what was done to me in the detox is irreversible.  With a compromised Gaba system and CNS there is no way I will ever be med free.  I refuse to go inpatient since that means more drugs with no way out.  I am going to lose my life to this.

 

What you really mean is 'thank you for confirming my latest and greatest theory and current worst fear'. 

 

You are choosing to believe that what was done to you is irreversible, despite the fact that there are scores of people here telling you over and over and over again that you will heal, and they they are healing. 

 

You insist that you are going to loose your life to this.  If that is what you CHOOSE to do, then yes, you're right.  You will die from this.

 

Did you click on the "very positive" link provided by Challis?  My gut guess is no because you are only interested in bad news. 

 

Stop waking me up in the morning with suicide threats.

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I'm sorry, that last part was very harsh.  I'm just burned out.  I love you.

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serenitynow67, encouraging other BBs is the only way we can help each other during this ordeal but it is totally true that you feel hopeless and feel like you will never heal even if you being told many many times that everything is going to be alright; It is difficult to believe it when you are so depressed and read so many horror histories in this forum, this without taking into account the time that this process could take. I am also depressed most of the time and I need this positive reassurance all the time to keep going.

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I am not only interested in bad horror stories.  Quite the opposite I am constantly searching for hope.  While Challis' story is nice again that person tapered.  Cold turkey and detox is a very different animal and sadly has caused me immense pain and continued suffering.

 

I fight everyday to somehow not die from this.  I have truly lost my entire existence to this crap and I am pissed.  I am terrified that I am not healing and am taking a medicine, again given to me in detox, that has permanent and debilitating side effects. 

 

No one that hasn't walked in these shoes can truly understand the agony of this.

 

I am sorry for the morning texts.  I will try to refrain.  Sorry.

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Satch,

 

I believe the reason you may have read that antipsychotics are benzos in sheeps clothing is that Benzos are considered minor tranquelizers and anti P's are considered major tranquelizers.  But that's because they all stamp down the nervous system.  However they work differently and based on everything I have read, Seroquel does NOT work on gaba.

 

WWWI

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Thanks Wise.  You struggled mightily to get off the Seroquel if I remember correctly.  I am just so mentally ill from this in ways I never was before.  I have also lost my entire life to this crap.

 

My sister is getting burned out understandably.  I am a broken record of agony and pessimism and suicidal comments.  I have very little hope and really have little, minus friends and family, to live for.  I guess that should be enough.

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Getting off Seroquel for me was nothing compared to benzos.  The challenge wasn't getting off Seroquel but dealing with a hyperactive cns.  Clonidine helped. I've just about completed tapering that. 

 

How are you taking Seroquel? I know it's 100 but is it xr or regular? do you split doses through the day or take it all at the same time?

 

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Wise,

 

I am taking 100mg IR at night. 

 

How did you get off of the Seroquel.  How long after you were off benzos.  I am posting on surviving antidepressants and they say I should absolutely wait until I have healed from the benzo withdrawal.  I am so confused as I feel the Seroquel is poison. 

 

How did you taper.  How much clonidine did you take.  How hard has it been to taper the clonidine.

 

THanks

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Not everyone experiences withdrawal from Seroquel, I cold turkey 25mg. and felt nothing.

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Wise,

 

I am taking 100mg IR at night. 

 

How did you get off of the Seroquel.  How long after you were off benzos.  I am posting on surviving antidepressants and they say I should absolutely wait until I have healed from the benzo withdrawal.  I am so confused as I feel the Seroquel is poison. 

 

How did you taper.  How much clonidine did you take.  How hard has it been to taper the clonidine.

 

THanks

I don't know if this is going to help or cause more problems, but I wonder if you aren't maybe going thru a form of interdose w/d taking Seroquel only at night as Seroquel has a shorter half life.  Maybe that's not an issue, but it might be worth figuring out how to even out the dose?

 

I was on 100 xr. So I had to cross over to 50 xr and 50 IR and taper the 50, then do the same with the final 50.  It took a few weeks and I felt I adjusted as I went down. To be candid, when I'm having a really rough day, I will take 1/2 of a 25 mg.  I probably do that a couple times a week.  Sometimes at night for sleep or if during the day I take 1/4 of 25.  But I get side effects (foggy brain, swollen face and eyes, tired) if I take more or more often. I swapped it out for .2 mg Clonidine.  I took .1 mg Clonidine at night and then in the morning.  But the daytime dose kicked my ass so I dropped that after a couple weeks. It's now been a few months and I'm just finished tapering off the .1 at night.  But I also plan to keep that around in case things get rough.

 

My hope is to be drug free entirely ulitmatly but I also know what bad days/nights are when nothing will help.  So my goal now is to simply try to keep the times between using either of those meds, further and further apart. 

 

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Myself at this point im not on antipsychotics right now but if they would have helped I would take them to get

through this. I was put on 900mg of serequel during detox honestly it did nothing. I take 400mg of trazadone

to sleep 4-5hrs night or I would not sleep at all.  Dont worry about it.

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For what it's worth, I have been taking Seroquel (well, it's generic equal anyway) for the past two years. The thing is, I've only taken 6mg 2 hours before bedtime in order to sleep. My adult son (who lives with me) left for a two week vacation out of state. I planned to begin a water titration in order to taper off the Seroquel and be done with it, but on the day after he left (and a few days after I started the taper) I had a pretty massive panic attack, one like I haven't experienced in months. For now I have put my tapering plans on hold until he returns.