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Pamela

On 23:11 13 Mar 2021, John Kuthe said:
> On Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 4:50:02 PM UTC-6,
> wrote:
>> On Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 4:28:29 PM UTC-6,
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Being unmedicated Bipolar Disorder, I begin to know how my
>> > mother felt when she committed suicide in 1982! :-(
>> >
>> > NOT GOOD! :-( Jimi Hendrix even wrote a song about it! Manic
>> > Depression is a FRUSTRATING MESS! :-(
>> >
>> > John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>> >
>> Why have you stopped taking it? You know there is no cure for
>> bipolar disorder, only maintenance.
>
> I know there is no cure, but I chose to NOT take a 25mg Seroquel
> HS last evening, and boy do I regret it! Luckily for me Seroquel
> is among the cheapest antipsychotics. NOT like Depakote, which I
> was first prescribed at $130 for a 30 day supply which I refused
> to pay. I went to a different psychiatrist at BJC Outpatient
> Clinic and SHE prescribed Seroquel, at $15 for a 90 day supply!
> Works like a charm too, except it's constipating. Common side
> effect.
>
> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

If you have a psych med in Seroquel which works well then you're lucky
and should take it.

Too many people can't find any psych med which manages their illness.