I think you should get professional help, if the prozac is not helping, then there are other antidepressants out there. Your friend may be well meaning, but at the end of the day, she is not a professional, and her "help" may be doing more harm than good.
The quetiapine (seroquel) may not be helping, especially the dose you are given (you dont mention doses), as quetiapine is highly sedating. It may be the case that you could manage on a lower dose and not need the "waking up" drug.
The thing is that also caused your relapse is that the fact that you withdrew from the prozac. Withdrawing suddenly from an psychatric drug (this includes the quetiapine), means that you get either horrible withdrawal effects, or your original illness came back (or occasionally both). The fact you cannot sleep now, and having SI thoughts/urges may mean that you came off the prozac far too quickly, as you dont mention how you come off.
Like I said, the best thing is to get professional help. If you need to withdraw/change drugs, a psych will be able to help you withdraw safely, so that the likelihood of relapse is minimised.
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