Quetiapine - any experience? Psychiatrist seems to think I have a type of bipolar disorder

[electra]

Hi there. I haven't been around for a long time but I've used Mumsnet for a years and it seems strange that my life suddenly no longer resembles what it once did. I have been very depressed for months and I can't quite even pinpoint where it began. My marriage broke down and I am now unable to cope with anything - I can't even take care of my children so I feel like a cr@p mum and my relatives are all judging me to be an uncaring mother I feel very numb about everything, have the feeling I don't care what happens to me and I can't sleep properly unless I self-harm which I do with sharp razor blades. I saw a psychiatrist the other day and she thinks I need anti-depressants but also something to control my moods as I feel the need to walk and walk and walk and when I look in the mirror I see someone else, and have the feeling that I am somehow watching myself do things but it's not really me.

Has anyone else experienced any of this and has anyone else been prescribed quetiapine?

Thanks for all your kind messages of support. Sorry I haven't posted for a while. I have actually had a few better days recently. I had two nights where I slept without nightmares too. I am grateful that on mumsnet there are always people who understand :-)

glad to hear u feel a little better

Thanks zippi I have joined the gym - hoping this will help when I feel hyper! Today, I saw my friend and she said that I look better and my face looks less "frozen". At the moment I am wondering how I could ever have enjoyed self-harming, so this is all a good sign. How's everyone else?

Glad things seem a bit better now.

I always find that when I am feeling good, I cannot understand why I ever wanted to cut/ hurt myself. Yet, when I have the urge to do that, I just can't get past

littlemissnobody that is so true of all these things isn't it

littlemissnobody - how right you are. I have had a very good week. The "fog" has lifted so I'm hoping that will continue.

So glad you're feeling better - I e-mailed you recently but think it's the wrong e-mail address (I found the old one!).
xxx

Hi Electra, know it's been weeks since you posted this thread. But i've just found MN!
(Just posted on similar bi-polar thread). My DH has manic depression and takes Quetiapine. It's the best medication he's ever been on. 12 years of weight gain prone injections and other stuff and since he's been on Quetiapine his mood had been much better. It may not suit everyone but it works for him. He has now been stable for nearly four years. The longest without being hospitalised.
We had DD last year after years of trying and she is one of the best things to keeping DH grounded. Talk to CPN if you have one. Get one if you don't. They are very helpful. And keep talking to anyone who will listen!!
Dh always said once he'd voiced what he'd been thinking, it stopped rattling round his head.
Hope the Quetiapine has started working and you're ok. XX

Hiya i'm new to mumsnet and noticed your post. I've was diagnosed with Borderline Personailty Disorder when i was 19. I too Self Harmed. I was prescribed quetiapine and i found it knocked me out to be honest. Nearly every day all day i was asleep or sleepy. A lot of my life was wasted with that drug. But it did help.
Hope it doesn't make you to sleepy.

I don't really know how this site works yets but if you wanna chat i'm sure you'll know how to get in touch...

Amy
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