Progress

I haven't had too much to write about recently, as things have started evening out pretty well.

Since about a week and a half ago, I've been able to sleep without using Ambien, Klonopin, etc. I've been able to fall asleep without feeling eternally awake.

Not only that, but over time I'm starting to sleep through the night as well, without waking up the way I have been. I've been exercising a lot too, which might have been helping.

But either way, it's great. My life is completely back to normal now I would say, which is just huge.

The final step is to wean off my 200mg of Seroquel, but I'm very wary of this, for obvious reasons. People online recommend very cautious measures of tapering in tiny pieces using a razor blade, but I've also read/heard that breaking up a pill can reduce its potency if it's not scored (with a line down the middle).

Tapering is one of those areas where popular advice from psychiatrists can just not be cautious enough. I followed more cautious Internet advice tapering off of Cymbalta, and that worked very well, vs previous psychiatrists recommending quicker methods that results in at least a few days of messy withdrawal symptoms.

This has been a (by my standards) long road to recovery since August, and I am VERY very wary of making any medication changes, after seeing what all of the recent changes have brought.

I'll probably wait a bit more to make sure I'm doing okay, and time it when everything is going well. I might start a new job soon, in which case I might give myself some time to get used to that first.