SEROQUEL Reviews (QUETIAPINE FUMARATE)

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SEROQUEL  (QUETIAPINE FUMARATE):  This medication is used to treat certain mental/mood conditions (such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, sudden episodes of mania or depression associated with bipolar disorder). Quetiapine is known as an anti-psychotic drug (atypical type). It works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances (neurotransmitters) in the brain. This medication can decrease hallucinations and improve your concentration. It helps you to think more clearly and positively about yourself, feel less nervous, and take a more active part in everyday life. It may also improve your mood, sleep, appetite, and energy level. Quetiapine can help prevent severe mood swings or decrease how often mood swings occur.   FDA Approval Date: 2005-10-04 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  To help anxiety and sleep better It was offered to me after I weaned myself off of an addictive anxiety medication. It made me feel stupid but calm. I was taking it to help anxiety, it shouldn’t be prescribed off label, it messes with your mind. The drug addicts in the neighborhood wanted it to feel high, I didn’t, I knew it was trouble if they wanted it . I took it for a few years over a decade ago. Didn’t know about this website until today. F 56 5 years
?25 mg 3X day
1/26/2023
 1  depression Slept but turned into a zombie. Couldn't stop pacing. Dark, disturbing, violent thoughts. Nurse-practitioner seemed to be in love with this drug. I asked for an antidepressant but she refused to give me one and insisted that I take Seroquel. When she saw that it wasn't working she insisted that I increase the dose. Had my husband give me more and more until reached maximum dose. Ruined my life totally for 4-5 years, even though I took it for only 10 days. F 74 10 days
30 mg. 1X day
7/5/2021
 1  Sleep Very tired within 20 minutes, but no deep. Weird vivid dreams when I would start to drift off waking me back up, only I couldn't open my eyes and it was hard. Hard time reaching to turn off alarm, took several attempts to push the button. Severe muscle fatigue in hands and arms with trembling. Hard time dressing, poor motor skills, inability to find words, almost felt I was in slow motion, brain fog, eyes swollen underneath like never before, sensitive to light, unable to drive, weird overall feeling of distance or separation from everything around me, very difficult to function. All this after just 1 dose! I will never take this medication again. When it was first prescribed to me 2 months ago, I read reviews and side effects and refused to take it. My Dr. talked me into it saying she thought it would help me sleep better. I would rather never sleep again than ever feel like this. F 48 1 days
50 mg 1X day
1/19/2021
 1  Sleep Very tired within 20 minutes, but no deep sleep. Weird vivid dreams when I would start to drift off waking me back up, only I couldn't open my eyes and it was hard to move. Hard time reaching to turn off alarm, took several attempts to push the button. Severe muscle fatigue in hands and arms with trembling. Hard time dressing, poor motor skills, inability to find words, almost felt I was in slow motion, brain fog, eyes swollen underneath like never before, sensitive to light, unable to drive, weird overall feeling of distance or separation from everything around me, very difficult to function. All this after just 1 dose! I will never take this medication again. When it was first prescribed to me 2 months ago, I read reviews and side effects and refused to take it. My Dr. talked me into it saying she thought it would help me sleep better. I would rather never sleep again than ever feel like this. F 48 1 days
50 mg 1X day
1/19/2021
 1  Extreme anxiety and anger issues extreme grogginess and feeling like a zombie I am a senior male who has severe sleep apnea since 1991 and use CPAP every night. However, I have extreme daytime sleepiness. My doctor wanted me to take Seroquel to help with my extreme anxiety, OCD and anger issues. I only took the medication for two nights but I felt like a zombie. The dosage was only 25mg. NO ONE who has sleep apnea should take this drug since it will make you so spaced out you are unable to function. M 75 2 days
25mg 1X day
11/8/2020
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 1  Aniexity, insomnia Spacy,dry mouth,head hurts,blurred vision F 74 0 months
26 2X day
10/3/2020
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 1  Eupd Raised prolactin levels, change in menstrual cycle. Extreme fatigue, loss of eyesight. Confusion. Weigh gain. Headaches, blurred vision and confusion F 32 4 years
100mg 1X day
9/30/2020
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 1  schizophrenia, psychosis Irritability, drowsiness, INSANE dreams The most vivid scary and horrifying nightmares I've ever had were on seroquel. I'm too scared to take it anymore because of that. M 28 2 days
50mg 1X day
9/29/2020
 1  Grief related depression insomnia Took this on one occasion and did not help with insomnia, keep waking up throughout the night with racing thoughts after very vivid dreams however could not move. I felt awful the next day and knew this was not the drug for me if I want to keep working. Will work through without it. It's beyond me why people are prescribed this it's just awful. Should not be used F 54 1 days
25 mg 1X day
9/3/2020
 1  Treatment Res. Major Depression PHYSICAL Huge allergic reaction Hives, bloating, swollen joints, swollen lips and eyes, water retention in legs so are x3 the size, swollen lumps on soles if feet. PHYSICAL acid reflux. Anxiety, restlessness, anger and irritability, inability to nap even though exhausted,staying in bed feeling low and numb all day, crying for no reason. No interest in other people and inability to maintain conversation. Cloudy head all day, so exhausted unable to do tasks such as cooking meals need help to look after my kids from husband and parents as not feeling 'with it' This made me feel worse, I have re tried this drug x3 over six months each time its given me dehabiliting allergic reactions needing steroids. Psychiatrist set on pushing this on me not sure why. Just gone through 3 weeks on a 3rd attempt I cant live like this, having to take x4 strong prescription antihistamines just to try to control this and just does not work. I dont see why l should take even more drugs to support one my body clearly rejects? Also huge weight gain even when you are so depressed you cannot eat!!!! If your dr says it doesn't cause w.g if you eat healthily and dont snack exercise etc they are lying as it totally affects your metabolism!! I gained I was on orlistat for weight loss trying to lose weight from my first attempt on quetiapine (gained about 14 lbs) and it even stopped that from working. Ive only gone on to gain more weight due to being Ill with coronavirus and being too exhausted to exercise. I was around 134lbs I've easily gained 35lbs since I first tried Q in months. I've always been slim and keenly cardio exercises x4 a week before What's worse is that I did see a benefit first time around but not the times afterwards, it definitely caused me to feel worse not sure if this is because it affects my depression directly or because it caused anxiety and extreme fatigue and cloudy head adding to what I had already. All I know is that I cannot poison my body physically and mentally with this any longer F 33 31 days
25-50 1X day
8/1/2020
 1  For sleep Extreme weight gain..heightened depression..heightened suicidal thoughts.. extreme anxiety.. anti social.. irritability.. tired all the time.. constipation.. heart attack.. stroke.. kidney disease.. high blood pressure on and on and on Very dangerous drug that should not be given to anybody F 62 21 years
100mg
2/23/2020
 1  Sleep problems/anxiety Got sleep but host of physical /health/mental memory problems.Started to withdraw after four months.now am at 25mg.lots of problems such as gallblader, libido,infections, memory dull, no emotions, heart failure, liver damage, etc,etc. living in a hell.strongly NOT advise anyone to go on this poison A HELL M 65 4 months
100mg
1/29/2020
 1  Sleep and racing thoughts Just an awful drug for me. Instant zombie on lowest of dosing and no cease of racing thoughts. Did help with sleep the first few nights. Extremely powerful and caused/lead to some black holes memory wise for me. This one wasn’t for me. I was groggy even minutes after taking it. Memory gaps and lethargic state were terrifying. 48 7 days
12/10/2019
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 1  No idea, Dr didn't know either Difficulty swallowing! I don't trust the medical or pharmaceutical world, especially after being prescribed this "drug" when the doctor knew nothing, and I do mean nothing, about me. No longer taking M 48 4 months
100
11/26/2019
 1  Bipolar 2, clinical depression Gained weight rapidly, bedridden slept 13 hours, didn’t care for anything felt like I was paralysed. I thought this time I was getting the help that I deserved after taking every med under the sun non worked. It did stop me crying and numbed me emotionally but I felt very depressed and suicidle and sad that I couldn’t look after myself. If life upsets you believe me you will have a crazy episode but if your in bed all Day you feel nothing except worthless useless and not wanting to be alive but your so sedated you can’t be bothered to kill yourself. I had panic attacks and stopped breathing many times in my sleep. The tablet will hit you If you are making something to eat then suddenly your on the floor you cannot move the tablet sometimes puts your body to sleep before your mind and sometimes it feels like someone is giving you a lethal injection and you feel like your dieing whilst going to sleep it’s awful. It’s 4 days going cold turkey my nurse did not recommend it but they do nothing to help except increase the doses. My eyes and hearing and very heightened noises light is painful constant nausea my head feel awful can feel the drop in my brain feels like a painful black hole. Stomach cramps and constant pain, sweating. Crying very emotional but I’m feeling a little better despite that feel a bit more motivated to get out of bed and do simple laundry 32 6 months
300
11/24/2019
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 1  Schizophrenia Tardive Dyskinesia and Fainting Spells I would rather be crazy than have crazy involuntary facial expressions like a retard. This drug ruined my life!!! F 36 1 years
200mg
11/16/2019
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 1   Poison!!!!! M 65 0 years
800mg.
10/17/2019
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 1  Insomnia/Borderline personnality Weight gain of 30 lbs, sédation, extreme fatigue, stroke, arythmia, agressive and violent behavior, depersonnalisation, depression, increased appetite, drug cravings (relapse in crystal meth after 2 year sobre), stroke i have to take brillanta now, diabetes, hypertension, suicide attempt, homoicidal ideation This is by far the worst drug I have ever taken, made me a complete lunatic and my health is ruined because of that drug. Made me sleep like a rock but could not hear my alarm, lost my job, my girlfriend. I was on Latuda before, but my doctor changed for Seroquel, why???? I was ok on Latuda. I hate Seroquel!! In Quebec Canada, they prescibe the same sh*t to everybody, Celexa that made me impotent and lethargic, and seroquel that destroyed my life!! Finally ended up at the ER after a suicide attempt. Now I'm on Buspirone and Pristiq and doing so much better. M 35 2 months
25-50 mg 1X day
9/27/2019
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 1  Organic personality disorder, TBI, Side effects I've had are heart palpitations, extreme groggy feeling throughout the day, vertigo when standing up, weight gain, anxiety and depression, slurred speech and dizziness I've been on this med far too long and I'm not sure wht no doc wants to change it. I'm still consistently having anxiety mood swings and depression. This med just doesn't work for me F 31 14 years
375 mg
9/14/2019
 1  Dr presc for anxiety Couldnt walk vertigo uncontolled movements leg weighlessness feeling notbon ground I was seeing things in day angels looking from heaven F 2 years
850
8/3/2019
  

SEROQUEL  (QUETIAPINE FUMARATE):  This medication is used to treat certain mental/mood conditions (such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, sudden episodes of mania or depression associated with bipolar disorder). Quetiapine is known as an anti-psychotic drug (atypical type). It works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances (neurotransmitters) in the brain. This medication can decrease hallucinations and improve your concentration. It helps you to think more clearly and positively about yourself, feel less nervous, and take a more active part in everyday life. It may also improve your mood, sleep, appetite, and energy level. Quetiapine can help prevent severe mood swings or decrease how often mood swings occur.   FDA Approval Date: 2005-10-04 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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