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 |
| 1 | depression | restless cannot sit still feel on edge/wound up all the time,crying every day/head cold | M | 43 | 3 weeks 100mg 1X day | 2/7/2012 | 5 | bipolar, psychosis | Lethargy | F | 40 | 6 years 400mg | 2/4/2012 | 3 | Sleep/anxiety | Made me feel a presence of an "Entity", felt as tho boyfriend had someone in room, yet no one was there. Made me paranoid and turned on lights. The other rooms in the house felt as a maze, very deep, and at times un reachable. Seems to be helping me sleep tho. | F | 49 | 10 days 50mg 1X day | 2/4/2012 | 5 | insomnia/racing mind | 20 minutes after I take it and am half asleep I get up to eat cereal because I feel like I'm "starving". Slowly feel like memory is an issue (given I have been on it for 7 going on 8 yrs) | Honestly, I love Seroquel. I was given 100mg, BUT I cut them into 25mg. Sleep great! ... but I do need to get in like 9 hrs. I have have quit taking them for a month before because I ran out and it was tough but this time I am quitting because it truly does leave long term effects to your memory, and in no way want to have Alzheimer's or Parkinsons or dimensia. I am getting injections of super B complex, eating and juicing organic, I take my Klonopin as needed for anxiety and am going to talk to my doctor about going on a low dose anti-depressant. Best of luck to everyone! and feel free to contact me, I have been on every medication under the sun!!! | F | 27 | 7 years 25mg 1X day | 2/3/2012 | 1 | anxiety | Its horrible i took the by 2:44 and at 2:50 i was out cold this is day 3 without it im still sluggish and suffering memory loss.....oh and a very big appetite not a good med. Its like being sedated | F | 26 | 1 days 700mg | 2/2/2012 | 1 | Insomnia | Want to destroy your brain with this neurotoxicity drug? Should not have been given to me for insomnia. Causes your brain tO shut down serotonin and mOre. Also causes tics and depressiOn. Destroyed my brain. | F | 44 | 7 years 50mg | 1/28/2012 | 5 | Bipolar depression | Some weight gain and short term memory loss | This drug has saved my life,I have been down to the very bottom and tried several times to commit suicide. I did try once to get off of Seroquel because the weight gain bothered me but once again I dropped down to the darkest of depression along with the Biploar symptoms. I have been back on Seroquel and could not be happier. For me it is a literal life saver! Tried so many other meds did not work like Seroquel, just wished it came in generic. | F | 53 | 2 years 600 mg. 1X day | 1/26/2012 | 5 | Bipolar I Disorder | Weight gain, sleepiness, vivid dreams | I consider it to be a life saving medication. | F | 35 | 2.5 years 100 MG 1X day | 1/25/2012 | 4 | Bipolr | sadation about half an hour after I take it. I take this right before bedtime so this works well with all my other medications to put me down for a well rested sleep. | I have had little weight gain | M | 42 | 2 years 100mg 1X day | 1/22/2012 | 1 | Bipolar and sleep | I'm a 56 year old male. Seroquel gave me Type 2 Diabetes. Also suffering from Hepatitis C my platelets dropped to a dangerous range. While on Srroquel my platelets remained low. I was getting transfusions of packed platelets every other week. Since coming off Seroquel I make my own platelets. My platelets have increased without a transfusion. Seroquel is a very dangerous drug. They charge megabucks for the drug. I'm going to try to sue Astra Zenica. | M | 56 | 4 years 300mg. SR | 1/16/2012 | 5 | bipolar | Gained 30 lbs. Could not stop eating but it is the only med that helped me sleep. Quit taking it because I got too porky---can't sleep now but am slender again. Otherwise zoloft alone is good---don't need prozac 80,neurontin 3200,or seroquel. | F | 49 | 2 years 200mg | 1/10/2012 | 4 | Night time anxiety & hallucinations | So far there has been tiredness on waking, and sleepiness during the day. My hallucinations are gone at night (which is great) but I still actively dream, and wake feeling very tired and stiff. I have dry mouth and some constipation as well. | F | 43 | 3 months 100mg 1X day | 1/10/2012 | 1 | major depression | Painful lower abdominal bloating, irritated stomach, weight gain, fast heart palpitations, memory loss | This drug does assist me with depression, but overall when you assess the overall benefit, considerting all of the side effects that I am experiencing, the benefit does not outweight the severe side effects. | F | 52 | 90 days 50 1X day | 1/10/2012 | 5 | Bipolar | Tiredness, Increased appetite, memory loss, excessive sweating when exercising. | I HATED Seroquel at the beginning. I have a very sensitive body when it comes to sedative like drugs. Zyprexa, Saphris (THE WORST FOR ME!), Geodon, all knocked me out and I was MISERABLE on them. I almost rather be not medicated than to be on those drugs. (And that's saying something!) The Seroquel really did help though, I was just really tired all the time. I spoke to my psychiatrist and he changed me from XR (Extended release, it releases the medications all day long) to standard Seroquel. Life has finally become more and more normal. I'm able to clean my house! Maintain a schedule! Hold a job! I do struggle with sleepiness sometimes, and when I exercise, it aggrevates that symptom, but it's worth it. Also, I swear my memory has gone down the drain. I used to be so smart and able to recall anything, and now I feel I'm not able to remember as much. NOthing I can really do though because you've got to pick your poison. Crazy in a really bad way, or crazy in a kinda bad way. lol Right now I am on 100 mg Lamictal, 300 mg Lithium, 100 mg Seroquel. NOTICE: Every prescription is different for every person! Some have loved some that I couldn't stand! It's really a trial and error thing. Some man's trash is another man's treasure! | F | 22 | 4 months 100 mg 1X day | 1/7/2012 | 4 | anxiety,insomia,shift worker | groggy,tired,weight gain | was prescribed 300mg once daily and had weight gain,morning grogginess.Had dosage dropped to 200mg once daily,and now 100mg. The weight gain has subsided,and the morning grogginess is somewhat better. totally happy with drug as now i sleep with no problem. Am thinking of having my dosage dropped to 75mg once daily. | M | 48 | 2 years 100mg 1X day | 1/5/2012 | 2 | schizophrenia | grogginess, flat mood, irritability, unmotivated, hopeless | It's maybe good as temporary relief from psychosis but nobody should try to build a life around this..it will be a shitty empty life I promise you. | M | 41 | 4 years 75 1X day | 1/4/2012 | 4 | Bipolar I, to bring down mania | EXTREME HUNGER right before it knocks me out to go to sleep at night. Also muscle tightness in the beginning, stretching/yoga helped, tiredness now when I take 50 mg to help with racing thoughts | It calmed my mania pretty quickly, I also take 1000 depakote ER generic and ativan 1.0 mg generic for anxiety usually at night. Just now starting to function and think I am able to work. I also have ADD and the mania made my ADD really bad. I have psychotherapy issues to work through, there are only so much drugs can do. God is with me so I am okay, I am a believing lies about myself but I am asking God to continue to show me the Truth and how He sees me. Also I am a healthy weight but I am experiencing increased urination, increased thrist and wanting sugar, wondering if Seroquel is causing these symptoms or making them worse. I am binging and not gaining much weight. Got blood tested, waiting for results. | F | 28 | 1 years 450 mg 1X day | 12/31/2011 | 2 | Sleeping problems | Needed more sleep than ever before then remained lethargic until around 4 pm. Made me feel lazy and unproductive. Severe short term memory loss. Gained weight and was unable to lose while dieting. Not for me. | F | 57 | 6 months 100mg | 12/31/2011 | 3 | Depresson and Sleep | Memory problems, blunted, zombie | After one year, still mixed about this medicine. I am concerned about long term impact and wonder if this has made permanent changes to my brain. I am complacent about things that used to bother me in the past. I know and remember but don't care about them. I am not a good medicine taking person and I think this may be why my doctor gave this to me. I am definitely compliant now and don't care. I have mixed feelings about this but seems that the drug wins out in the end. It is good to be able to relax but this drug at least for me takes away most of your emotions and zombie would be an exaggeration but since i am now very compliant and accepting person with little interest in or desire to resist anything. I guess I would say that it makes me more pliable and just happy to be and let the world go by. Since I remember how I was, wonder sometimes if this is a good think long term. Needed cogentin to combat some muscle problems. | M | 60 | 1 years 100mg 1X day | 12/26/2011 | 1 | Insomnia | This drug worked wonders for sleep initially. However, the next day sedation and acute nightmares started to become worse over time. Then, it stopped working for sleep. When I went off of it, I experienced 9 weeks of rebound insomnia before my sleep returned to baseline. This is a terrible choice for insomnia, and I wouldn't wish the rebound insomnia nightmare that I had on my worst enemy! | F | 39 | 6 months 25-25mg 1X day | 12/18/2011 |