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I been on Seroquel for 6 weeks and decided to taper my daytime dose to 12.5 and leave my nighttime dose at 25mg for now.

I am on my 3rd day on these changes and I believe I just experienced my first insomnia rebound..?

I couldn't sleep at all, I am tired but I just couldn't sleep, no racing thoughts, nothing.

I was originally prescribed this medication because of my panic anxiety attacks I had after an abortion, I didn't know much about the changes of hormones and how impactful they could be.

I been doing pretty good managing ever since then but Seroquel even though it helped me thru the nights which I appreciate it for, daytime wise has been so bad, it brought me more anxiety in the first 2 weeks and severe depression and anhedonia, now after 3 weeks it has only been sedative and annoying brain fog and numbness.

I heard this medication has horrible side effects and withdrawal symptoms and I decided to start tapering and if possible try a different option at least if I have more anxiety later, but even at 6 weeks you still get withdrawal symptoms!

Do you guys who take or know anyone that takes Seroquel how long this might last? and how did you combat the sleeping difficulties? I rather have anxiety all day than no sleep for months...

I'm having difficulty sleeping tonight as I am experiencing probably my first withdrawal symptoms of Seroquel, I taken Seroquel for 6 weeks, one 25mg daytime and another 25mg nighttime and recently taper my daytime dose to 12.5 and kept my 25mg at night.

I decided on my own that I wanted to stop taking Seroquel because I felt unease by it and my anxiety which was originally prescribed for has been dealt by myself very well without the medication's heavy effects.

My doctor gave me this med because I had no idea what was happening to me on my first month of an abortion I had which scrambled all my hormones and put me in a panic state for those weeks of questioning WTF I felt like I was going to die?

Now that I figured overtime, I been getting better but Seroquel always made me feel like crap after taking it because it put me in a dumbified state for its first 2 weeks which brought even more panic ironically, now on my 6th week I decided after a whole good 2 weeks of peace and management I wanted to taper off them, I don't want to wait any longer for this meds to completely rewire my brain when it doesn't need to.

But now I am experiencing what I assume is my first withdrawal symptom of insomnia and I heard its side effects are very awful and probably the worst medicine you can taper off...

so far its only been sleeplessness but being on it for 6 weeks would it last weeks?, if I consult my doctor I feel like he will hook me on Xanax for aid and I really don't want more heavy drugs :/

I was always an oddity, I don't know if these were early signs for a severe complex mental health issue but I remember having surreal dreams as a child (7) of going to a closet at night and having something touch all my body sexually, I didn't give much thought of it, until I was a grown adult F(22) and my mom told me how I would always go to the closet at night and "pee", and told me how they used to have a kid break into our apartment and play with my brother and hide in the closet...

growing up was different for me, I had language barrier in school and it automatically made me stand out in a bad way, I was bullied and physically bullied, I tried making friends but ended up developing trust issues due to them turning away from me, I was so lonely in middle school, I relied on myself and my imagination, playing with toys, or drawing and watching TV, I had a moment where I even thought my own family hated me, I stopped talking to them and seeing them, they found it strange at some point and thought they might have sexually abused me or done something to me but I just told them I thought I was annoying and they didn't like me, I was socially awkward in high school, I had severe anxiety just getting up in class and talking, I was the weird girl with the weird kids, I was still very depressed at this time, I would be chronically online talking to people from states away than my own friends, I would hurt myself because I felt unloved by everyone, after high school I went straight to work, I felt coming from a poor family it was my duty to drop my dreams and work, I worked shitty stressful jobs, but for 10 years my life has been sleep, work, home and sleep, never really enjoyed my life like I should have, I started drinking, for a little, I found myself in obsessive situationships, romanticized my mental decline as something "cute" all up until I had an abortion.

On April 26th, 2026, I had an abortion, I had a loving partner at that time, I was happy with them and felt my
depression was gone and anxiety was non existent, however, after my abortion, I started having symptoms of severe anxiety, I started feeling balls on my throat, or my throat closing, I couldn't breathe, so I went to the hospital in a panic twice for this same issue, they told me it was anxiety, I was devastated, soon this issue would go from my throat, to my stomach, eventually to my insomniac I felt like I was going crazy, I felt doomed, like I was going to die, I finally went to the doctor where they told me I was fine physically, and it was my head, he told me my abortion only triggered this depression and anxiety I had kept hidden for years and its all coming out, I lost my job because of it, and everything scared me, I felt like I was going schizophrenic, and started panicking it was only a matter of time before I start hallucinating and hearing stuff, that's all I stress about now to this day, that I might lose my mind, It makes me depressed, and often times I just want to end it all, that nothing will get better and I'm a financial drag to my already struggling family, no point in life...

Hello, I am F(24) and I had an abortion 3 months ago, I was scared of the process but I trusted the doctors, I thought it was all going to be physical symptoms but never told it would have heavy mental symptoms as well.

My life wasn't perfect but it wasn't severely bad either, I had a rough childhood, bullied badly in middle school physically, my parents had hoarding issues that I found myself embarrassed of, would avoid telling anyone, they were also very strict, felt detached up until high school where I just accepted, I was very lonely even with friend, felt excluded and had depression and anxiety, after high school I had overcame my depression and anxiety very well, I got a job, was always at my best, doing things for my family, but veryyy stressed, I was so stressed I had white hairs at 22, I feel like I was losing interest on things I used to do, draw, play guitar, games etc. but ignored it and shrug it off as "growing up".

I had to go to the hospital for severe anxiety symptoms after my abortion, making me think I will die, and I was put on Escitalopram 5mg but shortly moved to Seroquel because my anxiety was ruining my sleep.

I was more hopeful and happy while on Escitalopram but now with Seroquel I just been "Okay" I had suicidal thoughts on my first week, and now on my third week I just feel like a zombie, I still have thoughts of everything being pointless, and sometimes even suicidal thoughts but in a blunt way, almost like an idea that is floating.

Anxiety is almost nonexistent, all I overthink is that I will never be normal again and its just floating in my head on my day to day tasks, makes me have intrusive thoughts that I'll just snap and go crazy, but I been able to control my feelings, its just this gloom that I will. never get better or feel joy again that hovers, going to the gym and doing yoga and meditation with mindfulness has helped me insanely throughout this process and I won't lie that I have been getting better with the depressive thoughts, but I still have them, and it makes me sad that I lost my ability to feel hyped, and alive... I can look at a beautiful landscape and feel 59% happiness off it.

also I lost my job due to this issue, and currently jobless and hobbyless...

Hello!, I F(24) been diagnosed with anxiety disorder recently but I first started with Escitalopram (Lexapro) 5mg, but my anxiety at that time was already at its peak, I had post abortion hormonal shifts that made my anxiety worse, I also believe I had undiagnosed anxiety and depression that I never knew about until post abortion and my doctor told me all of those pin-up oppressions and extreme environmental stressors like selling my house and my father being diagnosed with diabetes pushed through all together, by the time I took Escit, I had the worst 3 days, no sleep, it was so bad I had to go to the hospital and tell them I felt impending doom, I felt like I was going to die, and I had to be rescued by Benzos, my doctor switched me to Seroquel 25mg after seeing me freaking out, it helped me calm down, a little throughout the day and helped me a lot at night, I been on this medication for 3 and half weeks now but throughout that time I realized that maybe I didn't need Seroquel, and I want to go back to normal SSRIs because Seroquel is only an antipsychotic and it's not for Antidepressant use, I been doing good in coping with my anxiety and accepting through mindfulness and working out and meditation and yoga, I feel like Seroquel is very strong, I could wake up fine, but once I take Seroquel it heavily sedates me, making me anxious sometimes because I feel slow, my head feels restless too and I hate it, but these are my first ever medications I've ever taken for mental health, I'm unsure of how to feel with these medications and Med Anxiety is something I have to overcome but I still question it, is Seroquel doing me good or should I ask my doctor to switch?

Hello, I'm F(24) and recently diagnosed with Anxiety disorder, it all started after my abortion and probably undiagnosed anxiety that made the whole post-abortion process difficult, I literally went to the hospital multiple times because I didn't know what was wrong with me but later found out that my hormones heightened my anxiety and fuel the fire even more, now 3 and a half months later I still struggle with trying to understand why I feel such horrible anxiety and getting depressed and anxious of the diagnosis and that my life will forever be tormented by my own brain, it brings so much dread that I start getting depressed, I had originally been prescribed Escitalopram but my anxiety was already at its peak levels they had to switch me to Seroquel 25mg, I can't say the pills haven't helped me but they do wonders for my sleep that I struggled harshly for, I still hate that those pills will be a pain to taper from but oh well.

I still can't accept fully that I been diagnosed with GAD, when I think about it my head clouds, I start feeling the worst dread, like you know you screwed up an order big time at work and your boss found out. Makes my stomach turn and heart race, it stops you from doing whatever you're doing, and impairs you. It's like it completely removes you from reality and into this river of worries that it will never get better.

I been getting better at dealing with these emotions and coping, but sometimes it's just so debilitating, like your life was taken away from you, I feel like I can go out fine, talk to people perfectly, but it's just this thought that lingers over me that I still got an illness, A MENTAL ILLNESS that won't ever go away that I have to carry and drain me from my aliveness.

Does it ever get better?, I wish to be worry free, medication free but I'm afraid that will never happen, how do you guys deal with it?, They say this is a change into adulthood but all my life has just been, work, stress and sleep and repeat, life hasn't been kind to me but before my illness I was able to shrug off worries and stress, now it's all hitting me like a wrecking ball...

Hello 👋 I recently been diagnosed with GAD and I was prescribed Lexapro 5mg for my 3 month journey in beating anxiety and on the first day I had low depressive energy in the morning the next day but it got better eventually throughout the day, I do a lot of yoga and meditation to help my mind throughout the day, I was 4-5 hours late to my next dose but I paid no mind to it but now trying to sleep I woke up 2 hours late with a scary panic attack feeling anxiety and scared, diarrhea and stomach rumbling and unable to sleep now, I had walked around my house for a little, distracted myself, jumping jacks and trying bed, not panicking anymore but just a lingering anxiety that won't go away

is this normal for the first few days? I almost hesitate and thought I didn't need the medication after the first day but now I feel like I fell hard for being a couple hours late and my paranoia got the best of me searching symptoms and such.

Hello, I'm F(24) and 3 weeks ago I had MA.

Me and my boyfriend agreed that it wasn't the best time for a baby, we both got laid off our job and closedown and I barely managed to get a job afterwards, times are so tough he is unemployed and I can barely pay bills and rent. We live together and MA was the best decision for the time, I did had attachments to the idea of having a baby but not deeply unfortunately.

I had prior history of anxiety and depression. But I never let it get to me as much as after MA, it hit me like a truck, I was scared of my health, I thought I was going to die, I wasn't aware of the mental toll MA can have on people, I kept thinking I was going crazy, they told me it was my hormones trying to regulate and that they will do this to me, but I still couldn't be convinced, 5 days after MA I had started feeling this distress. I'm already heading to my third week and I had tried several activities to help ease my mind and anxiety. I had felt some improvement to the first days but it's just this lingering anxiety and depression that makes me worried. I stopped feeling slight enjoyment on things, my sleep is nothing but terror awakenings and barely any sleep, I hear it could be the hormones but my head likes to twist things and make it harder for me.

I feel alone, Nobody really talks about the mental health effects of Abortions, all I really read is how people go thru grief and regret and that they are relief, but I go thru hell trying to make sense of everything going on my body and mind.