Bipolar Support Group

I'm new as I found this site searching on google for "weight loss after stopping Seroquel" because on Tuesday I went to the psych doc and told him how my sleep study showed I was fine and that my horrid snoring started after I started taking Seroquel in 2003. As did gaining 80 pounds in the first two years and developing Diabetes. He took me cold turkey off of the Seroquel and put me on the oldest one he could think of Thorazine.

My husband said that my snoring is now very light instead of a raging bear and I'm praying some of this weight will come off and my Diabetes improves.

Welcome to MDJ... I always wonder how people find us... don't remember how or why I did... but it's a great place to be. Sorry about your weight gain... common with many psych meds... I have at least lost some and plateued... here I rest! Hope the new meds work... see ya on the boards! And as I like to say... whatever hurts... there is an mdj support group for it!

Welcome, I am also very new to this. I really enjoy sifting through other people posts, it actually makes me feel normal sometimes. I hope it does the same for you.

@ Bfly I was doing a lot of research before getting diagnosed and this forum ranks very high on Google. That is how I found it, there were others but I found this one to be better for me.

Welcome. I found this site through a yahoo search for bipolar information. this site has been a blessing. you will find a community of people that are similar to you and makes you not feel so alone with all the "normal" peeps out in the world. for me, this place is an escape because it gives me a chance to see how other people deal with what i am or to remind me that i am not alone or as nuts as others (LOL). the advice and support you get from others is superb.

I actually find it a bit pathetic that I couldn't remember how or why I ended up here- but I am glad I did!

I wanted to say HELLO =] as well- I have just got diagnosed with being bi-polar in april and am afraid of my own shadow now and feel so differently. At first I was only on anti-depressants and smoked weed and drank a lot for 3 months before my manic attack/panic attack. It was not light- 6 cops had to restrain a 5 1' small female. That was the first time I went to the hospital for 7/8 days and didn't take any meds. Then I had hallucinations/delusions and went back by calling the cops on myself. I did it another time with going home that same day and finally the last time I went in for 10 days but This time I realized I needed to take the meds or I will have a horrible manic attack but I drank and smoked weed. Now I am taking my meds as prescribed and I stopped smoking and drinking. I feel so pathetic that I had to go to the hospital 4 times and also feel so alone that I am the only one in my family who has to for the brain. I need a support group. I need people who understand what I feel and how hard it is to do simple things and go back to being a normal person.

-<3 thank you for reading this.

Post edited by: book89x, at: 06/29/2012 09:05 AM

Thanks for the welcoming messages. That is exactly what I'm looking for a place to feel "normal" when compared to most I'm not. I've been a part of another forum for years (non medical related) and I feel like the only one that is like me there and that is sort of lonely. It's nice to find a forum where I am in the majority and not minority.

Glad you found us!

Hello and welcome this is a very supportive group I hope you find the support you are looking for. I come online here daily and I no longer feel alone. Post wherever you want, feel free to contact me or any other group leader should you have any questions or concerns.

Welcome -I take seroquel at night and my BF said that I snore really loud to the point he has to sleep on the couch-maybe it is the seroquel. Hope the thorazine works better for you.