So, I was prescribed quetiapine about 6 years ago and about 2 years later diagnosed diabetic.
I spoke to a consultant yesterday who told me how detrimental quetiapine is to diabetics and he was quite disgusted that over all those years not one doctor or nurse advised me to try a different medication. He's now weaning me off quetiapine and getting me on venlaflaxin (not sure I've spelt that right)
Basically Id just like to advise other t2s that if you're on quetiapine it might be making things worse and might be worth talking to your GP about it.
Not sure if this is the same for all anti psychotic drugs as this is the only one I've had.
Zoe
I spoke to a consultant yesterday who told me how detrimental quetiapine is to diabetics and he was quite disgusted that over all those years not one doctor or nurse advised me to try a different medication. He's now weaning me off quetiapine and getting me on venlaflaxin (not sure I've spelt that right)
Basically Id just like to advise other t2s that if you're on quetiapine it might be making things worse and might be worth talking to your GP about it.
Not sure if this is the same for all anti psychotic drugs as this is the only one I've had.
Zoe