Supplements and diet/foods

I was on 400mg Serequel Quetiapine for 22 years. This is an antipsychotic not an antidepressant A low histamine diet has helped me a lot but after a few months I had low energy and needed to include dandelion tea in the diet. But with the low energy I slowly started to drink caffeine again and I'm ok but more feisty Potentially the low energy could have indicated some recovery?? I decided to try low histamine drink and food because I found out about the quetiapine I take and how it affects histamine receptors in my brain in a big way. For me I found it a great help, I felt calmer, I didn't have fight or flight feelings, I just flowed through it. 🪷 I still can't eat tomatoes, they make my brain feel grazed. I'm not sure what's in them that causes this I can't eat babybel they affect my tongue, not sure what's going on there I could eat these before tapering Exercise can increase cortisol and give me low mood so just gentle exercise which is frustrating because my body can move so much faster now. The quetiapine was affecting my movement and made me very slow. This is an ongoing trial and error experiment I'm going through. Just trying one thing at a time and seeing how it affects me physically and mentally I hope this helps

Another thing I'm experimenting with is essential oils, so basically how scents affect mood, for instance a very well known one is lavender. But herbal healing has been an interest of mine since childhood I use bergamot and cedarwood to get me going in the morning. Also tuberose is a good get up and go for me rather than coffee 🪷

I read that I need to drink water to help protect my liver from quetiapine, the liver is affected by this pill Something I need to do more of 💧

I think this conversation is a very valuable idea and I'm really looking forward to listening to other people's experiences and ideas Nice one Anton, I love it 💕

Hey @Anton, hope you are well, too. As @Horizon said, really good idea to enchange these things 👍 So, I already had some supplements in place before this shitstorm started because of my eczema and asthma (which are completely gone right now... I guess my psyche is so strictly focused on the "new thingy" that it forgot about them 😁). I mention this because I don't think I would have introduced any of them after the crash happened, and going forward, I won't touch anything new without really solid proof. My philosophy is: avoid changes like your life depends on it ^^ That said, parts of my pre-existing routine might actually have a positive side effect without me even realizing it, since I keep reading about fish oil and the like helping here and there: Food & Water: My breakfast/lunch is oatmeal with chia and seeds because it keeps me full until dinner and avoids sugar spikes. I don't snack in between, and I take the nasty Zoloft with dinner, which is always cooked from scratch and Mediterranean style. I also drink as close to 2 liters of water or herbal tea (nod to @Horizon) a day as I can. Supplements: I take fish oil and an A-Z vitamin thingy with my oatmeal, and magnesium plus my antihistamine (for allergies) in the evening. Sleep: I try to get up and go to sleep around the same time every day. Vices (Smoking, Alcohol & Coffee): I luckily quit smoking a year before this ordeal started, and thank God I did. It gave me anxiety anyway, and I can't even imagine what it would have done to me during withdrawal. I also don't drink alcohol and won't for as long as this takes, even if it's 6 years or more. I couldn't care less. On the flip side, I didn't give up my morning coffee with sugar (for now). Again: I'm not changing anything until I have to, or until I hear a rock-solid argument to prove I should. Change and I are not friends! How about you, @Anton?

@Horizon Thanks for your input! Really good! @Gigi.0809 Alright I see. You are sort of going higher carbs/fiber and just overall balance for diet. Regarding supplements, I think your approach is good, very simple, does the job and not taking any risks! Ive actually been quite into all that nutrition/supplement/lifestyle thing for a minute, so its nothing new to me. Ive mainly been eating animal based diet, so red meat, eggs, fruits and honey, but also been eating more of potatoes, carrots, quinoa, rice, avocado and pumpkin seeds. I also been tracking my stuff with the app Cronometer to see if I’m not fully saturating my self with all the vitamins and minerals i need. ^ I highly recommend this for everyone, but try not to be to rigid with it! Supplements: Have been mainly consistant for the past 1-2 years, so prior to starting the taper. Ive been taking magnesium(glycinate, taurate or topical chloride), spore based probiotics, omega 3, calcium(not eating dairy) and sometimes mineral complex! We dont need much of these, maybe except omega 3 and magnesium, If we eat highly nutritious diets! Lifestyle: In my opinion is having your circadian rhythm dialed in a crucial part of how we operate. That means bright days as much as possible and dark evenings as much as possible! Getting natural light in the morning and through out the day and minimise artificial light(blue light) after darkness. This way you are setting your body up for a normal functioning of hormone production, neurotransmitters production and fluctuation and overall health. I myself have been doing this for a while, but I have OCD and it tends to latch to just anything and everything, including trying to “optimize” my health! That can backfire, so dont be to rigid even though you dont have OCD I also really like to be just outside in nature, and a favourite of mine is forest bathing and grounding/earthing at the same time. So walking in a forest or chilling whilst you are barefoot and touching the earth! We are all moving further and further away from nature, but nature is what we evolved up on!

"including trying to “optimize” my health!" — @Anton

Awesome how self-aware you are to catch yourself there. Definitely easier said than done, though, so cool to see that you try! I am also someone who tends to do more harm than good if I try to be too much of a perfectionist. I don't think mine is quite in OCD territory, but let's just say "relaxing" is not my default setting either. 😅

"very simple, does the job and not taking any risks!" — @Anton

Love the feedback, thank you for this! And if you ever stumble across anything super interesting in your research, please do share. This is the kind of geeking out that came along with this whole new withdrawal challenge, so why not indulge in it a bit (while not being too rigid about not being too rigid! 😅).