Medication

My partner and I were doing Cocaine almost every weekend. It would devastate me, causing a strong anxious depression for a couple of days afterwards. I consulted a psychopharacologist who started me on Seroquel which I am taking now....300mg day. We are no longer doing the Cocaine and i am starting to feel badly on the seroquel. I have lost my sex drive and feel dead, like the seroquel is lowering me too low. I know it is crazy, going on a strong med because of drug use, I don't know what to do. Any suggestions?

Thanks for the reply. I didn't explain things very well in my original post, It sounded bad about the drug use and the meds.

My partner and I used the Cocaine recreationally. It was not daily, instead maybe a Friday night and most of the time there was a week or two between use. What was happening to me was, yes it raises you so high, I would go into a depreseeion after the use for a couple of days, very out of sorts and also very anxious. I went to the doctor but did not tell him about the drugs. He prescribed Seroquel.

What became the problem was that we stopped this behavior but there I was, on Seroquel. I know that it helps with highs and when I wrote the last post I was concerned that it had brought me down too much.

Well, since the last post, I am down to 75mg at bedtime and am using herbals, St. Johns Wort and Holy Basil for stress and feel great. Thanks for listening everyone.....

You know the roller-coaster you are describing about your medication/self-medication/natural medications is out of well, out of reality. Are you talking about a short period of time here like over 4 - 6 months or are you talking more like a year?

This is really serious stuff if you are bipolar. I know I was afraid I could not do the things I wanted to do on the bipolar high. Now I've learned the working and driving myself in high gear has had detrimental effects on my mental and physical capabilities. I'm no mental midget, but it has cramped my writing and verbal communication.

When we run on a manic high most of the time we don't really know what is healthy until we have more time away from the mania. It's so difficult to explain until you experience following the doctor's researched and experienced knowledge and advice.

Switching between 'recreational' drugs, prescription, and herbal remedies is not a very healthy thing to do for your body either.

I'm not trying to be ruthlessly critical, but caring and trying to understand the scope of what you have posted.

Please, if you feel like it, let me know more and maybe I'll learn something from you, ok?

Take care!

MsBimbo