SEROQUEL Reviews (QUETIAPINE FUMARATE)Average Rating: 2.9 (1505 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SEROQUEL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | bipolar/some psychosis | My major problem was not sleeping which this has really helped. Takes a while to get going most mornings but not sleeping too much . Some weight gain and still havve some anxiety issues. Overall has helped. | M | 56 | 4 years 300 mg. | 4/13/2013 | 2 | Bipolar I | Pisa Syndrome(please google) *weight gain* | Seroquel is a very effective drug for me. I am now getting off Seroquel. It's the weight gain thing. If your genes are set up for you to gain weight on this, you will, probably very quickly. I've had enough and I usually put up with most side effects. At 60, putting on 40 pounds is dangerous. Really at any age. Hopefully Lithium and Lamictal will keep me afloat because I'm not gaining another pound on this. | M | 60 | 2 years 300 mg 1X day | 4/1/2013 | 2 | Schizophrenia | 1. Ridiculous sedation - I slept between 14-18 hours per day every day on the drug. It never got better. In fact, it simply got worse. 2. Cognitive sluggishness - this is easily the worst antipsychotic for ruining the intellect. I could not comprehend subject material that I used to find extremely basic. It was embarrassing to be honest. | Yes. The side-effects were bad, but not the worst of any drug I have been on. However, the true problem was the the drug was ineffective for my Positive Symptoms. 300 mg is not that high of a dose (the max dose I took), but I simply could not bear to go any higher because I was sleeping 16 or more hours per day. It was totally ridiculous. I was still having strong psychotic breaks and all I was getting from the medication was sedation. | M | 25 | 10 months 300 1X day | 3/25/2013 | 3 | Insomnia | Disorientation, dry mouth, rapid heartbeat | I was prescribed Seroquel for my insomnia that required medical attention. My problem was falling asleep. Well, the first night I took it, it knocked my butt out like a light. But whenever I'd wake up briefly during the night, I'd notice my heart was beating extremely fast and heavy and my mouth felt so parched that it was actually painful to swallow. These side effects happened every time I took a dose, which was as-needed. Sometimes the rapid heartbeat would scare me and I would just try to ignore it and fall asleep, which I always would. The dry mouth I learned to just deal with. If I didn't go to bed within two hours of taking it, I would walk around the house very disoriented. I am grateful it put me to sleep, but eventually the side effects were just too much of a hassle and I quit using it. I still have some, but now I'd only take it in an emergency. Knocks me out, but too many worrisome side effects. | M | 28 | 1 years 200 1X AN | 3/16/2013 | 3 | bi polar disorder | Restless legs, falling asleep with food in my mouth horrible horrible weight gain. While it helps with my mania and insomnia I cant help thinking how much better I felt when I was skinny. I stopped taking it for a week and I lost alot of weight quickly but I developed an intense fear of food. Unfortunately due to the stress that is my mother in law I had to go back on it. Im a good person and dont want to hurt anybody. Im also dissapointed in myself cuz i had almost no wirhdrawl symptoms. Now the fat zombie is back. | F | 26 | 2 years 250mg | 2/26/2013 | 1 | Insomnia w/Bipolar II | Horrifying suicidal thoughts, crying, extreme depression set in about 12 hours after the first tablet. I was considering admitting myself to hospital. Passed as soon as the drug had left my system. | Taken in conjunction with 1500MG depakote ER to try to solve my sleep issues. | F | 39 | 2 days 25MG 1X day | 2/5/2013 | 1 | atypical trigemianl neuralgia | 15 hours after taking 25mg of this deadly poison I started having seizures. | Back in early 2007 a crazy neurologist prescribed the medication for my atypical trigeminal neuralgia, which I got from botched sinus surgery. When I would start to fall asleep I would get 'electric-shocks' deep inside my right sinus. The Neurontin was helping, but this whacko neurologist decided to give me seroquel for sleep. Now I have seizures. | M | 55 | 1 days 25mg 1X O | 1/23/2013 | 5 | BPD/Bipolar/Insomnia | Weight gain, restless legs, apathy, terrible constipation, memory problems, lack of motivation for communication with people, it has affected my eyesight. | Along with psychotherapy. this drug worked like magic. The weight gain however is frustrating. Was on 800mg down to 50mg. Am weaning myself off this drug as I am taking Zeldox, another antipsychotic. I want to lose weight. I will get another drug to sleep. I've had terrible times when trying to go cold turkey off this drug. | F | 47 | 6 years 100mg 1X day | 1/21/2013 | 2 | sleep/BPD/depression | WEIGHT GAIN-- OH MY GOD--- FAT FAT FAT FAT FAT. Other: lethargy, hypertention, crazy ass dreams, some memory loss ( although not as bad as when I had insomnia). | I was given this by my Pdoc for " sleep" although I'm pretty sure this was also to mellow me out since my BPD is pretty bad. It fo' sure worked. I got mellow, even ( gasp) nice! At first I felt good about taking it, and I could finally sleep, but then I noticed that it stopped working and I was gaining a massive amout of weight ( even though I was exercising, eating healthy, etc.) According to my Pdoc I could take " any dose I wanted up til 100) hell, I could even up it and lower it if I wanted to. So when 50 didn't work, I would lower it, and then higher it. After a year on this crappy drug I gave up. I had started to smoke and drink coffee every morning since I couldn't seem to get up. I had to get 12+ hours on it or else I had headaches. I would wake up from crazy ass dreams, sweating and eat and then wake up in the morning and not remember anything. The dosing and time I took it did nothing and I still couldn't get up before noon. If Satan created a drug you would love/hate and tame the beast within it would be called " SEROQUEL" Thanks AstroZenica. | F | 31 | 1 years 25 mg-50 1X day | 1/16/2013 | 5 | bipolar2 w/depression | small amount of weight loss but nothing else. maybe? some grogginess in the morning but 1 cup of coffee fixes this. | highly recommend a small dose. One 24 mg dose for sleep saved me from a winter bout w/ depression, anxiety and mania. Currently on effexor and lamictal then had troubles sleeping and depression mixed w/ a manic anxiety. Took 24 mg for sleep and felt like a new person in the morning. More positive and relaxed. Currently taking only 12 mg ( I split the pill) and I can fall asleep in about 15 minutes. Reminds me of Zyprexa--but without the weight gain. It makes me more aware so I don't eat as much and eat healthier. Seems to have curbed my cravings, esp for sweets. Maybe because I am on such a small dose? | F | 43 | 60 days 24mg 1X day | 1/10/2013 | 3 | Bipolar disorder w/psychotic feat. | Hallucinations, insomnia when tried to be pulled off of it, crying spells, memory loss, zombie-like, excessive sleeping, irregular heart beat. | I went through psychosis from getting off of adderall and an ssri. I wasn't sleeping at all! Luckily the doctor put me on seroquel, and I didn't have any EPS which I normally get from antipsychotics. I want to get off of seroquel because I'm afraid of getting diabetes. I should be on a higher dose but I don't like the way it makes me feel. My biggest fear is having rebound psychosis. | F | 23 | 8 months 50mg 1X day | 1/9/2013 | 5 | bipolar disorder | Weird, scary and awesome dreams. Feel like a zombie in the morning. Memory Loss, uncomfortable feeling in chest (sometimes), weight gain, restless legs, hallucianations | I know the side effects are bad, but for someone who attempted suicide and ended in a coma several times because of depression and impulsive acts, it really helps. I will never stop using my meds. I couldn't be a more happy person and everyone noticed the change and when I hear all the horror stories about who I was, I'm grateful for meds like this! And it makes you sleep, which I could barely do before the meds (3 out of 24 hours). Sad thing is I had to give up flying because of my meds, but it's worth it! | F | 25 | 3 years 400mg 1X day | 1/7/2013 | 1 | INSOMNIA | THIS IS A BAD, BAD DRUG!! Severe ringing in the ears, raised cholesterol, blood pressure, heart rate, and sugar levels. Serious memory loss. | In the last 2 weeks I have weened of 50 mg of the drug at 25 mg reduction every 3 days. In 2 more weeks will be free and off. No withdrawal or discomfort so far.I don't give a damn what reason your doctor has you on Seroquel.....GET OFF IT!!!! You can do it. Recipe for success is: From a credible holistic web site 1200 mg Omega 3 taken in morning and again in afternoon. B Complex Zinc Iron Vitamin E Keep Pepto for upset stomach Preferred pain med for headaches Imodium for diarrhea This will set you back around $60.00 but well worth it as I feel I am proof with NO withdrawal symptoms. | M | 58 | 4 months 200 mg 1X day | 1/4/2013 | 1 | Bipolar nos | Side effects were weight gain rapid heart beat ,pressure pain on my chest , tired from the time I woke up; bloating and swelling of the stomach and problems with my Bowles.also developed a peptic ulcer and type 2 diabetes. just came off seroquel last week doing much better, this medication is horrible ruined my life for 2 yrs doctor would not change my medication so I changed doctors to someone who saw what the side effects were doing to me and now I am able to live my life again. | M | 48 | 2 years 300mg | 12/15/2012 | 4 | Borderline Personality Disorder | Weight gain (only 10lbs. though) Still have depression from time to time and mood swings, however my auditory/visual hallucinations have nearly stopped. The big thing that this medication has helped me with is not only sleeping, but I stopped cutting/suicide attempts. | M | 28 | 1 years 100 | 12/10/2012 | 2 | Situational anxiety | Dying | Seroquel can cause breathing problems which can be serious. One should really avoid starting to take medicines like seroquel as they reduce life-expectancy and people can get serious (deadly) side-effects from them, especially if medications are withdrawn. Monitor your blood glucose (+ cortisol). Some of these sites might be useful. seroquelwithdrawal.blogspot.fi/ nonpsychiatry.wordpress.com/ | M | 27 | 5 years 400 1X day | 12/3/2012 | 1 | Bipolar and insomnia | QT Prolongation. | How could a drug company in good conscience produce a drug that could cause such a fatal side effect? | F | 54 | 9 years 300 mg 1X day | 11/16/2012 | 2 | SevereAnxiety,depressionOCDinsomnia | taken with zoloft, for sever anxiety, depression,OCD and insomnia. weird dreams, feeling drugged next morning and last night i dreamed i squatted and weed on the floor next to my bed only to get up in the morning and step in a huge patch of pee. feeling of drowning, bottom jaw twitches, my torso convulses and i ve only been on it nearly 4 weeks. | F | 23 | 3 weeks 100MG 1X day | 11/10/2012 | 1 | insomnia | see entry for June 28, 2011. | i first wrote about seroquel on this site on June 28,2011. since then i would add to those comments the fact that it shredded my memory. it was as if my memory was a series of overlapping gauzy sheets with subtle paintings on them, and seroquel just ripped huge pieces at random out of one sheet after another. i could never even remember what day of the week it was. it took several months of being off seroquel to begin to get my "self" back. this is a soul-stealing drug. | M | 65 | 3 months 25-75mg 1X day | 11/2/2012 | 4 | Insomnia caused by Anxiety Disorder | Only bad side effect has been weight gain. | I suffer from generalized anxiety disorder which at times has majorly interfered with my life. I was put on seroquel following a severe adverse reaction to Paxil. I have gained weight on seroquel. I am not sure how much weight can be attributed to this drug as I am also taking a Beta Blocker. My initial dose of seroquel was 50mg nightly for insomnia. Now I take 100-150mg before bedtime. However, I feel this drug really helps me to feel calmer which is a major advantage of taking seroquel. I would rather be a few pounds heavier and feel mentally relaxed than feel anxious and unable to sleep. | F | 25 | 4 months 100 MG 1X day | 10/15/2012 |