Drug Ratings for SEROQUELAverage Rating: 3.0 (1295 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 5 | depression/psychosis | extreme sleepyness | am finding it very hard to get off this medication - i cannot sleep without it. | F | 25 | 1 years | 1/30/2002 | 1 | mood disorder | incapacitation, extreme fatigue | didn't help me sleep, just made me more tired | M | 31 | 2 months | 4/5/2002 | 4 | insomnia | dry mouth, hung over feeling in the morning | It helps me sleep all through the night. | F | 40 | 6 months | 6/7/2002 | 3 | depression | heartburn, milk intolerance, constant fatigue, no energy or interest in doing anything!!! | F | 45 | 1 years | 6/28/2002 | 5 | for preventing mania | day long sleepiness; only for about 2 weeks. | It has calmed my moods comfortably well; also I sleep well, without morning drowsiness; and I no longer use things like tylenol PM in order to sleep. | F | 44 | 5 months | 8/15/2002 | 4 | anxiety | Dry mouth, drowseness. | Helped in slowing me down. I think it worked well | M | 38 | 1 months | 2/1/2003 | 2 | Sleep disorder, anxiety | Agitation, Anxiety, Zombie like feeling the next day, insomnia. | M | 40 | 4 weeks | 4/4/2003 | 3 | anxiety, sleep | drowsiness | 28 | 1 years | 4/28/2003 | 4 | drug induced psychosis | initially fatigued | fatigue wore off quickly and anxiety dropped | M | 27 | 5 weeks | 6/9/2003 | 5 | schizophrenic | Very sleepy for the first month. Since then no side effects of any type. | Thanks to Seroquel I've been stable and symptom free for five years now. | M | 32 | 6 years | 7/26/2003 | 5 | Mood Stabilization | none! | This med TURNED MY LIFE AROUND! Thank goodness for Seroquel!!! =) | M | 25 | 1 years | 8/8/2003 | 5 | Schizophrenia | Sleepiness, twitching of muscles. | F | 20 | 5 years | 10/18/2003 | 3 | to sleep and prevent psychosis | extreme sleepiness, increased appetite | i have to take more than i did at first to be able to sleep, and i have gained some weight | F | 21 | 8 months | 11/17/2003 | 3 | major depression,psychosis | dry mouth,some memory loss,dizzy,unusal moods,emotional numbess,exhaustion,ringing in ears | have been on 400mgs a day for a month.dont know yet if the benifits(less anxious,less easily upset,moodswings lessen)is worth the side effects. | M | 48 | 4 weeks | 11/28/2003 | 5 | bi-polar/anxiety/sleep disorder | drowsiness, dizziness | i have used several anti-psychotics including abilify,geoden, and zyprexa---I have the least side effects with seroquel and is an effective medication in assisting with sleep and prevention of psychosis | 6 months | 12/23/2003 | 1 | major depression | tired,confused,emotional numbness, dizzy, ringing in ears,hangover feeling in morning, dry mouth,weight gain,etc. etc. | garbage. I am tapering myself off. | M | 48 | 3 months | 1/12/2004 | 3 | Bipolar I. dissorder | The main side effects I have experianced are dizzines and drowsiness | M | 24 | 4 months | 1/30/2004 | 3 | schizophrenia | Wait gain was the largest side effect. I'm short guy and I've always hovered around 130-140 lbs. But since I've been on seroquel (about 12 mos) I've gained nearly 10-15 lbs. I've gained four pants sizes. I hate it. Secondly, it makes me way too sleepy... after an hour after I take the medication I'm usually unable to move about without tripping and falling. On the flipside, without it I can't sleep, and if I do sleep, it's like a 2 hour nap. Not fun. | If you decide to discontinue use, gradually do it and see your doctor first. I've noticed if I go even a day without taking it, I won't be able to relax, often catching myself pacing back and forth, or having grand delusions. | M | 24 | 12 months | 2/14/2004 | 4 | schizophrenia | restless legs | F | 33 | 3 years | 3/28/2004 | 4 | Bipolar Disorder | Drowsiness | Made me extremely sleepy at first, but now I can take 50 mg before a meeting or when I anticipate being stressed to prevent a panic attack. I take 200-300mg at night and I sleep great all night long! | F | 32 | 4 months | 4/8/2004 | 2 | mood stabilizer | muscle twitching in head and neck, extreme fatique, short term memory loss and inability to concentrate. Also extreme symptoms with late or missed dose such as dialted pupils, rapid heart beat, dizziness, fainting, weakness, anxiety, hyperactivity and restlessness. | I have been taking this drug for over 2 years and am still not sure that it has done anything positive. I've been on a combination of drugs however so it is hard to be sure. I've been expieriencing muscle twitiching for the last couple months, which is a symptom of tartive dyskenisia so I am currently tapering off. | F | 18 | 2 days | 4/12/2004 | 3 | Depression with anxiety/worry | lightheadedness, drowsiness | I take 25mg in the am, 25mg in the afternoon and 100mg at bedtime- the drowsiness it causes is great at night but sometimes I don't take it during the day for the same reason. I believe it does help to calm me as I don't eat out of anxiety as much as I did before. | F | 28 | 4 weeks | 4/20/2004 | 2 | Bipolar disorder | Swelling of hands and feet | This medication did nothing for me. | F | 51 | 3 months | 5/19/2004 | 5 | insomnia mainly, also for anxiety | Somnolence is virtually the only serious side effect I had. But since I use it as a sleeping aid, its not really a side effect for me. It works great on anxiety during the day too - take it at bedtime. I feel rested in the morning. | No shakes, no spacey feelings, no major libido problems with it at 150mg/day. This is good given its an antipsychotic. Other ones I tried had way more side effects. | M | 25 | 2 years | 5/25/2004 | 2 | schizoaffective bipolar | dry mouth, constipation, nasal inflammation, increased heart rate, weight gain, elevated serum cholesterol, livid dreams. | I didn't know about the heart rate and cholesterol connection until my doctor commented that they had both dropped to normal levels shortly after discontinuing seroquel. I'm on gedon now, just have to take it a good six hours before bedtime, or it's up all night. | M | 52 | 1 years | 6/22/2004 | 4 | Augment excitability from Lexapro | Very minimal at 75mg per day. | Great augment with an ssri. Works best as an augment. Good med. | M | 32 | 1 years | 6/28/2004 | 3 | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | I have taken seroquel for almost a year and have gained over 20 lbs. I hate it because I cannot lose any weight as long as I'm on it. At night, my legs, feet, hands, etc. are swollen. | Seroquel worked great in the beginning. It stopped my vivid nightmares and my night time paranoia. I was able to sleep soundly and wake up very refreshed. I don't know if it has helped my anxiety because of other meds I take for that but I am getting off it. I cannot lose the weight no matter how little I eat. | F | 55 | 15 months | 7/1/2004 | 4 | Bipolar | Sleepiness | Great drug, I will start tapering off of it after being on it for a year. Take 200mg at bedtime, now taking 100mg for a month or two and going from there! | M | 25 | 1 years | 7/7/2004 | 3 | Bi-polar 1, insomnia | Great for insomnia. Causes weight gain and hand and feet swelling. | F | 30 | 1 years | 7/9/2004 | 4 | bipolar 2 | very drowsy, dizzy. slight hangover effect in the morning, but went away with time. | I had a brief worsening of mania symptoms for 2 days. Mania gradually disappeared altogether. Great for my sleep issues! | F | 32 | 30 days | 7/15/2004 | 3 | bipolar | dry mouth, weight gain, swelling | feeling better | F | 50 | 1 years | 7/29/2004 | 4 | schizo affective depressive disorde | weight gain (nearly 40lbs), increased appetite, hung-over effect at first, sleepiness, vivid dreams, jerking body, swelling and numbness in my hands and feet, now I am experiencing mental confusion, lack of clarity, difficult concentrating, loss of memory | I liked it at first b/c it solved my emotional rollacoaster and I would suggest it for extreme cases but mine is mild and I want to get off of it because of the mental confusion and weight gain but will have a hard time because you have to gradually go off of it. | M | 24 | 2 years | 8/18/2004 | 3 | schizophrenia | weight gain, sleepiness | im less anxious and i no longer have any night-time fears. I can sleep all night without being woken up by an disturbances! | F | 15 | 7 days | 8/23/2004 | 1 | bi-polar 2 | Extremely unpleasant background anxiety. Unable to sleep. | Slept a lot at first. Began to feel great. Drug lost its efficacy over the weeks. Now gives me anxiety, won't let me sleep. Racing heartbeat. Without the anxiety, I'd be feeling just fine, so this drug is a great disappointment. By the way, this is my experience, not my opinion. My opinion is that drug companies should stop wasting time experimenting on lab rats. A lab rat can't tell you how it feels, so you don't know whether the drug you're trying to develop is on the right track or not. When dealing with a non-verbal situation, you're attempting to extrapolate data from appearances only. I think we all remember the joke about the researcher who pulled off the grasshopper's/cricket's legs one by one. | M | 48 | 2 months | 9/3/2004 | 1 | bipolar | Extreme sleepiness and a need to eat immediately in the morning. I am hung over in the morning. Weight gain of about 10lbs per year. I have developed seizures and I jerk sometimes for no reason. | This medication has slowly caused me to fall apart over time. First it was the spontaneous muscle spasms then trouble with speech.All of these are side affects.I am going to have a new doctor take me off as I have developed Tardive dyskinesia. | F | 31 | 6 years | 9/13/2004 | 2 | multiple personality disorder (DID) | leg tremors that are horrible, sleepiness, higher blood sugar to the point that my diabetes meds quit working, causing me to go on insulin, missed for two days get very nausiated with racing thoughts and waves of anxiety. Fatique, swollen ankles and feet, weight gain (40) pounds, unable to lose, very expensive! | Seroquel started out working good. The symptoms and side effects seemed to go away if taken in just the right way. I'm on 50mg morning and noon, and 200mg at night. I was unaware of the other side effects connected with seroquel until last night when I went on the internet looking for help. that is when I found out that the weight gain, out of control blood sugar and swelling were connected with seroquel. Also, I recently took myself off it gradually and then after about 2 month had a severe break down and had to go back on it and that is when the blood sugar went out of control again even on insulin when my blood sugar was incontrol when I was off the seroquel, also I was loosing weight until I went back on seroquel. My feet a swelling again and my blood pressure has always been normal is high now. I'm a professional and need to get off this in a safe way so that i can continue to support my disabled daughter. really sad! | F | 38 | 2 years | 9/19/2004 | 3 | insomnia, anxiety, PTSD | Weight Gain was the most serious side effect. I gained almost 25lbs., confusion, Sleepiness but I was taking it to help me sleep so that was okay for me. | The only positive impact that seroquel has had on my life is that I can now fall asleep and stay asleep throughout the night. I have tried just about every other sleeping aide that there is and this is the only one that actually works without leaving me feeling | F | 20 | 7 months | 9/20/2004 | 3 | insomnia, anxiety, PTSD | Weight Gain was the most serious side effect. I gained almost 25lbs., confusion, Sleepiness but I was taking it to help me sleep so that was okay for me. | The only positive impact that seroquel has had on my life is that I can now fall asleep and stay asleep throughout the night. I have tried just about every other sleeping aide that there is and this is the only one that actually works without leaving me feeling hungover in the morning. However...the weight gain alone is enough to make me want to go off of it. I have also struggled with an eating disorder for four years now and gaining all this weight has made me more depressed and anxious than ever. I have resorted back to my bulimic habits because I can't control my eating, the drug increased my appetite. Also, it didn't help me with my nightmares or flashbacks. In fact I have more strange and vivid dreams now that I'm on the medication. I would not suggest this medication to anyone who has suffered or is suffering from an eating disorder. | F | 20 | 7 months | 9/20/2004 | 5 | depression | I cant seem to get off it. I cant sleep. The good thing is since I stopped taking it im losing weight | F | 52 | 3 days | 9/21/2004 | 4 | anxiety,ocd | sleepiness, and VERY VERY addictive. | if u miss a dose sometimes it could leave u with a pounding headache, trouble sleeping, naucious and jsut feeling terrible | F | 23 | 2 years | 9/21/2004 | 3 | Schizophrenia | dry mouth and involuntary movement of tounge during first couple weeks of medication. Now i'm experiencing horrible dizziness and halucinations if i miss just 1 dose. Another side effect i've now noticed is nightmares when i'm sleeping and random muscle jerks during the day | The medication stopped my delusional and disorganized thinking,I feel like this medication is addictive because I feel like I need more and more of it sometimes and I'm afraid I may overdose. | F | 22 | 2 years | 9/21/2004 | 3 | bipolar | gained over 15 pounds in a few months which made me stop using it | if it didn't make you fat it would be the perfect drug. great sleep. no more morbid thoughts. | F | 38 | 4 months | 9/22/2004 | 1 | insomnia | extreme fatigue, sleepiness during the day. Beginning to think it's better to deal with less sleep than to have this hung over feeling during the day. | F | 46 | 4 weeks | 9/23/2004 | 4 | Depression | My doctor had me on 200mg, and now has me on 300mg. It makes me feel very tired most of the time, but I take it at bed time, so it does help me get to sleep at night. But even then, I still feel slow during the day, it takes a while for me to get moving. During one hospitalization, the doctor assigned to me had me on seroquel in the hospital, but didn't continue it after leaving. I felt like my ears were buzzing all the time when going through withdrawl, but after a few days it went away. I was off six months then another doctor decided to try it again. | Even 200 isn't so bad, I just wish my doctor would try getting me back down to 200 or below. 200 and below I don't feel quite so tired. | M | 29 | 9 months | 9/30/2004 | 5 | anxiety | It makes me very sleepy - but I take it at night and for the first time in my life, I sleep thru the night or awaken and can get back to sleep, so the 'side effect' is totally desired. (I take 50 mg.) | It greatly eases my anxiety and this former insomniac can no longer do without it to get thru the night. | F | 50 | 2 years | 10/5/2004 | 4 | Mood Stabilizer for BiPolar Spectru | Short-term sedation, but not a problem if taken at bedtime | Seroquel helps me to be more directed and take action without the anxiety which used to paralyze me and prevent me from even deciding what clothes to wear. | F | 57 | 1 days | 10/5/2004 | 2 | Bi Polar disorder | Weight gain 30 pounds, swelling hands and feet, vivid dreams and terrible munchies im at 600 mg, At the begining i was doing great but im cycling again going on depession mode and the med doesnt seem to be working, I hate the weight gain is actually afecting my life, | Terrible weightr gain side effect plus abnormal cholesterol and triglicerides reading, my dr put on me on lipitor despite the explanation i gave her on seroquel. | M | 39 | 6 months | 10/7/2004 | 3 | dissociation, borderline personalit | Stuffy nose, restless legs, weight gain and if I forgot my night-time dose I didn't sleep all night. | I was on 200mgs. at bedtime and am now on 50mgs. I have been having a difficult time coming off. The doctor has to keep increasing and then decreasing the dosage. I get extreme irritability which comes and goes. | F | 47 | 2 years | 10/11/2004 | 5 | depression, mania, schizoid moods | Weight gain. My dreams are so vivid, I feel as though I lead a | The weight gain is tolerable. Better I be chunky and sane rather than skinny and nuts. Never slept better in my life. It's amazing how a regular sleep pattern will greatly contribute to the quality of your life. | F | 31 | 1 days | 10/12/2004 | 3 | mania/depression, psychosis | It worked fine in the beginning. I am no stranger to experiencing weight gain with psychiatric meds. I've gained 40 pounds + or - in the last three years, tried losing the weight by following various diets but it ALWAYS came back on. Also was on Zyprexa; the combo reeked havoc with my blood sugar. Now since I'm not taking Zyprexa, the Seroquel was increased causing mood swings, fatigue, muscle weakness, confusion, short-term memory loss, loss of my desire to write(my passion in life, or at least it was), and desire to isolate myself from others. Also irritability and anger. Occasional muscle twitches, which I never really paid attention to until now. | Works ok but be careful and know what to expect. | F | 30 | 3 years | 10/13/2004 | 5 | insomnia | I've experienced no side effects. It makes me tired about 45 minutes after taking it. But I'm taking it as a sleep aid. Also, I haven't built a tolerance. I've been able to lower my doses without weakening the affectiveness of the medication. | Like many others, when my doctor first suggested taking seroquel, I was hesitant. I only new that it was prescribed to schitzophrenics and manics. Being that I am neither, I was afraid to take it. But I desperately wanted to get off of the benzodiazapines, which had all sorts of undesirable side affects. Point being that I am very satisfied with taking seroquel for my insomnia. | F | 23 | 2 years | 10/15/2004 | 1 | bipolar | Sleep Problems, very drowsy during the day. Upset stomach, Weight Gain. | I was only on this stuff for 3 weeks before I had to stop. I felt worse while on the drug, and I couldnt stop eating. I wanted to scream. | F | 33 | 3 weeks | 10/16/2004 | 4 | depression/anxiety | drowsiness | I have to set two alarms to wake up, but the full night of restful sleep prevents my depression-induced daily naps. I like my low-dose of Seroquel along with Lexapro. I don't really feel zombie-like at all. | F | 21 | 3 weeks | 10/18/2004 | 4 | depression/anxiety | drowsiness | I have to set two alarms to wake up, but the full night of restful sleep prevents my depression-induced daily naps. I like my low-dose of Seroquel along with Lexapro. I don't really feel zombie-like at all. | F | 21 | 3 weeks | 10/18/2004 | 4 | insomnia/bipolar | It has been the only med. that really made me sleep all the way through the night I take 700mg and it puts me to sleep about 45 minutes later and I never feel drowsy in the morning. I haven't gained any weight or had any bad side effects | F | 19 | 1 months | 10/19/2004 | 3 | bipolar disorder/psychosis | terrible, fast weight gain (20lb inside of 5 months, and counting) that leveled off at some point -- it seems to have not only made me hungrier but has also lessened my metabolism -- I cannot seem to eat as much as I used to without gaining weight, and I was a chronic dieter with 18% body fat when I started on it. I still try to diet and it's like I am living in this bulky body that I don't recognize. My psychiatrist seems to not be too concerned with the weight gain...which perplexes me. Not until I saw this sight did I become convinced that it is the drug causing the change in weight and not just some new loss of control of my eating. | The difficult part about all of this is that the drug works ezxtraordinaly well in eliminating my hallucinations -- better than any I have taken since I learned of my disorder. | F | 30 | 5 months | 10/20/2004 | 1 | anxiety/depresion | I have had too many side effects to remember. The worst ones are the extreme drowsiness and muscle twitches. I occasionally developed headaches but they were quick to get over. I slept better but it doesnt make a difference when you cant wake up. | Its horrible and i hope it didnt cause any permanent damage. | M | 14 | 4 times | 10/20/2004 | 5 | insomnia stress high blood pressure | Rapid heart beat(only first dose), alittle nausea(first week), daytime tiredness. Does lower blood pressure(prescribe for that too). | Death in the family, Teenager leaving home, over-worked, overstressed, and really poor diet! Also, four times the normal coffee consumption. I used to say, | M | 45 | 3 months | 10/22/2004 | 5 | prednisone induced psychosis | makes my head hurt and within half an hour I'm asleep | Placed on Seroquel after a BAD reaction to prednisone took about 5 days to start feeling better. Have been on it for 2 months and will soon begin to taper off | M | 38 | 2 months | 10/26/2004 | 5 | bipolar disorder | makes me very sleepy, so only taken at night. When taken on empty stomach, I may experience blackout, no memory of how I got to bed the next morning. I am told I do not act abnormal, I just can't remember anything. Have not had much problem with weight gain. Has helped with moods and biploar disorder. | F | 47 | 2 days | 10/27/2004 |