Last night was my first full night without Seroquel in over 8 years. While I didnt sleep great, I wasnt going through withdrawals from it anymore which is a blessing. I am hoping in the next couple of nights my body will regulate itself. I am now taking a natural sleep aid that I bought of Swansonsvitamins that has 500 mg of Valerian Root, 500 mg of Hops, and 500 mg of Chamomile, as well as 40 mg of melatonin. I was on 17 medications at one time and now I am med free!! It took three years!! I came off all the others within the first year but just couldnt go through the rebound insomnia that came with coming off the Seroquel while I was in school. Im out until May so I decided now was the time. Ive been slowly weaning myself off of it for the last three months. Seroquel did help my insomnia once I cleaned up my diet. Before I cleaned up my diet nothing helped me sleep. I averaged 3-4 hours a night and I was miserable. The reason I stopped Seroquel was that I was diagnosed with Post Dysautonomia: Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), after a week long hospital stay. I did some research and Seroquel can cause the symptoms I was having. When I was first diagnosed before I discovered the Seroquel link, I had done some research and discovered Iodine. I started taking 12.5 mg and the vast majority of my POTS symptoms left. I was still having a little dizziness and tachycardia in the mornings and thats what led me to discover it could be the Seroquel. After I weaned down to about 25 mg the dizziness went totally away. I now am symptom free!! Some people may think that medications are benefiting them and thats their choice, but people need to realize that EVERY medication has side effects because they are not something that our bodies produce naturally and need and they werent designed by God in nature to heal our bodies. They are designed to cover up symptoms, not treat the disease itself. I am still learning something new everyday and the more changes the make, the better my body feels. I can literally feel myself getting stronger. Another positive is that I now have a full set of healthy nails!!! Some of you are probably like ok, so what? But I havent had good nails in years!! They were literally crumbly and would just split and peel off. Now they are strong and white and I am so happy because I know thats a sign of good health. Three years ago I was on 17 medications, weighed 300 pounds and was either in a wheel chair or on a cane. I barely left my house and I literally prayed to die because of the pain. Now I am going back to school for holistic health so that I can return to the workforce and help as many people as I can. If someone would have told me when I was at my lowest that I would be where I am today I would have thought they were insane! It has not been an easy road. I went through some of the worst withdrawals of my life from pain meds and then from sugar and junk food. I went through really bad sickness with it. When your body detoxes the junk you put in it out, it makes you sick. Thats why most people feel worse before they feel better and a lot of people give up during that phase. I thank God that I didnt because I am getting my life back. Before fibro I was a superstar in management and was making $40,000 a year plus bonus and was headed toward a promotion. Then I got hurt at work and fibro took everything away from me. Now I am taking it back. I still have fibromyalgia, but it no longer has me!! SHELL
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:15:32 +0000
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