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Tegretol & Quetiapine combo
Is anyone else on this combo?
I've been reading up, and apparently there's a serious interaction between the two drugs, in where the Quetiapine levels drop to virtually nothing (83% less then people not on Tegretol) and the Tegretol levels shoot through the roof. Its well documented and in a lot of research papers as something that will occur as Tegretol affects the enzymes in the liver that process Quetiapine, meaning it leaves the system super fast.
I've only just researched this, mainly because I haven't been feeling "right" the last few months. I've had really bad anxiety. I've gone from thinking that I had leukemia because of red dots on arms, to being bitten by poisonous banana spiders on my bed which I had brought home from work (I saw them, yellow ****ers, that disappeared when i picked them up). I had a really bad depressive episode as well. The psychiatrist accused me of dragging things out and told me to keep taking the drugs, because my depression was apparently caused by external factors. I didn't mention my research because I've only discovered this interaction. I tried to explain that nothing triggered it, the external factors just made it worse. I basically crashed.
I'm really full of energy now, just found out that I might have to move because my rents increased and I'm ****ed for money. But the thing is I don't care, it's not made me depressed, I'm more concerned with my ideas and the future. Although my anxiety is really bad right now, and my head is full of chatter. My brain feels like its supercharged and I cant concentrate on anything for long. I'm getting really ****ing frustrated with this whole thing. I think my Psychiatrist thinks I'm a faker. I asked about my "tics" during a session, and that's probably why. These aren't a lie, I've had them since I was a kid. Recently he's been getting his secretary to send out the letters late, so that I'd miss appointments. Also they print the wrong dates on the letter, like the date doesn't match the day.
I'm due to see a CPN in the next couple of weeks but it's all going to be a load of ****. Probably yell at me for wasting their time because I'm not depressed anymore or SH at the moment (that's why the psychiatrist referred me a month ago.) To be honest I think they want me to die or disappear. I don't know whether or not to tell her about the medication interaction. They probably know already, and it was their plan all along, to make me sicker. She'll probably laugh at me, call me a hypochondriac and make me go through even more hell.
Sorry for the rant, I forgot what I wanted to ask. I'm just frustrated that its been 9 months and I haven't got any better, I just feel a bit less aggressive and explosive then I used to (although I still break things at work). I'm trying to improve my life by myself. I'm just eating fruit now because anything packaged is probably poison. I gained alot of weight and its probably because of the poison sedating me. They make the food addictive and sedating so we stay in our couches and keep us under control. The adverts try to talk to me and make me eat their ****, now I just ignore them.
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