I'm not sure if it's the quetiapine?

[Margo]

I just feel I have nothing to contribute to anything. I feel like I'm just slipping away off the face of the earth.

My ADs were increased in July and I was put on quetiapine for my anxiety and paranoia. The quetiapine has helped a lot with the anxiety and stops me going into the realms of the ludicrous..

I can't figure if it's my depression that's making me feel like this or if it's the quetiapine?

I feel kinda dead. I feel like the peaks of my emotions have been letterboxed..

I try and talk and I just prevent myself and say nothing.. Those who know me know I'm seldom was short on words.

I go to open my mouth and I either forget or mostly I just find a million reasons not to say a word.

It's freaking me out.

My seemingly impervious libido is also fubar'ed.

As I say, I not sure if it's the depression or the meds. My gut says meds.

Has anyone else felt 'dead' and withdrawn on quetiapine?

And yeah, I know I need to talk to the psych about it. I was due a review a few weeks back and still heard nothing.

Thanks in advance x

P.s.

(Oh the irony of this edit). My memory is beyond terrible..I can't remember what I've just watched seen or spoken about. I have little recal as to all the stuff I've been learning about over the past few years. It's scaring me to death.

[tiptoes]

Sometimes when my mood is low I can find myself quite cognitively sluggish which makes me rather withdrawn and emotionally lacking by my quetiapine which passes as my mood improves. I'm fairly certain in my case that it is the quetiapine excerbating that side of my low mood rather than the low mood as I usually have my quetiapine dose increased to deal with the low mood and this isn't there with the lower dose of quetiapine and lower mood but is there with the higher dose and less low mood.

Definitely worth speaking to your psych about, could you get your GP to chase up the appointment?

[Margo]

Interesting, thank you :).

Im seeing the community therapies team on Monday for a check up so I will mention it with them.

[Indigo.]

I've just started taking quetiapine, and it kinda makes me feel like this. I know it's supposed to get better with time, but I'm afraid it'll dull me out. I already feel very empty because BPD, I don't want any more. Sorry I don't have much to say to be helpful, I just thought I'd share how I feel as well...

[mikey]

Perhaps your dose is too high and 'blunting' your affect? I had this when I was on a massive dose of olanzapine but it doesn't have to be like this, there is a happy medium. Chase up your review!